Vale of Opium
Documentation of Few Historical Dates | Remembering the annihilation of the Dalits and Muslims in India.

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One Chanel Video, Duration: 1 min 54 sec
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The video 'Vale of Opium' is an archive of the dates on which Dalits and Muslims were killed or tortured by the violent mobs either on the crowded streets or even inside the premises of the victim's house. Since 2015, after the official 'Beef Ban' rule, the 'Mob Lynching' became a very common phenomena in India, in the name of saving cow by few Hindu terror organizations like 'Bajrang Dal', 'Viswa Hindu Parisad' etc.

The display strategy of the video 'vale of opium' was thought from the perspective of a totalitarian regime. The idea of secular India was born from the dream of the constitution man of India Dr. Bhimrao Babasaheb Ambedkar. Here, I have tried to think if the idea of 'Annihilation of Caste' is still an utopian thought then would be the dystopia? Probably the 'Annihilation of Dalits and Muslims' by using the tool of organized terrors like mob lynching. So it is displayed with mentioned 'text plate'.

The video was also a critique to the television media of India who are not only reluctant to these news and emphasizing the issue of cow but also the paid media is constantly trying to ignite communal violence by defaming Muslims in several issues. Placing the iconic tune of 'Doordarshan' (First television channel of India)that is 'Saare Jahan Se Acha' along with the tormented bodies procured from the history of painting and photography, here I am trying to draw the contrasting picture of truth and telecasted news.
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