Accursed Myth of History Created in the first months of the nationwide lockdown, this work reflects on the silent suffering of migrant labourers—people who form the unseen backbone of our society. Stripped of mobility by state-imposed restrictions, humiliated for their poverty, and rendered powerless by circumstance, they became some of the most tragic victims of that moment in history. The fragmented visual language of the painting—severed limbs, collapsing bodies carrying impossible burdens, fragile containers, and the haunting silhouette of lungs—mirrors the fractured lives of those who had no wealth, no recognition, and often, no voice. Yet these very people are the ones who keep the nation functioning. Their labour shapes our comfort; their hands bring grains to our tables; their presence sustains the rhythm of daily life. The work meditates on a paradox: society treats them as faceless and disposable, yet if they were ever to collectively withdraw or protest, the entire social order would collapse. This tension—between invisibility and absolute necessity—forms the core of Accursed Myth of History. Here, history is not written by the powerful, but by those who bear the weight of stones, factories, and fields on their backs. Their suffering becomes a mark, a memory, and a warning—inviting us to reconsider whose stories we honour and whose lives we allow to remain buried beneath the dust of time.