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Grinding Stories: Songs from Goa
Project Type
Photography
Date
April 2023
Location
Bombay
Date
2018
Role
Publication design
Project type
Book Design
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Grinding Stories: Songs from Goa documents the songs sung by four women aged over eighty in North Goa. The songs, passed on through oral tradition, are sung as women grind grain. The songs address the lives that women lead after their marriage; expressing emotions of love, longing, anger, and sisterhood. The lyrics of these songs are composed in a mixed dialect of Marathi, Kannada, and Konkani. The book also incorporates the stunning visuals of Kaavi murals that are particular to the temples in areas of Goa, Karnataka, and Maharashtra.
In designing this book, I was assisted Dr. Nina Sabnani with the layout and visual work. The images had to be sourced from a visual archive of Kaavi mural art. The songs, collected by the author had to have imagery that would illustrate their themes appropriately. It was important that the book convey an expressive and poetic quality - integral to the songs in the book.
