Election fever lasts for mere days; the oppression of marginalised communities by high politics has been in existence long before that, and will continue even after the polls,” says Manan Shah,  curator-writer, and museologist who curatorial practise focuses on colonial and post-colonial studies.

It’s these marginalised voices that take centrestage in a new exhibition, Lament Traces, which unravels the layers of history that have both complicated and defined the idea of a “democratic India”. Curated by Shah at Colaba’s Apre Art House, the show features work by seven artists across various mediums.