In 2007, while I was walking down the street at Shivaji Park, a lump of boiling hot tar fell on me. One of the buildings was probably getting their roofs waterproofed. I didn’t think much of it, but when I recalled the incident to my family and friends later, I wondered about how we can protect our bodies,” says Shakuntala Kulkarni, narrating how she began her project ‘Of bodies, armour and cages’.

Through the project, which she began working on three years ago, Kulkarni attempts to initiate a discussion on how women can protect their bodies. “So many atrocities are committed on women, and their bodies are constantly used and abused. How can we protect ourselves? I don’t claim to have the answers, but I hope this project raises a discussion about the issue, at the very least.”