Partnerships
To develop this photographic work, we have sought the help and advice of many organisations and individuals who have generously assisted us in bringing this project to life. We would like to express our profound gratitude to:
Goethe-Institut / Max Mueller Bhavan New Delhi and Kolkata
Goethe-Institut in Dhaka and Kabul
India-Afghanistan Foundation
Afghanistan Centre in Kabul University
The Harrington Street Art Centre in Kolkata
Drik Gallery in Dhaka
Association for Asian Studies (AAS)
The American Institute of Afghanistan Studies (AIAS)
Center for Global Engagement, James Madison University (CGE)
Sussex Asia Centre (SAC)
American Institute of Indian Studies (AIIS)
Council of American Overseas Research Centers (CAORC)
South Asia Institute (SOAS)
The Brunei Gallery in London
Chr. Michelsen Institute (CMI)
Peace Training and Research Organisation (PTRO)
European Research Council (ERC)
University of Copenhagen
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Exhibition partners
External support was essential and we benefited from the advice, expertise and vision of a number of friends and colleagues in the field of art and photography. They each put in an immense amount of time, effort and dedication into realising our initiative. Thanks are owed to:
Abdul Waheed Wafa
Amar Sinha
Annette Schlätzer-Larsen
Archana Sharma
Arjan Singh Bhusri
Asim Mukhopadhyay
Bina Sarkar Ellias
Birthe Miller
Debasish Chakrabarty
Diane Dang
Diptanshu Chakravarty
Fatana, Heela & Unai Najib
Freshta Nehan
Friso Maecker
Hans Kristian Mikkelsen
Harsh Batra
Himmat Singh
Ibrahim Hotak
Ishan Bharat
Jasma Gayatri & Andi Pühringer
Jawan Shir Rasik
Jolyon Lesley
Judith Mirschberger
Kamal Arora
Kanika Kuthiala
Khushal Khattak
Latika Gupta
Laxman Harry
Liza Schuster
Luca Cerizza
Mads Risum
M. Jamil Hanifi
Magnus Marsden
Mandira Mitra
Marie Yoshida
Marjan Wardaki
Martin W. Rasmussen
Misha Oberoi
Mondira Verma
Naimat U. Khan
Nancy Hatch Dupree
Nandan Bhattacharya
Nandita Jaishankar
Neelima Singh Bhatt
Noni Khulla
Pradip Saha
Prianka Sen Gupta
Priya Pall
Rahaab Allana
Robin Mallick
Saba Joshi
Safiullah Delawar
Sampriti Pani
Saskya Jain
Sayantoni Palchoudhuri
Shah Mahmoud Hanifi
Shaida Abdali
Sharmistha Sarkar
Shirazuddin Siddiqi
Shweta Wahi
Snehasish Ghosh
Sombit Mondal
Soumitra Das
Swati Gupta
Swati Sahni
Tathagata Chowdhury
Ute Banerjea-Kommers
Vera Skvirskaja
Wakil Rahman
Zalmai Wafamal
Zasha Colah
Finally, we'd like to thank the Kabuliwala community of Kolkata, in Particular Amir Khan, without whom this project would have only been fiction. Hospital, brave, frugal and prudent - that's how Pathans are often viewed, and that's what we got to experience through this work.
It is our hope that this project, which has been supported from so many different quarters, will help shed new light on ideas of identity and migration and bring to the fore a fresh set of issues that lie at the foundations of our experiences with 'the other'.