Imagine a colour palette that fittingly captures moods of a rainwashed day. No, not the shadowy kind. But the kind where the sun peers through the clouds to come out again. On such days, our yearning for ‘home’ peaks. Artist Samiksha Adukia, who claims to have spent the best decade of her life in Mumbai, details similar hopes of homecoming. Her recent art series — Déjà Vu Bombay New York depicts fleeting moments from a dreamscape. A Bandra cab (top) awaits a green signal in Manhattan — we want to squint and check the taxi ceiling art; a dabbawala, squatting on his haunches alongside a hathgadi, watches trains pass him by; and an auto rickshaw stand parked under Brooklyn Bridge. Adukia’s creations nudge us to ponder if home becomes a trope for immigrant artists.

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