Among the diaspora of internally dispersed economic migrants in India the village or ‘Gaon’ is endearment of belonging and placement of identity. Idyllic memories betray truths of casteism and denudation of land and natural resources. I am a multi‐faceted visual artist, whose practice ranges from luminism, installation, material, to painting, prints, etc. I was brought up in a family of farmers, surrounded by nature, which connected him to the values of the environment, an experiential inspiration to be seen in his practice. A sense of ownership that we hold to nature be it our villages, to land, our states and geographies is what I illustrate with my complex canvases that traverse various surfaces.