I am from a rural village Chilika, in Odisha, from a farming community. My works have always been influenced by the social and ecological realities surrounding me from the formative years of my college. I have been addressing the issues of social disparities and power structures in the farming sector and concern for conflict and change in the rural environment. My early inspiration comes from the ‘Bhaga Chashi Andolan’– a 1953 peasant movement in rural Odisha led by my grandfather Dr. Nrusingha Samantasinghar. The killing of a poor farmer named Sania triggered this movement. The land owners had long been depriving the farmers of the wages and the profits earned from agricultural production. I want to create a visual dialogue that aims to work with the politics of sustainability, and my philosophy is based on the spirit of compassion and understanding.