Every year, for the last 12 years, I have fasted during Navratri, a 9-day festival to celebrate the life-infusing energy of the feminine divine, goddess Durga. This September, I did something new. My art practice was in dire need of a push and a nudge....

What are those, Ma,

Those lines across the land?

Who made them

And were they drawn by hand?

Can they be erased, then

If I rubbed them with my feet

And will you lose me

If I stepped over, just to breathe?

To explore the world, to see?

But they’re all over, Ma

Over land and water

M...