Translation of inscriptions & audiosಆಯ್್ದ ಕೃತಿಗಳಲ್ಲಿನ ಪಠ್್ಯದ ಅನುವಾದ

The purpose of the bookletಕಿರುಪುಸ್್ತಕದ ಉದ್್ದದೇಶ
ಪ್್ರದರ್್ಶನವು ಹಿಿಂದಿ, ಉರ್್ದದು, ಕನ್್ನಡ, ತಮಿಳು,ತೆಲುಗು ಮತ್್ತತು ಮಲಯಾಳಂ ಈ ಆರು ಭಾಷೆಗಳನ್್ನನು
ಒಳಗೊಂಡಿದೆ.
ಈ ಕಿರುಪುಸ್್ತಕವು ಮೈಂಡ್ ಸ್್ಕಕೇಪ್ಸ್ ಪ್್ರದರ್್ಶನದಲ್ಲಿ
ಆಯ್್ದ ಕೃತಿಗಳ ಭಾಗವಾಗಿರುವ ಪಠ್್ಯ ಅಥವಾಬರಹಗಳ ಅನುವಾದಕ್ಕೆ ಪ್್ರವೇಶವನ್್ನನು ಒದಗಿಸುತ್್ತದೆ.
ಈ ಕಿರುಪುಸ್್ತಕವು ನಾವು ಮತ್್ತತು ನನ್್ನ ಲಂಗ ಈಕಲಾಕೃತಿಗಳ ಭಾಗವಾಗಿರುವ ಆಡಿಯೊ ಟ್್ರ್ಯಯಾಕ್ ಗಳಇಂಗ್ಲಿಷ್ ಟ್್ರರಾನ್ಸ್ ಕ್ರಿಪ್ಟ್ ಗಳನ್್ನನು ಸಹ ಒಳಗೊಂಡಿದೆ.

How to use it?

ಇದನ್್ನನು ಹೇಗೆ ಬಳಸುವುದು?
ನೀವು ಇನ್ಫೋಸಿಸ್ ಫೌಂಡೇಶನ್
ಗ್್ಯಯಾಲರಿಯಲ್ಲಿದ್್ದರೆ, ಜೇಮ್ಸ್, ವಾರ್ಕೆ, ಎಲ್್ಸಮ್್ಮ,ಇತ್್ಯಯಾದಿ ಈ ಕಲಾಕೃತಿಯ ಪಕ್್ಕದಲ್ಲಿರುವ
ಕಿರುಪುಸ್್ತಕವನ್್ನನು ತೆಗೆದುಕೊಳ್್ಳಬಹುದು. ಇದುಪ್್ರದರ್್ಶನದ ಮೊದಲ ಕಲಾಕೃತಿಯಾಗಿದೆ.
ಇಂಗ್ಲಿಷ್ ಅಥವಾ ಕನ್್ನಡದಲ್ಲಿ ಭಾಷಾಂತರಗಳನ್್ನನು
ಓದಲು ರೇಖಾಚಿತ್್ರವನ್್ನನು ಕಲಾಕೃತಿಯ
ಅನುಕ್್ರಮದೊಂದಿಗೆ ಹೊಂದಿಸಿ.
ನೀವು ಒಪ್್ಪಪಾರಿ ನುಡಿಸುವ ಹೆಡ್ ಫೋ�ೋನ್ ಗಳಪಕ್್ಕದಲ್ಲಿ ನಿಿಂತಿದ್್ದರೆ, ಇಂಗ್ಲಿಷ್ ಟ್್ರರಾನ್ಸ್ ಕ್ರಿಪ್ಟ್ ಅನ್್ನನು
ಪ್್ರವೇಶಿಸಲು ಕಿರುಪುಸ್್ತಕವನ್್ನನು ಬಳಸಿ.
ನೀವು ಟೆರೇಸ್ ನಲ್ಲಿದ್್ದರೆ, ನನ್್ನ ಲಂಗಕಲಾಕೃತಿಯಲ್ಲಿರುವ ಆಡಿಯೊವನ್್ನನು
ಅರ್್ಥಮಾಡಿಕೊಳ್್ಳಲು ಇಂಗ್ಲಿಷ್ ಟ್್ರರಾನ್ಸ್ ಕ್ರಿಪ್ಟ್
ಬಳಸಿ.

The exhibition contains six languages Hindi, Urdu, Kannada, Tamil, Telugu andMalayalam which have been translated
into English. This booklet provides accessto the translations of text or inscriptions
which are part of selected works in the
Mindscapes exhibition. The booklet also
includes the English transcripts of audio
tracks which form part of the artworks
Us. and Nanna Langa.

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If you are in the Infosys foundation
gallery, you can pick up the booklet
next to James, Varkey, Elsamma,
etc. This is the first artwork in the
exhibition.
Match the diagram with the artwork
sequence to read the translations inEnglish or Kannada.
If you are standing next to theheadphones playing the oppari, use
the booklet to access the English
transcript.
If you are on the terrace, use theEnglish transcript to understand theaudio in Nanna Langa.

Content warningವಿಷಯದ ಮುನ್್ಸಸೂಚನೆ:The exhibition touches upon topics
of grief, trauma, shame, physical andemotional violence, and references
mental health conditions. MAP aims to
be a safe space for everyone, and wewould like to know about your experience
while navigating this exhibition. If you
would like to share feedback pleasecontact us at visible@map-india.org.

ಮೈಂಡ್ ಸ್್ಕಕೇಪ್ಸ್: ಇತರರ ಸಂಗದಲ್ಲಿ ಎಂಬ ಈಪ್್ರದರ್್ಶನವು ದುಃಖ, ಆಘಾತ, ಅವಮಾನ, ದೈಹಿಕ
ಮತ್್ತತು ಭಾವನಾತ್್ಮಕ ಹಿಿಂಸೆಯ ವಿಷಯಗಳ ಮೇಲೆಬೆಳಕು ಚೆಲ್್ಲಲುತ್್ತತಾ ಮಾನಸಿಕ ಆರೋ�ೋಗ್್ಯ ಪರಿಸ್ಥಿತಿಗಳನ್್ನನು
ಉಲ್್ಲಲೇಖಿಸುತ್್ತದೆ. MAP ಪ್್ರತಿಯೊಬ್್ಬರಿಗೂ ಸುರಕ್ಷಿತ
ಸ್್ಥಳವಾಗಿದೆ ಮತ್್ತತು ಈ ಪ್್ರದರ್್ಶನವನ್್ನನು ನೋ�ೋಡುತ್್ತತಾ
ಸಾಗುವಾಗ ನಿಮಗಾಗುವ ಅನುಭವದ ಬಗ್ಗೆ ತಿಳಿಯಲು
ನಾವು ಬಯಸುತ್್ತತೇವೆ. ನೀವು ಪ್್ರತಿಕ್ರಿಯೆಯನ್್ನನು
ಹಂಚಿಕೊಳ್್ಳಲು ಬಯಸಿದರೆ ದಯವಿಟ್್ಟಟು ನಮ್್ಮನ್್ನನು
visible@map-india.org ನಲ್ಲಿ ಸಂಪರ್ಕಿಸಿ.

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Indu Antony
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ಜೇಮ್ಸ್, ವಾರ್ಕೆ, ಎಲ್್ಸಮ್್ಮ, ಇತ್್ಯಯಾದಿ
ಇಂದೂ ಆಂಟನಿ
2023
ಗಾಜಿನ ಮೇಲೆ ವೆಟ್ ಪ್್ಲಲೇಟ್ ಕೊಲೊಡಿಯನ್, ಕಾಗದದ ಮೇಲೆ ಶಾಯಿ ಮತ್್ತತು ಮರ

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1. James came into my life first. He sat
there with his three legs and figuredout a way to balance himself. When I
saw a broken tea-poy nearby, having
an interesting leg, I decided to havethis leg fixed onto James. It seems
like he liked this new look. He felt likethe rock who will stay.
When I look at you I feel the otherones saying, “You started this.”

1. ಜೇಮ್ಸ್ ಮೊದಲು ನನ್್ನ ಜೀವನದಲ್ಲಿ ಪ್್ರವೇಶ
ಮಾಡಿದ. ಅಲ್ಲಿ ಕುಳಿತು ತನ್್ನ ಮೂರುಕಾಲುಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಹೇಗೋ�ೋ ತನ್್ನ ಸಮತೋ�ೋಲನ
ಕಾಪಾಡಿಕೊಳ್್ಳಳುವ ಮಾರ್್ಗ ಕಂಡುಕೊಂಡ. ಆಗನನ್್ನ ಕಣ್ಣಿಗೆ ಮುರಿದು ಹೋ�ೋದ ಟೀಪಾಯ್
ಕಾಣಿಸಿತು. ಅದರ ಒಂದು ಕಾಲು ಆಸಕ್ತಿ
ಹುಟ್ಟಿಸುವ ಹಾಗಿತ್್ತತು. ಆ ಕಾಳನ್್ನನು ಜೇಮ್ಸ್ ಗೆಜೋ�ೋಡಿಸಲು ನಿರ್್ಧರಿಸಿದೆ. ಅವನಿಗೆ ಈ ಹೊಸರೂಪ ಇಷ್್ಟವಾಯಿತು ಅನ್ನಿಸಿತು. ಅವನುಗಟ್ಟಿಯಾಗಿ ನಿಲ್್ಲಬಲ್್ಲ ಬಂಡೆಯಂತೆ ಕಂಡ.
ನಾನು ನಿನ್್ನನ್್ನನು ನೋ�ೋಡಿದಾಗ, “ನೀನೆ ಇದನ್್ನನು
ಶುರು ಮಾಡಿದ್್ದದು” ಎಂದು ಬೇರೆಯವರು
ಹೇಳುತ್ತಿದ್್ದದಾರೇನೋ�ೋ ಅನಿಸುತ್್ತದೆ.

2.

I saw you at the back of a room.
I wonder who treated you like this.
He never liked me also.
I wonder what comes over them totreat us like this.
We bonded over this.
Remember?

