Journey to the 1950s, the moment of a heady modernism, eclecticism, and industrial ambition. Fuelled by entrepreneurial aspirations, a grand mansion in the heart of Jamshedpur (Tatanagar) became home to a thriving Parsee family. Situated above the city’s Regal Cinema, it was also the residence of Mr. Keki Gazder, an amateur photographer, whose obsessive documentation and diary entries of a world in transition frame the story of this new photobook. Join us for the launch of 'Sparseeing' — a photobook and (travelling) archival exhibit by the 2022 Alkazi Photobook Grant recipients, Joyona Medhi and Abhishek Basu. The artist/authors will be in conversation with Suryanandini Narain, Assistant Professor at the School of Arts and Aesthetics, JNU. The photobook will be available at a discounted price at the launch. On view till 4 January 2026. The exhibition in Delhi is presented in association with Offset Projects and supported by Tata Trusts.

'Disobedient Subjects: Bombay 1930-1931,' a new exhibition from the Alkazi Foundation for the Arts and the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya, curated by Avrati Bhatnagar and Sumathi Ramaswamy, offers an exploration into the history of civil disobedience and nationalist politics, through images in the K.L. Nursey album. These rare photographs, being exhibited for the first time, capture the heart of the revolutionary mass action in Bombay (today's Mumbai) in the early 1930s, including the contribution of the desh sevikas, emerging from a nationalist women's organization at the time.