With Her Property

Haren Das grew up in (present day Bangladesh) and was forced to migrate due to political reason. His experience of a rural childhood and migration is often reflected in his works. In this woodcut, we see a homeless woman, dragging herself along with her belongings. Although the woman herself is shrouded in darkness, her possessions are visible in great detail. The artist’s portrayal of this woman would be a familiar site to most urban dwellers, as many people who are homeless and without employment resort to informal ways of earning such as sorting through and selling discarded scrap.