Flood Me, I’ll be Here
2020—2025
During my journey to India
I met Brahmaputra,
the son of God,
the last great free–flowing river
with a spirit and reverence.
In the eternal view of his floodplains, in the relentless flow of his stream, and in the people who respect and honour him, I was witness to a childhood memory I never got to know. All the missing elements from my childhood has been completed by the experiences I collected on the bank of this mighty river. ‘Flood me, I’ll be Here’ is an exploration of my encounter with a sensitive, harmonious, yet defenseless relationship of people with nature and water on the riverine island of Majuli. My motivation is to photograph the issues of isolation in physical, social, and spiritual sense, and focusing on how people react to the river and interact with the ever-changing environment.