This work was commissioned and displayed by The Serendipity Arts Festival in 2023; Curated by Vidya Shivadas and created in collaboration with Northeast Lightbox.

In this work a speculative audio narrative is juxtaposed with recreated historical documents. The primary research for creating the narrative script is based on the minutes of the first meetings of the Mahila Samiti (Assamese for women’s group, digitized by Dr. Hemjyoti Medhi and Tezpur University and now a part of the Tezpur Mahila Samiti Archives. The audio work imagines a first meeting. It recreates the cosmopolitan flair of this group of women who used their agency to further both the feminist and nationalist movements.

Script Development and Translation – Sunayana Dutta

Sound Design – Abhijit Chetiya

Performers – Arundhati Baruah, Gitushmita Lahkar, Nandini Handique, Radhika Goswami, Ruhi Kashyap, Laina Singha & Abhilasha Bharali

Special thanks – AGORA the Space

Archive – Tezpur Mahila Samiti