Survival/Election

The ingenuity of displaying Hindu gods behind you on the wall, not only because you believe in an abstract idea of inter-faith admiration, but because you also hope to deflect an angry mob, and steal that precious extra second to flee, when communal riots erupt. Nawaab Saab, an excellent muslim tailor, who earns a meagre 300 rupees a day, sitting and stitching on a street in Delhi, fears for his life in these elections. It is only fair that his face be protected by a Hindu god in this photo too. General Fear elections 2019.

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