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ನೀನು ರೂಮಿನ ಹಿಿಂಬದಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ನಿಿಂತದ್್ದದು
ನೋ�ೋಡಿದೆ
ಯಾರು ನಿನ್್ನನ್್ನ ಹೀಗೆ ನಡೆಸಿಕೊಂಡಿದ್್ದದು.
ಅವನಿಗೆ ನಾನೆೆಂದರೆ ಇಷ್್ಟವೇ ಇರಲಿಲ್್ಲ.
ನಮ್್ಮನ್್ನ ಹೀಗೆ ನಡೆಸಿಕೊಳ್್ಳಲು ಅವರಿಗೆ
ಏನಾಗಿರಬಹುದು?
ಇದರ ಮೇಲೇ ನಮ್್ಮ ಬಂಧ ಏರ್್ಪಟ್ಟಿದ್್ದದು.
ನೆನಪಿದೆಯಾ?

3.

I have to wear white to meditate.
You provided me with the support
I needed.
This ashram felt better than thelast one.
I am glad I took you to the next one.

3.

ನಾನು ಧ್್ಯಯಾನ ಮಾಡಲು ಬಿಳಿ ತೊಡುತ್್ತತೇನೆ.
ನನಗೆ ಬೇಕಾದ ಬೆೆಂಬಲವನ್್ನನು ನೀವು ಕೊಟ್ಟಿರಿ.
ಹಿಿಂದಿನ ಆಶ್್ರಮಕ್್ಕಿಿಂತ ಈ ಜಾಗ ಹೆಚ್್ಚಚು
ಸಮಾಧಾನ ನೀಡಿತು.
ನಾನು ಇಲ್ಲಿಗೆ ನಿಮ್್ಮನ್್ನನು ಕರೆದುಕೊಂಡು
ಬಂದದ್್ದದೇ ಒಳ್ಳೆಯದಾಯ್್ತತು.

4.

Palani knows me well. He called me
immediately when he heard there
was a fight in that government office.
He said, “Five people injured after
beating each other with chairs. Do
you want the chairs?”
These became them.
Protest person no. 1

4. ಪಳನಿಗೆ ನಾನು ಚೆನ್್ನನಾಗಿ ಗೊತ್್ತತು. ಸರ್್ಕಕಾರಿ
ಕಛೇರಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಗಲಾಟೆ ಆಯಿತು ಅಂತ ಗೊತ್್ತತಾದ
ತಕ್ಷಣ ಕರೆ ಮಾಡಿದ್್ದ. “ಐದು ಜನ ಖುರ್ಚಿಗಳನ್್ನ
ತಗೊಂಡು ಒಬ್್ಬರಿಗೊಬ್್ಬರು ಹೊಡೆದಾಡಿ
ಗಾಯಗೊಂಡಿದ್್ದದಾರೆ. ಆ ಖುರ್ಚಿಗಳು ನಿನಗೆ
ಬೇಕಾ?” ಇವೆ ಅವರಾದರು.
ಪ್್ರತಿಭಟನೆ ವ್್ಯಕ್ತಿ 1.

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You are made for a profession where
someone had to get up multiple
times.
A railway track flag holder?
A human hourly timer?
A door greeter?

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Elsamma
How I enjoy being with you.
You always glowed.
Glowed through the pain.
Always smiling at me with yourbroken tooth.

6. ಎಲ್್ಸಮ್್ಮ
ನಿನ್್ನ ಜೊತೆ ಇರುವುದು ನನಗೆ ಎಷ್್ಟಟು ಖುಷಿ.
ನೀನು ಯಾವಾಗಲೂ ಹೊಳೆಯುತ್್ತತೀ.
ನೋ�ೋವಿನ ನಡುವೆಯೂ ಹೊಳೆಯುವೆ.
ನಿನ್್ನ ಮುರಿದ ಹಲ್ಲಿನಲ್್ಲಲೇ ನನ್್ನ ನೋ�ೋಡಿ
ಮುಗುಳ್್ನಗುತ್್ತತೀ.

ಅನೇಕ ಬಾರಿ ಎದ್್ದದು ಹೋ�ೋಗಿ ಮಾಡಬೇಕಾದ
ಕೆಲಸಕ್್ಕಕಾಗಿ ನೀವು ಸರಿಯಾಗಿದ್್ದದೀರ.
ರೈಲ್ವೆ ಟ್್ರ್ಯಯಾಕ್ ಬಾವುಟ ಹಿಡಿಯುವವರಾ?
ಪ್್ರತೀ ಗಂಟೆಗೆ ಮನುಷ್್ಯರನ್್ನನು ಎಚ್್ಚರಿಸುವರಾ?
ಬಾಗಿಲಲ್ಲಿ ನಿಿಂತು ಸ್್ವವಾಗತಿಸುವವರು?

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The day you came home something
shifted at home.
I am sure a few drops of blood havefallen on you.

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8.

Protest person no. 4
Did they use you to block the door
before the right police came? Did
they kick you out of their way? Did
someone use you as a defence?

8. ಪ್್ರತಿಭಟನಾ ವ್್ಯಕ್ತಿ 4ಪೋ�ೋಲೀಸ್ ಬರುವ ಮೊದಲು ಅವರುಬಾಗಿಲನ್್ನನು ಗಟ್ಟಿಯಾಗಿ ಮುಚ್್ಚಲು ನಿಮ್್ಮನ್್ನನು
ಬಳಸಿದರಾ? ತಮ್್ಮ ದಾರಿಯಿಿಂದ ನಿಮ್್ಮನ್್ನ
ಒದ್್ದದು ದೂರ ಮಾಡಿದರಾ? ಯಾರಾದರೂ
ನಿಮ್್ಮನ್್ನ ರಕ್ಷಣೆಗಾಗಿ ಬಳಸಿದ್್ದರಾ?

9.

I stopped Stephen while he wascycling near Ulsoor with you both.
He said he collected shipping
discards and made you both.
He asked me to pick you both because he had two children and that I
would have two.

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I think you witnessed that bad fight
I had with him.
He claimed to know more.
He was just emotionally insecure.
I know you stood your ground.

10. ನನ್್ನ ಅವನ ನಡುವೆ ನಡೆದ ಕೆಟ್್ಟ ಜಗಳಕ್ಕೆ
ನೀವು ಸಾಕ್ಷಿಯಾಗಿದ್್ದದೀರಿ ಎಂದು ಭಾವಿಸುತ್್ತತೇನೆ.
ಅವನಿಗೆ ಇನ್್ನನೂ ಏನೇನೋ�ೋ ಗೊತ್್ತತು ಎಂದುಹೇಳಿಕೊಂಡ. ಅವನಿಗೆ ಭಾವನಾತ್್ಮಕ
ಅಸುರಕ್ಷಿತೆ ಇದ್್ದ ಹಾಗಿತ್್ತತು ಅಷ್್ಟಟೇ. ನನಗೆ ಗೊತ್್ತತು
ನಿಮ್್ಮ ನೆಲೆಯ ಮೇಲೆ ನೀವು ಗಟ್ಟಿಯಾಗಿ
ನಿಿಂತಿದ್್ದದೀರಿ.

11.

You seemed to be made forsomeone specific.
Someone with glasses
Someone who smokes gold flakes
Someone who had a steel lunch box
Someone who had a blue fighter fish
Someone who hated television.

11. ಯಾರೋ�ೋ ನಿರ್ದಿಷ್್ಟ ವ್್ಯಕ್ತಿಗಾಗಿ ನಿಮ್್ಮನ್್ನನು
ಮಾಡಲ್್ಪಟ್ಟಿರುವಂತಿದೆ.
ಕನ್್ನಡಕ ಹಾಕಿಕೊಂಡಿರುವವರು
ಗೋ�ೋಲ್ಡ್ ಫ್್ಲಲೇಕ್ ಸೇದುವವರು
ಸ್್ಟಟೀಲ್ ಊಟದ ಡಬ್ಬಿ ಇಟ್್ಟಟುಕೊಂಡವರು
ನೀಲಿ ಫೈಟರ್ ಫಿಶ್ ಇರುವವರು
ಟೀವಿಯನ್್ನನು ದ್್ವವೇಷಿಸುವವರು

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Remember that day when
I wore a saree
and was singing and dancing
around you.
I thought I met my person.
You saw joy in me after a long time.
I won’t forget that day.

12. ನಾನು ಸೀರೆ ಉಟ್್ಟ ಆ ದಿನ ನೆನಪಿಸಿಕೊಳ್ಳಿ
ನಿಮ್್ಮ ಸುತ್್ತಲೂ ಹಾಡುತ್್ತತಾ ನೃತ್್ಯ ಮಾಡುತ್ತಿದ್ದೆ.
ನನಗೆ ನನ್್ನ ವ್್ಯಕ್ತಿ ಸಿಕ್್ಕರೆೆಂದು ಭಾವಿಸಿದೆ.
ಬಹಳ ದಿನಗಳ ನಂತರ ನೀನು ನನ್್ನಲ್ಲಿ ಆನಂದಕಂಡೆ.
ಆ ದಿನವನ್್ನನು ನಾನು ಮರೆಯಲಾರೆ.

13.

Did you see when I laughed out loud?
Amma spoke about James’ uncle’s
ladys finger
I almost had tears in my eyes withthe laughing.

13. ನಾನು ಜೋ�ೋರಾಗಿ ನಕ್್ಕಕಾಗ ನೀವು ನೋ�ೋಡಿದ್್ರ?
ಅಮ್್ಮ ಜೇಮ್ಸ್ ಚಿಕ್್ಕಪ್್ಪನ ‘ಲೇಡೀಸ್ ಫಿಿಂಗರ್’ಬಗ್ಗೆ ಹೇಳಿದರು
ನಕ್್ಕಕೂ ನಕ್್ಕಕೂ ನನ್್ನ ಕಣ್್ಣಣುಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ನೀರೇ ಬಂತು..

ನೀನು ಮನೆಗೆ ಬಂದ ದಿನ ಏನೋ�ೋ ಬದಲಾವಣೆ
ಆಯ್್ತತು ನಿನ್್ನ ಮೇಲೆ ರಕ್್ತದ ಕೆಲವು ಬಿಿಂದುಗಳು
ಬಿದ್ದಿವೆ ಅಂತ ನನಗೆ ಖಾತ್ರಿ ಇದೆ.

