Red earth on my hands,
clang and dust cover the light,
the grave waits for all.
clang and dust cover the light,
the grave waits for all.
Flicker of the screen,
a slipper balanced in protest,
we were never them.
a slipper balanced in protest,
we were never them.
Turkish bread and tea,
your smile returns with olives,
soft chicken, warm gums.
your smile returns with olives,
soft chicken, warm gums.
Bahroon at your feet,
gentle touch against the pain,
morning birds still sing.
gentle touch against the pain,
morning birds still sing.
Nights of tapping feet,
we rubbed heels to ease the ache,
your prayers unseen.
we rubbed heels to ease the ache,
your prayers unseen.
Moon hides in silence,
time slips quicker than we know,
ashes speak of you.
time slips quicker than we know,
ashes speak of you.
Crowds march in the street,
voices rise against the fall,
history repeats.
voices rise against the fall,
history repeats.
I regret the ask,
coins for a broken phone line,
your voice never clear.
coins for a broken phone line,
your voice never clear.
Rage before the plane,
your eyes heavy with protest,
departure too soon.
your eyes heavy with protest,
departure too soon.
Children’s echoes ring,
those memories cling like dust,
sweetness laced with grief.
those memories cling like dust,
sweetness laced with grief.
A rock in the storm,
you bore the weight we could not,
your silence remains.
you bore the weight we could not,
your silence remains.
The pious return,
sooner than we dare to know,
rest beneath red earth.
sooner than we dare to know,
rest beneath red earth.
In every family, memory becomes a terrain to be mapped. In Welito, Kashmirwala returns to Karachi, tracing the corridors of his childhood apartment and the presence of a grandfather he had long been estranged from. Through cyanotype prints, the story unfolds in deep indigo tones, where watermarks resemble tears, pigeons scatter skyward, and the passage from this world to the next is etched in blue. What begins as a reunion becomes a meditation on grief, faith, and release, mapping a journey carried in memory and offered back to the light.
The print series is presented alongside an accompanying documentary of the same name. Together, they form parallel narratives; one inscribed in indigo, the other in moving image, offering two ways of entering the same story of return, reconciliation, and transcendence.