Ashmina Ranjit: Politics of Being

Just because we’re born with a vagina, why accept that our family, society, and state continue treating us as unequal ‘beings’? Why sexual violence, unequal rights, and inequities persist? Why do we need to rethink and re-imagine intersections of gender, caste, class and religion?

I plan to reflect on insights from my journey of resisting and interrogating complex politics of Hindu patriarchy, especially the role of nation-state in sustaining structures of dominance and exploitation. Using art as a tool for investigating and reclaiming my own position as a ‘Being’, I am exploring my multiple identities as a human, citizen, Asian, artist amongst others.