The Gravedigger’s Soliloquy
Poem by Anju Devadas R D: ‘someone once said / the soul is lighter than breath / but the soil keeps secrets / the sky cannot hold.’
The Madwoman in the Attic
Poem by Anju Devadas R D: ‘Ink spills like blood, / blotting the margins of her name. / Each word a bone, / each sentence, / a noose of syntax.’
The Village of Sewn Mouths
Poem by Anju Devadas R D: ‘They say the river hums here, / but no one sings along. / In this village, silence grows / like moss on every wall.’
Whether in his role as director for ‘Art for Change’ or in the experimental directions of this own work, Ladakhi artist Isaac Gergan leans on art to connect with the beauty of the Himalaya. By Karan Madhok