A Sacred Walk

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Stitched empty blister packets (51,000 approx) and metal structure

18 x 8 x 4 ft

Central Park Jaipur

Jaipur Art Week, Jan 2026

 

Can we reimagine pharmaceutical waste as living ritual?

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A Sacred Walk transforms one of the most overlooked materials of contemporary life-discarded pharmaceutical blister packs-into a passage of quiet reverence. I situate my creative reimagining at the social intersection of medical science, health consumerism and environmentalism. I see empty unit-dose pockets not just as a medical residue but the trace of someone’s hope: a prayer for protection. Pill-taking, I propose, is a ritual of our time, carrying the devotional intensity of traditional acts of faith.

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Rooted in my upbringing in Jaipur, I draw inspiration from the architectural layout of Hindu temples, where courtyards and corridors guide the devotee from the outer world toward inner truth. A Sacred Walk uses approximately 51,000 stitched blister packs to recreate just such a transitional space—inviting viewers to walk through a corridor of light, where perforations cast a jaali-like glow reminiscent of divine illumination.

Once seen close up, it is the intimate act of sewing - a skill, I inherited from my mother - that so clearly imbues industrial waste with a symbolic and spiritual resonance. My stitching together suggests that our medical routines, our environmental anxieties, and our capacity for overtly ritualistic behaviour, a single interconnected gesture of care. However, A Sacred Walk is not simply a meditative encounter, it is also a provocation: a reminder that the sacred and the everyday coexist, and that even discarded waste has stories to tell about the relationship between our bodies and our world.