Jyotirmoy De creates vibrant textile artworks that stitch a vision of village life, where kingfishers, butterflies, hornbills, fish, cats, and boys playing cricket jostle within densely layered compositions. De collaborates with local women from his native Kirnahar to craft works that critique the rapid transformation of his rural surroundings. Instead of traditional earthen homes, monumental buildings and construction dominate the backgrounds of many pieces, with a burst of colours that hints at the erosion not only of his village’s natural and cultural order but also of a simpler, more authentic aesthetic. De’s work doesn’t merely borrow from the vibrancy of kitsch; it reconstructs it as a language of critique. The effect is a poignant dissonance. De questions what remains of identity as the familiar rural world shifts under the pressures of modernisation, asking if its essence can withstand the forces that diminish it.