Water
Subhash Vyam
English
2021
Published by Tara Books
Printed by Canara Traders and Printers Private Limited
India
20 x 23 cm, 40 pages, color, offset, sewn bound, hardcover
Designed by Nora Nogueira
“Did we take more than our due?”
Weaving his tale around a Gond fable about water, artist Subash Vyam muses on the history of our relationship to this most primeval of elements. A migrant to the city, he recalls growing up in a village where water was always scarce and human ingenuity was welcomed. In contrast to the village, the needs of the city are monstrous and there is a great danger that we will run this resource completely dry. In the end, there is only one way forward: all communities need to make a pact with Nature in order to survive — or in our mindless push to harness her powers, we might lose our own place in this universe.