“The personal is political”: Dilpreet Bhullar’s new photobook gives refugees a voice

The seeds of Dilpreet Bhullar’s photobook Lands We Inherit: Lines We Breathe trace back to the 2019 Citizenship Amendment Act protests in India.

Though as a Sikh, she was not directly affected by the amendment, she felt compelled to stand in solidarity with other minorities being impacted, says the writer, researcher, and editor who shuttles between Delhi and Mumbai.

“The discriminatory feature of the CAA was that, when taken in conjunction with the National Register of Citizens (NRC), it specifically excludes Muslims (from Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh), Sri Lankan Tamils, Rohingyas and Tibetan refugees from the list of minorities eligible to apply for Indian citizenship – a violation of India‘s secular constitution,” she explains in the book, which is currently on display at Offset Projects in New Delhi.