After the 2002 Godhra riots, artist Vasudha Thozhur was deeply disturbed by the carnage as well as the suffering of the locals in Gujarat. But rather than capturing their pathos on canvas, she decided to take matters in her hand by working with the victims and empowering them. She started working with six young girls, who lost several members of their families in the carnage at Naroda Patiya, Ahmedabad on February 28, 2002 and trained them extensively in screen-printing, video filming and printing dyes. Beyond Pain: An Afterlife, an exhibition of drawings, paintings, posters, prints, books and videos created by the girls as part of Thozhur’s decade-long project, will be on display at Sakshi Gallery and Project 88 from July 11.u00a0

A painting by one of the six girls who lost u00a0her family members in the Naroda Patiya carnage in 2002