ankyukUntitled
2011
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All the stories that live in one moment come alive here. The punctum is easy to spot: the woman on the right leaning backwards and supporting the small of her back: a back-breaking work finished? Did she have to haul in water from somewhere far in this water-parched region? The studium is in the details: zoom in and there's "millet" on the bag of grains; regardless of the extent and degree to which English is understood, even if not at all understood, a scrap of English is present everywhere in any Indian's life. The woman sitting there is still brushing her teeth; looks she is also taking rest from the work that began at dawn. It is only the second woman who has started something anew: rinsing the big pot with sand, so that soon as the noon arrives, the women get busy in cooking food. And the unfinished brick wall? Will that be man's preserve?
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