There is something bracing about an exhibition that refuses to pretend that it has arrived at an answer. Imaginarium 5.0 at Emami Art was a long, unsettled conversation, returning to the same problems because they remain unresolved. Farhin Afza approaches place differently, filtering the nation-state through biography and migration, identity emerging as negotiation rather than inheritance (picture, left). Manoj Kumar Pannala exposes caste violence embedded in vernacular archives, while Aman Kumar borrows from miniature painting to critique digital excess. Sankha Banerjee approaches the epics with realism, whereas Sarnath Banerjee’s caricaturish style gestures towards a syncretic India slipping into memory.

Source: The Telegraph January 03, 2026 03:21 UTC