ಸ್್ಟಟೀಫನ್ ನಿಮ್ಮಿಬ್್ಬರನ್್ನನೂ ಕೂರಿಸಿಕೊಂಡು
ಸೈಕಲ್ ಮೇಲೆ ಅಲಸೂರಿನ ಹತ್ತಿರ
ಹೋ�ೋಗುತ್ತಿದ್್ದದಾಗ ನಾನು ತಡೆದು ನಿಲ್ಲಿಸಿದೆ.
ಅಳಿದುಳಿದ ಶಿಪ್್ಪಿಿಂಗ್ ಸಾಮಗ್ರಿಗಳನ್್ನನು ಬಳಸಿಅವನು ನಿಮ್್ಮನ್್ನನು ಮಾಡಿದ. ನಿಮ್ಮಿಬ್್ಬರನ್್ನನೂ
ತೆಗೆದುಕೊಂಡು ಹೋ�ೋಗಲು ನನಗೆ ಹೇಳಿದ.
ಯಾಕೆೆಂದರೆ ಅವನಿಗೆ ಇಬ್್ಬರು ಮಕ್್ಕಳಿದ್್ದದಾರೆ.
ನೀವಿಬ್್ಬರೂ ನನ್್ನ ಹತ್ತಿರ ಇರಲಿ ಎಂದ.

14. I named you Rosamma after yourorigin. I had big plans for you.
I kept you outside the door because
you seemed to want to tell stories
before you let me in. I never got
around to stitching you. I should.

14. ನಿನ್್ನ ಮೂಲವನ್್ನನು ಅನುಸರಿಸಿ ನಿನಗೆ
ರೋ�ೋಸಮ್್ಮ ಎಂದು ಹೆಸರಿಟ್ಟೆ. ನಿನ್್ನ ಬಗ್ಗೆ ನನಗೆದೊಡ್್ಡ ಕನಸುಗಳಿದ್್ದವು. ನಿನ್್ನನ್್ನ ಬಾಗಿಲಿನಿಿಂದ
ಹೊರಗೆ ಇಟ್ಟೆ. ಯಾಕೆೆಂದರೆ ನಾನೋ�ೋ
ಒಳಹೋ�ೋಗಲು ಬಿಡುವ ಮುನ್್ನ ನೀನು ಏನೇನೋ�ೋಕಥೆ ಹೇಳಲು ಬಯಸುತ್ತಿದ್್ದದೀ ಅಂತ ಅನ್ನಿಸಿತ್್ತತು.
ನಿನ್್ನನ್್ನ ಸರಿಮಾಡಲು ಆಗಿಯೇ ಇಲ್್ಲ ನನಗೆ.
ಮಾಡಬೇಕು.

15. Growing up I used to have three bindis
on my forehead.
As I grew older they all merged to
become one large dot.
You remind me of this.

15. ಬೆಳೆಯುವಾಗ ನನ್್ನ ಹಣೆಯ ಮೇಲೆ ಮೂರುಬಿಿಂದಿಗಳು ಇರುತ್ತಿದ್್ದವು. ದೊಡ್್ಡವಳಾಗುತ್್ತತಾ
ಮೂರೂ ಸೇರಿ ಒಂದು ದೊಡ್್ಡ ಚುಕ್ಕಿ ಆಯಿತು
ನಿನ್್ನನ್್ನ ನೋ�ೋಡಿದರೆ ಅದೇ ನೆನಪು.

16. My friend loves you.
She believes you are made for her.
I had to let you go.
I am happy you are close by.
I can visit you often.

16. ನನ್್ನ ಗೆಳತಿ ನಿಮ್್ಮನ್್ನ ಪ್್ರರೀತಿಸುತ್್ತತಾಳೆ. ನೀವುಅವಳಿಗಾಗಿಯೇ ಮಾಡಲ್್ಪಟ್ಟಿದ್್ದದೀರಿ ಎಂದುನಂಬಿದ್್ದದಾಳೆ. ನಿನ್್ನನ್್ನನು ನಾನು ಕಳಿಸಬೇಕಾಯ್್ತತು.
ನೀವು ಹತ್ತಿರದಲ್್ಲಲೇ ಇದ್್ದದೀರಿ ಎನ್್ನನುವುದು
ಸಂತಸದ ವಿಷಯ. ನಾನು ನಿಮ್್ಮನ್್ನನು ಆಗಾಗ್ಗೆ
ನೋ�ೋಡಬಹುದು.

17.

Why didn’t the previous owners takeyou with them?
Why did they leave you behind?
You fitted well into my family.
I am happy you are with me.

17.

ಹಳೆಯ ಮಾಲೀಕರು ನಿನ್್ನನ್್ನ ತಮ್್ಮ
ಜೊತೆಯಲ್್ಲಲೇ ಏಕೆ ಒಯ್್ಯಲಿಲ್್ಲ?
ಯಾಕೆ ನಿನ್್ನನ್್ನ ಹಿಿಂದೆ ಬಿಟ್್ಟರು?
ನೀನು ನನ್್ನ ಕುಟುಂಬದೊಂದಿಗೆ ಬಹಳ ಚೆನ್್ನನಾಗಿ
ಹೊಂದಿಕೊಂಡೆ ನೀನು ನನ್್ನ ಜೊತೆಗೆ ಇರುವುದು
ನನಗೆ ಸಂತಸ

18. Andy loved you the moment you
came home.
He made you his home. He felt safe.
I don’t think he likes others sitting
on you.
You were filled with ants when
I found you.

18. ನೀನು ಮನೆಗೆ ಬಂದ ತಕ್ಷಣ ಆಂಡಿಗೆ ಇಷ್್ಟವಾದೆ.
ನಿನ್್ನಲ್್ಲಲೇ ಮನೆ ಕಂಡ. ಅವನಿಗೆ ಸುರಕ್ಷಾ ಭಾವನೆ
ಬಂತು. ಬೇರೆಯವರು ನಿನ್್ನ ಮೇಲೆ ಕೂತರೆ
ಅವನಿಗೆ ಇಷ್್ಟವಾಗಲ್್ಲ. ನೀನು ನನಗೆ ಸಿಕ್್ಕಕಾಗ
ನಿನ್್ನ ಮೇಲೆಲ್್ಲಲಾ ಇರುವೆಗಳು ತುಂಬಿದ್್ದವು.

19. Protest person no. 2
I can close my eyes and hear a lotof “Ayee, Ayee” screaming while
you were being tossed around.
I am sorry you had to endure thisviolence.

19. ಪ್್ರತಿಭಟನಾ ವ್್ಯಕ್ತಿ ಸಂಖ್ಯೆ 2.
ನನ್್ನ ಕಣ್್ಣಣುಗಳನ್್ನನು ಮುಚ್ಚಿದ ತಕ್ಷಣ “ಏಯ್ಏಯ್” ಎಂಬ ಕಿರುಚಾಟ ಮತ್್ತತು ನಿಮ್್ಮನ್್ನನು
ಎಸೆದಾಡುತ್ತಿರುವುದು ಕೇಳಿಸುತ್ತಿದೆ. ನೀವುಈ ಹಿಿಂಸೆಯನ್್ನನು ಸಹಿಸಬೇಕಾಗಿ ಬಂದಿದ್್ದಕ್ಕೆ
ವಿಷಾದವಿದೆ.

20.

I found the right person to help mewith vaginal steaming.
I had to try this. We were inthis together.
Jumping into the unknown.
We spoke a lot about what
we felt afterwards.

20. ಯೋನಿಗೆ ಆವಿ ಕೊಡಲು ನನಗೆಸರಿಯಾದ ವ್್ಯಕ್ತಿ ಸಿಕ್ಕಿದ್್ದದಾರೆ. ಇದನ್್ನನು ನಾನುಪ್್ರಯತ್ನಿಸಲೇಬೇಕಿತ್್ತತು. ನಾವು ಇದರಲ್ಲಿ
ಒಟ್್ಟಟಾಗಿದ್್ದದೇವೆ. ತಿಳಿಯದ್್ದನ್್ನ ಅನ್್ವವೇಷಿಸುವುದು.
ನಂತರ ನಮಗೆ ಏನು ಅನಿಸಿತು ಎಂಬುದರ
ಕುರಿತು ಸಾಕಷ್್ಟಟು ಮಾತನಾಡಿದೆವು.

21.

You were so hard to be documented.
You didn’t want me to do so.
You scratched my plate after.
You let out a flash like a groan.
You made me believe more.

21.

ನಿನ್್ನನ್್ನ ದಾಖಲಿಸುವುದು ಎಷ್್ಟಟು ಕಷ್್ಟವಿತ್್ತತು
ಮಾಡಲೇ ಬೇಡ ಎಂದಿದ್ದೆ ನನಗೆಆಮೇಲೆ ನನ್್ನ ತಟ್ಟೆಯನ್್ನ ಕೆರೆದೆ
ಒಂದು ಉದ್್ಗಗಾರದ ಹಾಗೆ ಸೆಳಕನ್್ನನು ಹರಿಬಿಟ್ಟೆ
ಮತ್್ತಷ್್ಟಟು ನಂಬುವ ಹಾಗೆ ಮಾಡಿದೆ

22.

VarkeyMy plants took to you so well.
They entwine themselves on you.
You provide all the support. Thank
you.

22.

ವಾರ್ಕಿ
ನನ್್ನ ಗಿಡಗಳಿಗೆ ನೀನು ಇಷ್್ಟವಾದೆ.
ನಿನ್್ನ ಮೇಲೆ ಹಬ್್ಬಬುತ್ತಿವೆ.
ನೀನೆ ಎಲ್್ಲಲಾ ಆಧಾರ ಕೊಡುತ್ತಿದ್್ದದೀ.
ಧನ್್ಯವಾದಗಳು.

23.

We all carry scars. I saw many on you.
Would you want to share themwith me.
Do you think that when I sit on you I
can share your pain?

23.

