In Pain Corporation of India, Bharathesh G D examines these questions through a series of ideas/works that function as meaning-making machines—only to turn against themselves. The works expose how belief is engineered, pain normalised, and dissent absorbed, deferred, and managed within visual culture.

Kodanda Rao Teppala’s paintings are instantly inviting with their vivid, playful colours. This welcome is intentional, but it also sets up a gentle trap. It is once you are inside that the questions become harder.