A Thousand Words

In the midst of millenarian chaos, the charismatic presence of Akbar – the perfect ruler

Looking at pages from the Tarikh-i-Alfi, the first grand, illustrated historical manuscript made in the emperor’s kitabkhana.

Kavita Singh
· Aug 07, 2021 · 11:30 am
As Jahangir contemplates a portrait of his father, a reversal of our ideas about dreams and reality

Why does the deceased Akbar look more real than the living king?

Kavita Singh
· Jul 18, 2021 · 08:30 am
In a miniature of Humayun and Akbar, time crumples to depict an entire world of learning

This meta-painting uses a paradox to provoke meditations on the relationship between image and illusion, representation and life.

Kavita Singh
· Jun 27, 2021 · 11:30 am