I was recently commissioned by National Archives UK to create some illustrations in response to an oral testimony from someone whose family was displaced in 1946 due to growing tensions in British India.
The Partition of British India occurred in August 1947 when the British government withdrew from India after almost two hundred years of British rule.…
Join me to co-create a live artwork in response to the ‘Journeys Of Empire’ theme. Through this collaborative effort, we hope to learn & share more about the past, & explore how it has shaped our present.…
This time last year I was in Punjab, India visiting relatives and thinking I need to reach here more often. Mad how things change in a space of a year. It’s been pretty sad to see elderly citizens having to fight for their rights to live a normal life during the protests, but then I’ve also been super inspired by their strength & resilience in not taking any shit, maintaining their integrity and marching on whatever the outcome – the unified community spirit amongst all people regardless of faith & religion, have shown how people can move if together, not divided.…
The mad thing is,
You don’t even need a lot,
To live a lot,
Just the basics,
A sense of self,
Openness,
No fake shit,
But let’s face it,
Power corrupts,
In the wrong hands,
People divide,
Part of the plans,
To eliminate love,
Amongst us people,
Rich vs poor,
It aint ever equal,
But united we stay,
Together we march,
Don’t waste your loo roll,
On THEIR greedy ass!…