ನಾವೆಲ್್ಲರೂ ಗಾಯಗಳ ಕಲೆ ಹೊಂದಿದ್್ದದೇವೆ.
ನಿನ್್ನ ಮೇಲೂ ಹಲವನ್್ನ ನೋ�ೋಡಿದೆ ಅವುಗಳನ್್ನ
ನನ್್ನನೊೊಂದಿಗೆ ಹಂಚಿಕೊಳ್್ಳಳುತ್್ತತೀಯಾ? ನಿನ್್ನ
ಮೇಲೆ ನಾನು ಕೂತಾಗ ನಿನ್್ನ ನೋ�ೋವನ್್ನನು
ಹಂಚಿಕೊಳ್್ಳಬಹುದೆ?

24.

I remember taking you from a pileof rejects.
I feel like I was rescuing you. But did I
remove you from your friends?
I am sorry if I did so.
I should spend more time with you.

24.

ತಿರಸ್್ಕರಿಸಲ್್ಪಟ್್ಟ ಗುಡ್ಡೆಯಿಿಂದ ನಿನ್್ನನ್್ನನು ತೆಗೆದದ್್ದದು
ನನಗೆ ನೆನಪಿದೆ.
ನಾನು ನಿನ್್ನನ್್ನನು ರಕ್ಷಿಸುತ್ತಿದ್್ದದೇನೆ ಎಂದು ನನಗೆಅನಿಸುತ್ತಿತ್್ತತು. ಆದರೆ ನಾನು ನಿನ್್ನನ್್ನನು ನಿನ್್ನ
ಸ್್ನನೇಹಿತರಿಿಂದ ಬೇರೆ ಮಾಡಿದೆನೆ?
ನಾನು ಹಾಗೇನಾದರೂ ಮಾಡಿದ್್ದರೆ ಕ್ಷಮಿಸು.
ನಾನು ನಿನ್್ನ ಜೊತೆ ಹೆಚ್್ಚಚು ಸಮಯಕಳೆಯಬೇಕು.

25.

Appa brought you home.
I hated you.
I asked him multiple times not to get
you home.
I didn’t believe you, I still don’t.

25.

ಅಪ್್ಪ ನಿನ್್ನನ್್ನ ಮನೆಗೆ ತಂದರು.
ನಿನ್್ನನ್್ನ ಕಂಡರಾಗುತ್ತಿರಲಿಲ್್ಲ ನನಗೆ.
ನಿನ್್ನನ್್ನ ಮನೆಗೆ ತರಬೇಡ ಎಂದು ಅವರಿಗೆ
ಹಲವು ಬಾರಿ ಹೇಳಿದೆ.
ನನಗೆ ನಿನ್್ನ ಮೇಲೆ ನಂಬಿಕೆ ಇರಲಿಲ್್ಲ. ಈಗಲೂಇಲ್್ಲ.

26.

I am sorry.
I am sorry I broke a part of you. I
am sorry I used you for a lap dance.
I think you broke to tell me he wasbroken.

26.

ಕ್ಷಮಿಸು.
ನಿನ್್ನ ಒಂದು ಭಾಗವನ್್ನನು ನಾನು ಮುರಿದುಬಿಟ್ಟೆ.
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸು, ನಿನ್್ನನ್್ನ ಲ್್ಯಯಾಪ್ ಡ್್ಯಯಾನ್ಸ್ ಗೆ ಬಳಸಿದೆ.
ಅವನು ಮುರಿದುಹೋ�ೋಗಿದ್್ದದಾನೆ ಎಂದುತಿಳಿಸಲು ನಿನಗೆ ಕಷ್್ಟವಾಯ್್ತತು.

27.

Protest person no. 3
Seems like something pierced you.
I have always wondered what it felt
like to be pierced by an object.
I would prefer a good sharp sphere.

27.

ಪ್್ರತಿಭಟನಾ ವ್್ಯಕ್ತಿ ಸಂಖ್ಯೆ 3.
ನಿನಗೆ ಏನೋ�ೋ ಚುಚ್ಚಿದ ಹಾಗೆ ತೋ�ೋರುತ್ತಿದೆ.
ಒಂದು ವಸ್್ತತುವಿನಿಿಂದ ಚುಚ್ಚಿದಾಗ ಏನನಿಸುತ್್ತದೆ
ಎಂದು ನಾನು ಯಾವಾಗಲೂ ಯೋಚಿಸುತ್ತಿದ್ದೆ.
ನನಗೆ ಹರಿತವಾದ ಮುಳ್ಳಿನ ಗೋ�ೋಳ ಉತ್್ತಮ
ಅನಿಸುತ್ತೆ.

28.

Cane weaving is very
expensive these days.
“Why do you want to repair this?”
He asked.
I sighed and said,“I will bring her back when
we are ready.”28.

ಬಿದಿರು ನೇಯುವುದು ಎಷ್್ಟಟು ದುಬಾರಿ ಈದಿನಗಳಲ್ಲಿ. “ಇದನ್್ಯಯಾಕೆ ಸರಿ ಮಾಡಿಸಬೇಕು?”ಅವ ಕೇಳಿದ. ನಿಟ್್ಟಟುಸಿರು ಬಿಟ್್ಟಟು ಹೇಳಿದೆ,“ನಾವು ತಯಾರಾದಮೇಲೆ ಮತ್ತೆ ಅವಳನ್್ನ
ಕರೆತರುವೆ.”29.

Lloyd gave you to me. He wanted to
add you to the family.
I wondered what your initials were.
Somebody had carved ‘M.H.K’ on you.
Did you belong to three friends? Maria, Hamsini, and Kavita?

29.

ಲಾಯ್ಡ್ ನಿನ್್ನನ್್ನ ನನಗೆ ಕೊಟ್್ಟ. ಕುಟುಂಬಕ್ಕೆ
ನೀನು ಸೇರಬೇಕು ಅಂತ ಅವನಿಗೆ ಇತ್್ತತು. ನಿನ್್ನ
ಇನಿಶಿಯಲ್ ಗಳು ಏನಿರಬಹುದು ಅಂತಯೋಚಿಸಿದೆ ನಿನ್್ನ ಮೇಲೆ ಯಾರೋ�ೋ ‘ಎಂಎಚ್. ಕೆ’ ಅಂತ ಕೆತ್ತಿದ್್ದರು ನೀನು ‘ಮರಿಯಾ,ಹಂಸಿನಿ, ಕವಿತಾ’ ಎಂಬ ಮೂರು ಗೆಳತಿಯರಿಗೆ
ಸೇರಿದವಳಾ?

30.

I remember when I started giving
some of you to live with others.
You went to this painter.
She adored you. You have paintmarks on you.
You seemed to have found your person.

30. ನಾನು ನಿಮ್್ಮಲ್ಲಿ ಕೆಲವರನ್್ನನು ಇತರರೊಂದಿಗೆ
ಇರಲೆೆಂದು ಕಳಿಸಲು ಪ್್ರರಾರಂಭಿಸಿದ್್ದದು ನನಗೆನೆನಪಿದೆ.
ನೀವು ಈ ಪೇಂಟರ್ ಬಳಿ ಹೋ�ೋದಿರಿ.
ಅವರಿಗೆ ನಿನ್್ನ ಮೇಲೆ ಬಹಳ ಅಕ್್ಕರೆ. ನಿಮ್್ಮ
ಮೇಲೆ ಬಣ್್ಣದ ಗುರುತುಗಳಿವೆ.
ನಿಮಗಾಗಿಯೇ ಇರುವ ವ್್ಯಕ್ತಿ ನಿಮಗೆ ಸಿಕ್್ಕರು
ಎನ್ನಿಸುತ್ತೆ.

31.

You somehow went into the otherroom.
I wonder if you observed all who
stayed there.
I am sure you have stories to tell.
Can you share?

31.

ನೀನು ಯಾಕೋ�ೋ ಮತ್್ತತೊೊಂದು ಕೋ�ೋಣೆಗೆ
ಹೋ�ೋದೆ.
ಅಲ್ಲಿ ಇದ್್ದವರನ್್ನ ನೀನು ಗಮನಿಸಿದೆಯಾ?
ನಿನ್್ನಲ್ಲಿ ಕಥೆಗಳಿವೆ ನನಗೆ ಗೊತ್್ತತು
ಹಂಚಿಕೊಳ್್ಳಳುತ್್ತತೀಯಾ?

32.

I knew you would holdmy beautiful monsterMonstera Deliciosa.
You went back to being a tree. A treethat supported
various other plants. A full circle,
maybe.
I enjoyed watching this relationship
grow.

32.

ನನ್್ನ ಮುದ್್ದದು ರಾಕ್ಷಸಿ ಮೊನ್ಸ್ಟೆರಾ
ಡೇಲಿಷಿಯೋಸಾಳನ್್ನ. ಹಿಡಿದಿಟ್್ಟಟುಕೊಳ್್ತತೀ ಅಂತಗೊತ್ತಿತ್್ತತು. ನೀನು ಮತ್ತೆ ಮರವಾದೆ. ಹಲವುಗಿಡಗಳಿಗೆ ಆಸರೆ ಕೊಡುವ ಮರ. ಪೂರ್್ಣ
ವೃತ್್ತ, ಇದ್್ದದೀತು. ಈ ಬಂಧ ಬೆಳೆಯುವುದನ್್ನನು
ನೋ�ೋಡುತ್್ತತಾ ನಾನು ಖುಷಿ ಪಟ್ಟೆ.

33.

Someone asked me why I had somany cane ones.
Something about weaving.
I weave.

33.

ನಿನ್್ನ ಹತ್ತಿರ ಇಷ್್ಟಟೊೊಂದು ಬಿದಿರಿನದ್್ದದು ಯಾಕೆಎಂದು ಯಾರೋ�ೋ ಕೇಳಿದರು.
ಹೆಣೆಯುವುದು ಅಂದರೆ ಏನೋ�ೋ.
ನಾನು ಹೆಣೆಯುತ್್ತತೇನೆ.

We weave stories,
memories,
lives,
together.

ನಾವು ಕಥೆಗಳನ್್ನ ಹೆಣೆಯುತ್್ತತೇವೆ
ನೆನಪುಗಳನ್್ನ
ಬದುಕುಗಳನ್್ನ
ಜೊತೆಯಾಗಿ

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I kept thinking why you werepainted green.
The paint was peeling off.
I wanted to remove the layers ofpaint and hug you.

34.

