Exploring how diaspora communities approach familial love and taking care of children in ways that are rejected in other cultures.
Bilingualism and lost communication caused by partial fluency of the mother tongue.
Emigration and support to families in the motherland being limited to financial support in times of need due to distance.
Comparing Kerala’s tourist houseboats to emigration ships of Komagata Maru
Formation of diaspora communities in unconventional spaces from supermarkets to verandas that recreates the sense of community from the homeland.
Compares tattooing as counter-culture amongst second-generation immigrants and the traumatic history of tattooing during the partition of India.
Bringing together nostalgic childhood memorabilia to reflect on the complex upbringing of second-generation immigrants.
Imposter Syndrome
“Imposter Syndrome” explores the complexities of second generation immigrant identities through the duality of simultaneously being a citizen in one land and having roots elsewhere”
