My engagement with migration emerged from eighteen years of research into indigo—its cultivation, oceanic trade and entanglement with colonial histories. As I followed the movement of this dye across continents, I encountered the parallel movement of people: artisans, labourers, traders and communities displaced by conflict, commerce and changing borders.
In Migration Through Time, I use indigo-dyed Ajrakh, khadi, mirrors, maps and recurring faceless forms to explore what is carried, fractured and recreated through migration. Faceless Journeys reflects anonymity and loss; Unresolved Geographies questions borders and the instability of belonging; Displaced Ecologies turns towards renewal. Seeds, roots and flowering forms embody the capacity to regenerate in unfamiliar soil. For me, migration is neither a single departure nor a final arrival. It is an ongoing negotiation between memory and place. Through these works, I seek to honour resilience and the cultural traditions that travel, adapt and bloom again despite displacement across generations.