Shreya Wankhede

Jan 31, 2024 | caravanmagazine.in | Sanna Irshad Mattoo |Shreya Wankhede |Amit Malhotra |Zishaan A. Latif

A burst of smoke engulfs much of a lopsided image. Men appear to run behind the grey haze, donning scarves of a bright saffron colour. The same hue shimmers on the sun-lit flags plonked in the background. It might seem like any other image of communal violence under Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s reign, if it were not for the firecrackers visible towards its lower half and a poster of the deity Ram emerging from behind the fumes.