INTERVIEW | Through Paintings, I Tell Stories of Those Who Are Being Erased from the Dominant Narrative: Labani Jangi
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INTERVIEW | Through Paintings, I Tell Stories of Those Who Are Being Erased from the Dominant Narrative: Labani Jangi

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Published : Jan 09, 2025 19:46 IST - 9 MINS READ Labani Jangi was born in Dhubulia, a village about 40 km away from Plassey, in the district of Nadia in West Bengal. I chose the name after the sea—Aanokh Somuddur—which, when translated, means ‘from toes to head, I am a sea.’ I want to be a sea. Here, I would love to share that I’m writing my PhD in Bengali to resist the Brahmanical supremacist thought that promotes English language supremacy. The painting will be the ultimate resistance against all who, after seeing my work say, “Amazing” or “Will rape you,” because I feel both of these are the same; they don’t start a dialogue of resistance that I want them to.

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