ನಿನಗೆ ಯಾಕೆ ಹಸಿರು ಬಣ್್ಣ ಬಳಿದಿದ್್ದದಾರೆ
ಎಂದು ಯೋಚಿಸುತ್ತಿದ್ದೆ. ಬಣ್್ಣ ಉದುರುತ್ತಿತ್್ತತು.
ಬಣ್್ಣದ ಪದರಗಳನ್್ನನು ತೆಗೆದು ನಾನು ನಿನ್್ನನ್್ನನು
ತಬ್ಬಿಕೊಳ್್ಳಬಯಸಿದ್ದೆ.

35.

I needed the scooter papers.
You made me wait in the corridor. I
came and spoke to you multiple
times.
You demanded more money.
I complained about corruption to you.

35.

ಸ್್ಕಕೂಟರ್ ಪೇಪರುಗಳು ನನಗೆ ಬೇಕಿತ್್ತತು.
ಕಾರಿಡಾರಿನಲ್ಲಿ ನನ್್ನನ್್ನ ಕಾಯಿಸಿದೆ.
ನಾನು ಬಂದು ನಿನ್್ನ ಹತ್ತಿರ ಹಲವು ಸಾರಿಮಾತನಾಡಿದೆ. ನೀನು ಹೆಚ್್ಚಚು ಹಣ ಕೇಳಿದೆ.
ಲಂಚ ಕೇಳುತ್ತಿದ್್ದದೀ ಎಂದು ನಿನ್್ನ ಮೇಲೆ ದೂರುಕೊಟ್ಟೆ

36.

You seemed like a lap chair.
I never understood this.
Why would people sit on laps.
It disturbed me.
It feels like your hand was removed toaccommodate this.

36.

ನೀವು ಲ್್ಯಯಾಪ್ ಚೇರ್ ಎನ್ನಿಸಿತ್್ತತು. ನನಗೆಅರ್್ಥವೇ ಆಗಿರಲಿಲ್್ಲ. ಜನರು ತೊಡೆಯ
ಮೇಲೆ ಏಕೆ ಕುಳಿತುಕೊಳ್್ಳಬೇಕು. ಇದು ನನ್್ನನ್್ನನು
ವಿಚಲಿತಗೊಳಿಸಿತು.
ಅದನ್್ನನು ಸರಿಹೊಂದಿಸಲು ನಿಮ್್ಮ ಕೈಯನ್್ನನು
ತೆಗೆದುಹಾಕಿದಂತೆ ಅನ್ನಿಸುತ್ತಿದೆ.

37.

I believe left brained
individuals lean physicallymore to the left.

37.

ಎಡ ಮೆದುಳಿನವರು
ಎಡಕ್್ಕಕೇ ಹೆಚ್್ಚಚು ವಾಲುತ್್ತತಾರಂತೆ.

Do you think someone
from such beliefs sat on you?

ಹೀಗೇ ನಂಬಿದ ಯಾರಾದರೂ
ನಿಮ್್ಮ ಮೇಲೆ ಕೂತಿದ್್ದರಾ?

Thanni illame eppadi raktham
kaluvuthu?
(Without water how will I wash the bloodoff?)
Indu Antony
2023
Photolithography on glazed ceramics

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ತಣ್ಣಿ ಇಲ್್ಲಲಾಮ ಎಪ್್ಪಡಿ ರಕ್್ತತಂ ಕಳುವುದು?
(ನೀರಿಲ್್ಲದೆ ನಾನು ರಕ್್ತವನ್್ನನು ಹೇಗೆ ತೊಳೆಯಲಿ?)ಇಂದೂ ಆಂಟನಿ
2023
ಮೆರುಗಿನ ಸೆರಾಮಿಕ್ಸ್ ಮೇಲೆ ಫೋ�ೋಟೋ�ೋಲಿಥೋ�ೋಗ್್ರಫಿ

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1.

If you give money to the watertanker driver, he will give water.

1.

ನಿನಗೆ ಯಾಕೆ ಹಸಿರು ಬಣ್್ಣ ಬಳಿದಿದ್್ದದಾರೆ
ಎಂದು ಯೋಚಿಸುತ್ತಿದ್ದೆ. ಬಣ್್ಣ ಉದುರುತ್ತಿತ್್ತತು.
ಬಣ್್ಣದ ಪದರಗಳನ್್ನನು ತೆಗೆದು ನಾನು ನಿನ್್ನನ್್ನನು
ತಬ್ಬಿಕೊಳ್್ಳಬಯಸಿದ್ದೆ.

2.

This is a scar from when I fell down
while trying to get in line to getwater.

2.

ಈ ಗಾಯದ ಗುರುತು ನೀರು ಪಡೆಯಲು
ಸಾಲಿನಲ್ಲಿ ನಿಲ್್ಲಲು ಯತ್ನಿಸಿದಾಗ ಕೆಳಗೆ
ಬಿದ್್ದದಾಗಿನದ್್ದದು.

3.

Thirty of us women, together,
we blocked the road.

3.

ನಾವು ಮೂವತ್್ತತು ಜನ ಮಹಿಳೆಯರು, ಒಟ್್ಟಟಾಗಿ
ರಸ್ತೆ ತಡೆ ಮಾಡಿದ್ದೆವು.

4.

I have pimples on my face.

4.

ನನ್್ನ ಮುಖದ ಮೇಲೆ ಮೊಡವೆಗಳಿವೆ.

5.

Now one pot is three rupees… before
it was five rupees for two.

5.

ಈಗ ಒಂದು ಕೊಡಕ್ಕೆ ಮೂರು ರೂಪಾಯಿ...
ಮೊದಲು ಎರಡಕ್ಕೆ ಐದು ರೂಪಾಯಿ ಇತ್್ತತು.

6.

The next house got two extra pots
today.

6.

ಪಕ್್ಕದ ಮನೆಗೆ ಇಂದು ಎರಡು ಕೊಡ ಜಾಸ್ತಿ
ಸಿಕ್ಕಿದೆ.

7.

Today there is no food at home.

7.

ಈವತ್್ತತು ಮನೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಊಟ ಇಲ್್ಲ.

8.

Without water how will I wipe thisblood…

8.

ನೀರಿಲ್್ಲದೆ ಈ ರಕ್್ತವನ್್ನನು ನಾನು ಹೇಗೆ ಒರೆಸಲಿ...

9.

My back broke carrying these ten
pots.

9.

ಕೇಳಿಸಿಕೊಳ್ಳಿ, ಆ ಪಕ್ಷಕ್ಕೆ ಮತ ಹಾಕದವರಿಗೆ
ನೀರು ಸಿಗುವುದಿಲ್್ಲ..

10.

The next house got two extra pots
today.

10.

ಈ ಹತ್್ತತು ಕೊಡ ಹೊತ್್ತತು ನನ್್ನ ಬೆನ್್ನನು ಮುರಿದು
ಹೋ�ೋಗಿದೆ.

11.

Life without water is filled with filth11.

ನೀರಿಲ್್ಲದ ಜೀವನ ಬಹಳ ಗಲೀಜಿನಿಿಂದ
ತುಂಬಿದೆ.

12.

Without washing the uniform, howwill I send her to school?

12.

ಸಮವಸ್ತತ್ರವನ್್ನ ತೊಳೆಯದೆ, ನಾನು ಅವಳನ್್ನನು
ಶಾಲೆಗೆ ಹೇಗೆ ಕಳಿಸಲಿ?

13.

I have an infection there.

13.

ನನಗೆ ಅಲ್ಲಿ ಸೋ�ೋಂಂಕು ಆಗಿದೆ.

14.

There is no sambar today.

14.

ಈವತ್್ತತು ಸಾಂಬಾರ್ ಇಲ್್ಲ.

15.

Can we make biryani tomorrow?
The tanker will come, right?

15.

ನಾಳೆ ಬಿರ್್ಯಯಾನಿ ಮಾಡಬಹುದಾ? ಟ್್ಯಯಾಾಂಕರ್
ಬರುತ್ತೆ ತಾನೇ?

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I have to bathe secretly.

16.

ನಾನು ಗುಟ್್ಟಟಾಗಿ ಸ್್ನನಾನ ಮಾಡಬೇಕು.

17.

My mind is not free.

17.

ನನ್್ನ ಮನಸ್್ಸಸು ಸ್್ವತಂತ್್ರವಾಗಿಲ್್ಲ.

18.

I have to wipe vegetables with adamp cloth.

18.

ನಾನು ಒದ್ದೆ ಬಟ್ಟೆಯಿಿಂದ ತರಕಾರಿಗಳನ್್ನನು
ಒರೆಸಬೇಕು.

19.

I didn’t go to the wedding because I
did not have a bath.

19.

ಸ್್ನನಾನ ಮಾಡಿರಲಿಲ್್ಲ, ಅದಕ್ಕೆ ಮದುವೆಗೆ
ಹೋ�ೋಗೋ�ೋಕೆ ಆಗಲಿಲ್್ಲ.

20.

I can’t even talk about how it isduring my period.

20. ಮುಟ್ಟಿನ ಸಮಯದಲ್ಲಿ ಹೇಗಿರುತ್ತೆ ಅಂತಮಾತಾಡೋ�ೋಕೂ ಸಾಧ್್ಯವಿಲ್್ಲ ನನಗೆ.

21.

Today the water was brown in colour.

21.

ಈವತ್್ತತು ನೀರು ಕಂದು ಬಣ್್ಣವಾಗಿತ್್ತತು.

22.

I have no more hair left to fall.

22.

ಇನ್್ನನೇನು ಕಳಕೊಳ್್ಳಲಿಕ್ಕೆ ಕೂದಲೇ ಉಳಿದಿಲ್್ಲ.

23.

Water has been an issue here forthe last thirty years.

23.

ಕಳೆದ ಮೂವತ್್ತತು ವರ್್ಷಗಳಿಿಂದ ಇಲ್ಲಿ ನೀರಿನ
ಸಮಸ್ಯೆ ಇದ್್ದದೇ ಇದೆ.

24.

I have not bathed in 8 days.

24.

ನಾನು ಸ್್ನನಾನ ಮಾಡಿ 8 ದಿನ ಆಯ್್ತತು.

25.

First he has a bath.

25.

