As The Tale Was Told, 5ft x 3ft 4 inches (60x40 inches), Gouache on Arches paper, 2023
A tale of grandeur and battle, replete with motifs from Mughal miniature paintings, myths, Sufism and popular culture, this piece awakens questions of the coloniser vs. the colonised. Who is good, and who is evil? Who were the original colonisers, the ones who usurped the culture of those before them? And most importantly, how has that shaped us into the people we are today?