Work – Anu John David

The Exodus

As landscapes transform, our relationship with them deepens. Landscapes ensure that collective memories merge with personal ones, creating a shared experience. Despite being marginalized by a dominant narrative that aims to appropriate mofussil narratives, a sense of self still keeps endemic identity rooted in its own truth. This endemic identity is deeply tied to the landscape and the collective memories and experiences of the community, making it a powerful symbol of resistance and self-expression.

Musings from the lost world of Koshur (Kashmir)

Despite being the most militarized zone in the world, Kashmir staunchly keeps its cultural heritage an deep history. The people here are proud of their history which stretches as far back as the Second Ice Age. How does one photograph this bewildering splendour? To justify the ethos of the place, hand-painting monochrome images seemed like […]

Memories

Back in the 1980s children in Kollam would grow up in close-knit and wide community, a community that took care to shape the world view of the child. It was like living in an island, everything outside this cloister was foreign. For the artist from an early age photography held a deep fascination that mature […]

THE LIVING WATER – MUNROE ISLAND(MUNDROTHURUTH)

Munroe Island is 13.54 square kilometre (group of 8 islands) strip of land surrounded by the backwaters of Ashtamudi Lake and Kallada River.

After the princely state of Travancore came under the British, a Resident was appointed by East India Company as its administrative head. Colonel John Munro was second among them. During his tenure, Munro oversaw land reclamation efforts in the delta where Kallada River joined Ashtamudi Lake. The reclaimed island was named after him as Munroe Island.