ಮೊದಲು ‘ಅವನು’ ಸ್್ನನಾನ ಮಾಡ್್ತತಾನೆ.

26.

How will I get through this summer?

26.

ಈ ಬೇಸಗೆ ಹೇಗೆ ಕಳೆಯೋದು?

27.

See how much power the valve-man
has.

27.

ನೀರು ಬಿಡೋ�ೋವನಿಗೆ ಎಷ್್ಟಟು ದರ್್ಪ ನೋ�ೋಡಿ.

28.

My pot broke during the fightyesterday.

28.

ನಿನ್ನೆ ಜಗಳದಲ್ಲಿ ನನ್್ನ ಕೊಡ ಮುರಿದು
ಹೋ�ೋಯ್್ತತು.

29.

On ‘water day’ I get ready like I am
going to war.

29.

‘ನೀರು ಬರೋ�ೋ ದಿನ’ ಯುದ್್ಧಕ್ಕೆ ಹೋ�ೋಗೋ�ೋ
ಹಾಗೆ ರೆಡಿ ಆಗ್್ತತೀನಿ.

30.

There is no school today.

30. ಈವತ್್ತತು ಶಾಲೆ ಇಲ್್ಲ .

Us.
Indu Antony
2023
Clay, iron oxide, sound, 27 minutesನಾವು.
ಇಂದೂ ಆಂಟನಿ
2023
ಕ್್ಲಲೇ, ಐರನ್ ಆಕ್್ಸಸೈಡ್, ಶಬ್್ದ, 27 ನಿಮಿಷಗಳು

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I spoke. You?

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ನಾನು ಮಾತಾಡಿದೆ. ನೀನು?

2.

Mother did not give me food.

2.

ಅಮ್್ಮ ಊಟ ಕೊಡಲಿಲ್್ಲ

3.

Do not keep a machete at home.

3.

ಮನೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಮಚ್್ಚನ್್ನನು ಇಡಬೇಡಿ.

4.

I was cut into pieces. You?

4.

ನನ್್ನನ್್ನ ತುಂಡು ತುಂಡಾಗಿ ಕತ್್ತರಿಸಲಾಯಿತು.
ನೀನು?

5.

I was pregnant.

5.

ನಾನು ಗರ್ಭಿಣಿಯಾಗಿದ್ದೆ.

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6.

I did not commit suicide. Who?

6.

ನಾನು ಆತ್್ಮಹತ್ಯೆ ಮಾಡಿಕೊಳ್್ಳಲಿಲ್್ಲ. ಯಾರು?

7.

She pushed me.

7.

ಅವಳು ನನ್್ನನ್್ನನು ತಳ್ಳಿದಳು.

8.

I did not know the building
would fall.

8.

ಕಟ್್ಟಡ ಬೀಳಬಹುದು ಅಂತ ನನಗೆಗೊತ್ತಿರಲಿಲ್್ಲ.

9.

I was scared of fire.

9.

ಬೆೆಂಕಿ ಅಂದರೆ ನನಗೆ ಭಯ ಆಗುತ್ತಿತ್್ತತು.

10.

He did this.

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ಇದನ್್ನ ಅವನೇ ಮಾಡಿದ್್ದದು.

Translation of the Oppari accompanying
the artwork Us.
Location: Infosys Foundation Gallery

Did you fall off a building, dear? Did no one come to save you? You became an orphan
like this and yet no one came to save you. Did your mother-in-law torture you? Did theyraise you up to die for nothing?
Why did you hang yourself, my dear? Does God even have eyes to see this? Is thiseven an age for you to die? Look at the state they have left you in. We are not able tosee you in this state. We are all old but you are too young to die, my dear. Why did yourmother-in-law have to torture you so much? Why has she hit you like this? Does God
even have eyes or does he not? Why did the one who tied the wedding knot be silent?
Why didn’t he question his mother? He didn’t even ask his mom, about why she hasbeaten his wife like this?
Oh God, you are so young, you left when you had so much life ahead of you. Why
did you have to hang yourself? We are all old but you had your whole life ahead of you.
Does God even have eyes? Does God not even come to accompany you?
What do I think about and cry for you, my dear. You brother’s wife, what a heartlesstraitor she has to be to push you off a building when you were pregnant. Oh my dear,
what pain that unborn child must have suffered, oh god, dear god! It doesn’t matter
how many temples I go to, this pain will always leave me unfulfilled, within me.
We came to cry about the troubles in our own houses, but is this what we have to cry
about now? The man you married was not right, he didn’t question his mother about
why she locked you up. What sort of a mother-in-law was she to do such things? Youwould
do everything for those who came to you but he locked you up in a room like this.
The one who married you, that cunning murderous sinner, didn’t even ask his motherto stop this torture? What punishment will God give him?
Why did you do something like this, my dear? Why did you light yourself on fire? You
should have lived your life well and proved him wrong, my child. You should have lived aprosperous life in front of them all. I saw you like my little girl child, today I am not able
to see my girl child in this state. How did you bear the pain of burning, my dear? Why
did you do something like this, my dear? You should have lived your life well and proventhem wrong, my child. We have all lived our life to the fullest, you should have lived
your life too, my dear.
Oh God, do you even have eyes to see this child who had her whole life lie down here
like a lifeless object? How much did you suffer in that fire? How much did you suffer?
You have fallen from such a tall building? What happened to you, my dear? Why did

you have to fall from such a tall building? Why weren’t you able to hold on to this life
a little longer? What did you think before jumping off a building? Only God knows how
you jumped out of that building without fear, my child! How much did you suffer, mychild, for you to jump out of a building that high!
He has stabbed you with a knife. He has stabbed my child with a knife! How did heget such a cruel heart to do this? How did his conscience let him stab you with a knife?
You have left us all and went. How did his conscience let him stab you with a knife?
You hung yourself to death? Why did such a fate come upon you? You could have lived
your life and shown them right? Like us, you could have also lived your life and shown
them. We struggled all our lives and lived it to prove them all wrong! You could havealso lived a life like that right?
Why did you choose such a fate? Why did you hang yourself and die? You didn’t haveparents to console you? You didn’t have anyone left? You didn’t have brothers andsisters too? You could have gone to them and told them your troubles. Why did you
hang yourself and die?
Did you get into an accident? He died and so did you. How much did that child suffer?
How much did that child suffer? The mother that carried that child for 9 months, howmuch did she suffer? How much did you suffer? How did the vehicle have the heart torun you over?
Did your mother-in-law torture you? Did you fall out of a building? Will a sister in law
ever push a pregnant daughter-in-law from a building? How much did that child in thewomb suffer! Oh God! How did God let this happen to you? It doesn’t matter if we die,but why did you have to go? How much did you love that child? What dreams did you
carry about that unborn child? How much happiness you must have had! How did she
get the heart to do such a thing? God will punish her for this, she pushed you out of abuilding and God will punish her. She pushed a pregnant woman off a building, God will
punish her!
Your mother-in-law locked you up in a room. What heartless mother-in-law would dosuch a thing? Didn’t that sinner who married you not feel any pity or remorse for you?
He couldn’t even ask his mother what crime my wife has done to be locked up? Just fora meal you have beaten her like this and killed her. Even if we cry the whole day, this
emptiness won’t be filled. What curse is on me that I have to witness such atrocities?
Even one of my daughters died like this in a fire. She has been dead for 30 years
leaving behind 2 children. I think of her everyday and burn like fire! Why did such athing have to happen to you?
He has stabbed you with my knife. He has stabbed my child with a knife! You shouldhave stabbed him back, why didn’t you? Did no one come to save you? Was there not asoul to save you at that time? What torture is this for us to witness all of this? Even oneof my daughters died like this in a fire. I wasn’t even able to ask why she died like thatin the hospital. I’ve been crying for over 35 years now! She left 2 children behind anddied! She shouldn’t have had to die in a fire!
I studied so hard, got married to a drunkard at the age of 15 and still struggled andlived my life and proved everyone wrong. Why couldn’t you have done that, my child?
You could have lived till you were old, but now you are leaving so young with all theflowers still in your head? It would have been better if we had gone.
Why did you have to jump off a building like that, my dear? Why did you fall? Did Yama,
the God of death, push you? Was there no one to accompany you? Was there no one
to save you? You fell off such a high building and died in an instant. Why did you jump
off such a height? Is this an age to even die? Why are you leaving so young with all theflowers still in your head? You should have lived and proven them all wrong! How much
will your parents’ stomach burn with this sadness? This is the biggest atrocity of them
all! Our stomachs burn with such sadness, how much more will your parents’ stomachs
burn? They bore you for 10 months, and let you go from their home, how much sadness
and distress they must feel?
Didn’t God punish him for beating you with a stick? What wrong did you do for him
to beat you with a log of wood? How did he get a heart to beat you with a log of wood?
How much pain you must have suffered through? How much you must have screamed?
You suffered so much, you must have yelled so much. What sort of gifts did God send
you with? How much will your parents’ stomach burn with this sadness? Our stomachs
burn with such sadness, how much more will your parents’ stomachs burn?
You would have been raised with so much love, why did you have to go through sucha punishment? Even God didn’t stay by you? Doesn’t God have any eyes? I am not able
to see you in this state, my child! How much will your mother’s stomach burn with thissadness, the same stomach that bore you for 10 months. How lovingly they must haveeducated you, raised you? We are all old and it doesn’t matter if we die. Why did you, atthis young age, have to die?
Look at the torture that your mother-in-law has given you? Even a beggar gets foodbut for the same, you have to endure all this suffering. She locked you up in a room,
my child. She could have at least complained to your parents. That guy who tied themarriage knot didn’t stop his mother? How much will your parents’ stomach burn withthis sadness?
How much suffering and hardship your parents must have endured to bring you up?
You could have at least told your mother about your problems? What sort of sisterin-law would push you off a building? Won’t she also suffer your fate too? How many
dreams and happiness you should have had with this child in your womb? Look at how
big your stomach is. How much pain you must have endured?
We suffered at the hands of our mother-in-laws, they married me off when I was 15,
when I was just a child. My parents asked me to leave him and come but I refused, I
stayed with him till death. There was no use for my suffering that I endured marrying adrunkard like my husband.
I came to this town in ‘62, when I was a small girl. I wasn’t even a big girl when I got
married, my mother-in-law would hit me and kick me, not even feed me. I would eat raw
onions and water for my hunger.
“You are the angel from the south, why did you have to come down to the street?”The one who stood as a witness in the streets is swept away, like a coconut tree fallingon my shoulders in front of my eyes.
You wouldn’t even bear the dust falling on you, how did you endure so much pain that
befell on you.
I am a sinner who suffered from a young age, I suffered so much for you with thatdrunkard.
“How much did I suffer in the hands of that sinner, that drunkard?” I suffered so muchwhen I was just a little girl. I came to this town in 62. Even the daughter I gave birth
to didn’t let me in. My husband left me and so did my children leaving me without aid.
Now they have built a house and are asking me for money, where do I go for money? I
had hoped that my children will look after me even after my husband was gone. They
all left me, these sinners!
In the land I was born I don’t have anything to call mine, I have no joy to call mine.
What all torture did that son of a sinner give me? Even after giving birth to 4 children
he chased me around so much. I have 5 daughters and 2 sons. I brought my girl children
to Bangalore to save them from mockery. Just because they are girls they might dosomething to them which is why I didn’t even go to my mother’s house. I said I will diewith him, if I have to but not go away. My daughter stood like a 30 foot neem tree, andin that 30 foot tree, a rot happened.
I am the sinner that bore children for him, he said he will cry for me and stay with me
but even he left me. My troubles do not seem to end. Who will I go and tell my troubles
to?
He left me and went years ago, I’ve never experienced any joy because of him except
for the joy of birthing my children. He used to chase me around and beat me, break myhead and push me. For 8 years we didn’t know where he went and died. I got marriedat such a young age and he left me in such a state. I don’t know where he went, I don’tknow how he died. I don’t know where he died like an orphan.
When my body is running away like dried wood, I have no one to look after me. You
were like a luscious mango tree, like a peacock that danced gracefully. Today the mango
tree has rotten away and the feathers of the peacock have all fallen. You were likea luscious mango tree, like a cuckoo that sang gracefully. Today the mango tree hasrotten away and the cuckoo is nowhere to be found.
You were like a small tamarind tree, like a banyan tree that just grew roots, and lookwhat he did to you.
I don’t know the family I was married off to, they left me in the town where I knew noone and my parents died. I worked hard and suffered and toiled and came up. Yet, myhusband left me and so did my children. I brought my own brother’s daughter to marry
my son, even she refused to look after me. She avoids me and sleeps in her house. Did
they ever think about me, the sinners who gave birth to me? I am a sinner who has seen
nothing but suffering all my life. I was my mother’s favorite flower, she can’t even standdust falling on me, but today all these troubles have fallen over me.

