“Fortwoyearsstartingin2020,thisworkhasbeenformingalongtheedgesofdisquietandpremonition,infragmentsandintensities,throughwanderingandnot-staying.IthastriedtofindlanguageforandwaysacrossthebizarreupheavalsofsocialandpoliticalvalueswiththeriseoffascisminIndiaandaglobalpandemic.Ithasinsistedonbeingamongstthethingsthatkeepfromfallingapart.FilmedinDelhi,theseincompletefictionsareofthepeople,places,andproteststhatkeepthelanguageofhatredatbayandabsorbthecity’sgriefandeuphoria.Inthemarethecontinuousechoesofaviolentandtenuouspresent.　　Thefalseclosuresandtenuousassociationsinthisvideo/essaycomposeatimelineofthecityatananglethroughthetimeofthiswork.Thereisashadowysenseofaprotagonistwhoun-dreamsitall;astranger,whoitturnsout,isnostrangeratall.”PriyaSen