“These photographs, in spite of talking about personal pain and memories, also have a mystical world behind them. The images have an ideal Kashmir behind them, where the person is posing before a beautiful landscape or a studio setting where Kashmir is portrayed as this ideal place to live a happy life with your loved one, but the reality is upfront, which we are never ready to see.” - Siva Sia Jeevanatham
Siva Sai Jeevanantham’s artists’ book In The Same River explores the conflicts in Kashmir through memory, resistance, and political injustice. Born during the Sri Lankan civil war, Jeevanantham’s personal connection to occupation sparked his curiosity in understanding conflicts.