A lady wearing an intrinsically created cane cage that makes her look like a warrior from ages gone by, standing on the steps of Asiatic Library, almost guarding the monument with her presence. This isn’t a plot from some supernatural thriller based in Mumbai but the latest work of artist Shakuntala Kulkarni, titled Of Bodies, Armour and Cages.

“Once, while walking near Dadar’s Shivaji Park, suddenly out of nowhere, hot tar fell on me. It burnt and stuck to my hair, and my eyelashes. This incident got me thinking about the concept of protection in the city,” says Kulkarni.