Photographed at the Breathless exhibition on New Delhi on June 5, 2019.
Ishan Tankha and Aruna Chandrasekhar, "Sweeping Bangalore ", contributed by Prerna Srigyan, The Asthma Files, Platform for Experimental Collaborative Ethnography, last modified 15 June 2019, accessed 30 November 2024. http://583559.710819.cn/content/sweeping-bangalore
Critical Commentary
Bangalore's sweepers inhale the city's dust daily, making the city breathable. Nirmala is a union leader working with contractual civic sweepers who have not been paid in many months. The photographer chose this image of two brooms resting on a tree to signify the sweepers' struggle.