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THE SICKLE MAKERS OF INDAPUR
This series is inspired by my brief visit to a small village in Pune district in the Indian state of Maharashtra, called Indapur.
While walking through a local market in Indapur, I stumbled upon a family of sickle makers tirelessly working in the scorching heat. The iron sickles they made were displayed outside their working areas while they worked on making more. I was quite curious to know how they made them so I stood there for a while looking at their equipment and observing the process.
Gradually, we struck up a conversation and I got to know that their workshops had been running through five decades and were handed down to the successors of the family as a legacy. As we continued to talk, I got the opportunity to know more about their family, their living conditions, their exposure of the world outside Indapur, their skill in sickle making and their notions about life.
The series of small paintings are a visual documentation of some of my observations, conversations and experiences with this family of sickle makers in Indapur.
Some photographs of the family
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Some photographs of the family
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'The Sickle Maker' | Acrylic on canvas | 6" by 6" | 1/6
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'Responsibility' | Acrylic on canvas | 6" by 6" | 2/6
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'In the Line' | Acrylic on canvas | 6" by 6" | 3/6
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'Raj Bhog' | Acrylic on canvas | 6" by 6" | 4/6
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'The Bride To Be' | Acrylic on canvas | 6" by 6" | 5/6
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'No Place Like Home' | Acrylic on canvas | 6" by 6" | 6/6
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