Everyday Baroque: Documenting Diasporic Dreams

Join us for a talk by photographer Rajesh Vora in which he presents his project on the everyday sculptural objects that adorn rooftops in Punjab’s hinterland. This vernacular craft found patronage with the first wave of immigrants, the NRI (Non-Resident Indians), who started building homes in their villages back in the late 1970s. Ever since this unique phenomenon grew in ambition and imagination to become an integral part of the village landscape. While most homes remain closed during the year, waiting for their owners to return for their annual holiday, these colourful objects remind society of their struggles, achievements and prosperity.

Vora’s fascination for these objects became an obsession as he travelled over 6000 km crisscrossing and backtracking across four districts in Punjab to photograph them.

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Rajesh Vora, a graduate of the National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad, with over 30 years of experience in Visual Communications, has focused his…