The Hindi word ‘alag’ translates as separate, apart, parted, or different. If mispronounced, it can also be read as ‘a lag’, as in a lag in communication or a glitch in a system. I engage in processes of archiving and world-building, and my work comments on blind cultural obedience and conformity. I deliberately wander from my reference points while still carrying their essence. The horse is a recurrent motif. At first, it was a symbol of freedom for me. Over time, as I painted from sculpture, the horses turned into a blind mass. My forms are statuesque, contained within spaces, constrained, sometimes even stretched. There is tension as they silently follow each other to greener fields.—Tarika Sabherwal