Translation of the audio accompanying
the artwork Nanna Langa
Location: Terrace

Kannada to English
In my house, it is me, my parents and my sister- the four of us. My sister got married
after loving a guy and her life is settled now. I also found a guy in the place I worked,
fell in love and got married to him. He worked in the same place. After we loved, got
married, it was fine. His family didn’t take me in, my family took us in. They said, herfamily doesn’t have anything, no background. In his house, it was him, his parents andone brother- two sons. They thought she did like this to our son, cheated him and there
were lot of fights. So I stayed in my house. Did not go there. My father and mother only
took care. They got us a house and we were all fine. After one stage, he was fine, we
had a son and we were fine only. My son was not even one year, just six months when hestarted drinking. He was a good guy, he was fine only.
He started drinking, I was like he was drinking, I would fight, come stay in mymother’s house for 2-3 days, It was like this for some days, Okay, after that, he left
drinking and started doing other things. Means, drugs, ganja. In this time, that is only
more. In our area, it has become more, that problem. He would smoke ganja and act
like a psycho in the house. Gave me lot of torture. Like how means, he would smoke acigarette, which was normal only. Others should not know about his beating, so got
a speaker, a home theater, put it on full sound and beat me all night. So that nobody
could hear me screaming, like that he did a lot of torture. My son’s first year birthday
happened. After it got over, I was there for a week. He beat me a lot, till 4 in themorning, like a psycho, did not let me sleep, gave me a lot of problems. He sat with aknife next to me. If I moved here or there he would stab me. Holding my child, I sat for
one full night. He closed his eyes, I ran and came to my mother’s house. I escaped to mymother’s house and told my father all this, there are all these problems. My father said,
don’t go, stay here, let’s see what he does. One week, two weeks he was fine.
Last two days, he came and spoke to my son. I wasn’t there. He spoke to my sonon the road. My son wouldn’t go because he would do a lot of things. We were fine byourselves. After 3-4 days, from our neighbor’s house, we live in a small small house, we
got a call from our neighbor’s house. Not a phone call, some people came. There is a
lot of smell, vaasane is coming. Come see what it is, We thought a rat would have died.
They said, no, the door is open only, some smell is coming, go and see, they said. It was
12 in the night, we got news like this. When we went, he wasn’t there. After smoking
ganja, he hanged or… no hanged only, did someone else do it or he only did it, I don’t
know. All that was done, went to the station. My son was only one year old, not morethan that. He finished his life and went, I have to be there for my son, so I will look at
my life, I thought. My father was very supporting to me. My father and my mother werevery supporting. My father only goes to job, me, just from one month I am going for ajob. He didn’t let me go anywhere. Because from before itself, he took care of me sowell. So there was one job here, so I went to that job. When I was on the job, I got a callsaying, your father died because of a heart attack, come. I didn’t believe, I thought I
will see and come. They had put a tent in front of the house. I see, my appa is also notthere. In my life, nobody is there now. My son alone and my mother alone. I don’t have

anyone. I have to do something for my son, that is all. My husband I believed in also
went, I came to my parent’s house, I thought my father will be there, my appa also
went. I don’t know what my life is, it is a comma, it is not continuing.

Tamil to English
I, when I was working with my husband, fell in love and got married. Life was nice only,
it was going well. At one stage, we got to know, I can’t have kids. It was a problem, so
we went to the hospital and got checked. Like this, we don’t have kids. In my maami’shouse, it has become a problem, they started speaking very badly, so we went to thehospital and got checked. In the hospital, he has the problem. You don’t have anything,
you are normal only, they said. We came home and didn’t tell anyone. They will speak
badly about my husband, so we didn’t share it with anyone. This one, he would drink alot, would torture me a lot. For 4-5 years, he gave me a lot of problems. I only have theproblem, I only have the problem and would feel disgusted. After a while, my maami
also found he only has the problem, so they spoke to him and became silent.
A friend of my husband started speaking very carelessly. My husband would say
disgusting things, drink everyday, fight with me, he would hit me a lot. Then, bring his
friend home and drink here only, this is what was happening. His friends would come,drink and go. Whatever they would ask for, for eating, drinking, I would give them. Then,
what would he do, he would come and ask, if he is there or not, he asked me to come, is
he not there? I would say, no brother, he is not there. My husband only had planned allof this. He would come home. I don’t know all this is happening. After a while, he would
only call come come and then call and say, wait I have some work and go. I thought hewould go and come, but one hour, two hours he didn’t come. After that, no macha, I had
some work, come, he would say and take him with. Then, he started creating problems.
Will do like this, will do like that, a lot of problems started. He openly said, we don’t
have children and we want kids. Only you, me and him will know what has happened.
We will only solve this. We want kids now, that is all. So I said, if we don’t have kids, we
can go to an orphanage and get a kid. But, he didn’t listen to me at all.
Okay, the problem became too big, he beat me, the matter went to the police station
and became a big problem, I came to my house and he went to his house. After he went,
he would call me, his friend, What ma, how are you ma, he would ask with care andlove, so I liked him. It’s okay, there is someone to care for me. We spoke and spoke, thentold our family and got married. Divorce, Panchayat everything happened, problems
happened. Divorce, it got over in village panchayat only, didn’t go till divorce. After allthat got over, we got married and we have a kid now. He had taken the kid and gonesomewhere, he came back really drunk and started a problem again. He hit, he didn’t hit
that much, but would say disgusting things, bad things. I don’t know what to do only.

Tamil to English
I had a love marriage. My husband is from a different caste, and I am from a different
caste. After getting married, we went to my maami, mother-in-law’s house. In theirhouse, because we didn’t give dowry or anything, my mother-in-law was a certain way,that is, careless. After that, I became pregnant and first, I had a girl. After that, for somedays it was okay. Saying I had a baby, they were looking at me a little this way. Next, I
became pregnant again and had one more girl. My maami started speaking a certain
way, and started torturing me. My husband and she were fine, she started torturing him.

She doesn’t do work, she doesn’t do that, doesn’t wake up on time, doesn’t take careof children, do these people need family? That’s why you should have married from ourcaste, it would have been good. We told you then only, you did not listen. After that,
I thought we don’t want, two girls are enough, is what I thought. No no, if we have aboy, it will be good. Again, I had one more delivery, it was also a girl. My maami started
torturing me again, in front of my husband only, saying, this is why I was telling you,leave her, have another marriage. My maami brainwashed him a lot, he would drink,have fights with me, scold me saying I don’t take care of children.
Okay, what else to do? I have three girls, I have to look after them. I went to myhouse, they also didn’t give me any rupaai, I have put the kids in government school
only. We have to see. After that, started torturing me too much, my maami. After that, I
don’t want, the kids are anyway in government school, we can take another house andbe there, I thought. Staying in another house, doing house work, I’m looking after thekids.

