It all began at a photo shoot Yeashu Yuvraj had arranged with 20-year-old student Phrod­ie Ka­yina in November. But the musician and photographer was trying a different approach this time, by getting his subjects to talk about their lives while he clicked their pictures. That's when Kayina spoke about the racist comments she had to cope with every day.

"When I asked her what she wants to do about it, she said, 'What can an individual do?' That made me ashamed of being an Indian and want to help na­rrate stories of these women. How do you de­al with taboos and quick judgm­e­nts if you are a woman?" he says.