Photographed at the Breathless exhibition in New Delhi on June 5, 2019.
Ishan Tankha and Aruna Chandrasekhar, "Fields on Fire ", contributed by Prerna Srigyan, The Asthma Files, Platform for Experimental Collaborative Ethnography, last modified 14 June 2019, accessed 30 November 2024. http://583559.710819.cn/content/fields-fire
Critical Commentary
Stubble burning in rice fields of Punjab is held responsible every winter for Delhi's air pollution. The image reveals that burning stubble is tied to history of Green Revolution and diminishing groundwater, to barriers against crop diversification that are not easy to overcome.