Tamil to English
First, when I was in school, at a small age only, they got me married. My age was 12 or
11, not much, 12 only. They saw me at home, he is my relative only. Wedding was done,
after that, because I was of small age, they said stay at amma’s place, so I stayed. Aftermy 10th was done, thought of going to my husband’s place, they said, no, stay there fora little longer, we will call you, now the family situation is not right, nothing is right foryou to stay also, we will build a house and then we will take you.
Later, when the house was getting built, they asked me for money. But they didn’t
say it was dowry. They asked just like help, they are our relatives only. Okay, we also
gave them money, with a lot of difficulty in our house. They are building the house, ourgirl is only going there, they thought and gave them money. After that, house was built,
it was finished. Then take her, 10th is over, we asked, they said, stay for longer, afterthat we will call and take her, we have some problem, our girl is only staying at home,
we have some problems, after it clears we will only take her. After that, we waited for
two years. After waiting for two years also, they didn’t come and call me. Then, I washere only, Appa went there, asked them, fight happened, then it became a big problem.
They had built the house and gotten her girl married to a good place. We got toknow this, we came and we all fought, our family went to the village and we asked
everything. When we asked, they were like okay, give us six months, then we will calland take her, they said. Their family side, our family side, we all listened. We decided
everything and we came back. After that, I thought, I shouldn’t simply sit in amma’s
house, so I started doing house work and saving little little money. That also, when
speaking on the phone, asked for it. After that, six months was over, when we asked
shall I come , they called us and spoke nicely, they didn’t tell us anything. Okay, we
will come, we will come, come and call her, take her, they said. We also believed them,thinking they spoke nicely to us, that’s what we thought. After that, 6-7 months
happened, we only went to the village and saw they had married him to someone else.
We gave them money no, for building the house, in that money, he got married and withsome other woman, living there. I am here in my mother’s house. They cheated us bysaying we will call you, asking for money from my mother’s house, saying we will build
the house, your girl will only come and stay there.

Telugu to English
I had a love marriage. It has been 20 years since my marriage. When my first childwas born, my husband didn’t come home properly only. If he goes in the morning, hewill come at 3 in the night. My eldest child got fever. Fever came, there was no one tolook after, I have kept him there only, after that fits came. Fits came, I took him to thehospital, admitted him, did everything and brought him back home.
My husband got to know. After he got to know, he didn’t say anything, he was silent. He
was drinking a lot then, would go in the morning and come back at night at 3. Me andmy children, if we eat once a day, it was more. There was nothing to eat at home, it wasvery difficult. My son, again he got fever. There was nobody to look after him I thought
and admitted him to the hospital. My son, first, passed away. After he passed away,
I thought, I have two more children. My husband would still fight. Then also he would
fight after drinking a lot, beat me, scold me, do all these things. Then, I sent my children
to school, he would fight and take them to his sister’s house. If my kids go to school,
he would take them and go to her house. I said, I don’t want my kids to be there, went
to the station, gave a complaint in the station, and brought my kids back. I got my kids
back, after a year, my husband came back. Then, if I went to work and gave him money,
his sister would tell, Why are you taking money from her? If you take money, you haveto be like she says. My husband would come and fight again. Then, fighting, fighting,it became too much, it is still going on. Now my children are big, my son is going toschool. Still he is drinking, spending time in my house. For me, my husband will stop
drinking, take good care of me and my children, in that belief I am continuing.

Tamil to English
In my home, they got me married. After the bride-seeing was done, I saw the boy, got
married and went, it was nice, we were happy, we had two kids. After that, he went
somewhere else. I got to know and I asked him, “ are you going somewhere else?”. No
no, he said, you are understanding me wrong, we have two little kids, I would not doanything like that. He had a 16 year old girl. In their house, they got to know and called
me, your husband has a girl. I said, no. In the belief I had on my husband, I said. But
when I went to the station and saw, it was them. After that, he came and asked me
to come with him. I said, I don’t want a man with two women, I will not come. So myhusband said, I want you, I made a mistake, come with me. I was also like, okay andwent. Again, he did the same thing and problems happened. There was no peace. There
was nothing to eat, nothing to wear, there were two little kids. He would drink a lot. The
children were not home. The girl who was studying, because there was a problem, left
it and started working, the first girl. The second girl, who was studying, also said I don’t
like studying, I will also do house work. I don’t know from where, but he would drink a
lot and come home and create problems. The girl did not like it and said, ma what do
we do?, she asked me. So I told her, we have to take care of the kids. He was drinking
and thinking of the girl.

Kannada to English
Since I was little, I have been doing house work. My family took a lot of trouble to
make me study, but I didn’t. Because I didn’t have interest, I did not study. My mother
tried really hard to make me study, but studies went over my head, that’s why I didn’t
study. Then, there were a lot of troubles at home, so I thought I will help my motherand help my family, so they joined me for work. When I was going there only, I got
introduced to him. We would talk going to and coming back from work and that’s how
we got introduced. Then, my age was very small. We got introduced, we were talking
and everybody in my family got to know. Everybody in his family also got to know andthere were some problems. Then, my parents scolded me, fought with me and told me
no. I didn’t listen to them, said I want him only, and got married to him and came withhim. I left everybody in my home, my amma, appa and came, because I wanted him. In
the starting, nobody in my mother-in-law’s house welcomed me, they fought a lot. We
are a different caste, which is why there were some fights. Slowly, everybody became alittle normal. They took care of me in my mother-in-law’s house. I have three childrentwo girls and a boy- three kids. After having kids, he started drinking a lot. Didn’t go
to work, even if he did go to work all week, would only give one thousand to home.
He would start drinking at early morning 4-5 only. Looking at all of this and that too
with three kids, I can’t take care of them, can’t send them to school. I took some help
from neighbors, and with their guidance sent my eldest daughter to the hostel. The
little girl and little boy are with me. I can’t take care of them also, because he drinks
so much. Even if he goes to work, he doesn’t look after the house. Both children are ingovernment school. Because there are so many problems at home, I only go to work. He
takes away that money from me, and doesn’t take care of the house also. I am still herewith all these problems.

Hindi to English
I got married when I was 17. For a few days after marriage, everything was fine. At myhouse, it was my saas-mother-in-law, nanad-my sister-in-law, everyone was there.
There were four of us. My husband used to do auto driving. I got pregnant for the
first time and I had a girl. Then everyone in my sasural (in-law’s house), changed.
They started talking, saying I had a girl child first. Then, it was like this for some time.
But, I got pregnant again for the second time. It was again a girl. Then, my saas andnanad started fighting with me. After that, my husband’s addiction to alcohol became
too much. He was addicted to alcohol so much, he would beat me everyday. I would
tolerate the torture everyday. My saas and nanad would say things to my husband
which would force him to drink more. The eldest girl was 7 years old and the younger
one was 6 years old. When I got pregnant again, I had a boy. Because of his addiction,
he couldn’t stop drinking alcohol. He was addicted to alcohol so much, he couldn’t
control it. At my home, my saas and nanad had started to torture me a lot. My husband
would also drink everyday, hit me and my girls and do more things like this. One day, I
wasn’t there at home. I had gone out for work taking my eldest girl. My son was with mymummy. When my youngest girl was there, my husband drank a lot and came home. My
saas and nanad said so many things to my husband, he called me and asked me where
I was. I told him I have come out for work. He started shouting saying when he came tothe place of my work, I was not there. I had gone out with the owner at my work. He got
drunk again, went home and my youngest girl, who was at home, he raped her. My girlwas in a very serious condition for three days and was hospitalized. My child could not
tolerate it, she was very small. In hospital, after three days, her death happened. Now,
I’m in trouble. He got punished, my husband is in jail. With my children, I’m leading mylife with a lot of difficulty.

Urdu to English
I am 19 years old and I’m studying second year degree. When I was studying in 7thclass, my father passed away. Because of my father passing away, my mom, ammi
had a lot of problems taking care of me and my sisters. Because of that, my ammi got
married for the second time. When I came to 8th class from 7th class, my abbu, my step
dad and his son started behaving very badly with me. I was silent for many days, thenI couldn’t be silent. So I complained to my ammi that these people touch me and talkto me in a very bad way, in a galeej way, when I go to sleep, they hold my hand and pullme. My ammi said,” if I listen to you, it will become more difficult for me to take careof my children, the guy I just got married to, will give me a divorce and leave me”. So I
was quiet and tolerated it. My abbu on some days, in a drunken state, he would pull me
in a bad way. Even then, I wouldn’t say anything. If I complained to ammi, she would
immediately become silent and would tell me, “think of your sister and don’t tell methese things again”. Then I would think of my sister and would not tell these things.
When I went to 10th class, my step brother- my abbu’s son from his first wife, when
I was finishing school and coming out with my girlfriends, he pulled my dupatta. I told
him, “If you keep doing things like this, I will complain to ammi”. So he told me “gocomplain, even I have abbu, I will tell him”. I was about to say something, he pulled mydupatta and left. My girlfriends dropped me home and complained to my mother saying“aunty, your elder son is pulling your daughter’s dupatta”. Then my ammi scolded mygirlfriends and said “ you go and mind your work”. So I became silent.
I finished 10th class and I went to college for 1st PU, even then my step brother would
keep doing like this. I still tolerated. When I was studying Second PUC, I even madesome friends. With my girlfriends, even some boys had become my friends. Everytime
I spoke to them, my step brother had problems. He would say, “you are having anillegitimate relationship with them, get married to me or else it will not be nice”. I told
him many times “ No, nahi, you cannot do like this, you are my brother”.
But he would not understand and day by day, his rudeness increased. One day, hebehaved in a very bad way with me on the terrace of my house. So I complained about
him to my ammi, “ Ammi, see, brother is behaving with me in a very dirty way”. On
that day, even ammi’s patience broke and complained to my step-father, “ this is too
much, this has gone more than what we can tolerate, you are doing very wrong, you areplaying with my girls’ honor. My step father, in a drunken state, slapped my mother. My
step brother was burning with revenge. My mother hit my father. He would come near
my college and fight with me saying, “ because of you, even my step mother is angry
with us”. So I said, “ That is what you deserve, if you are like this only, I will go to thepolice and report you”. He was angry about this.
When I was coming with my friends, two girl friends and a boy, my step brother saw
them and got very angry. Another day, no, the same evening, when I went home, he
was very angry with me. He touched me in a very dirty way and told me, “ If I see youwith any boy from now on, I will burn you”. I didn’t listen to him. One day, college time
was over and I was coming with my friends, my step brother burnt my face by throwing
acid on me. For six months, I locked myself in a room. After that, I couldn’t see my facein the mirror. I started getting scared of myself. I saw a lot of difficulties,‘taqleef’, and I
am suffering alone till now. I am studying second PUC and also doing a job. Looking at
myself, looking in the mirror, I get very scared. If I go out with this face, people will say
many things. I cover my face with cloth and go out. It becomes very difficult, when anacid attack happens on a girl.

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