The words attributed to Pastor Martin Neimoler (1892-1984) about the Nazi rise to power and reminding the dangers of political apathy, is re-presented here both as introspective and propagandist.

It is introspective because the artist reflects on his gradual shift from direct engagement towards an activism whose concerns seem to be more archival.

He observes this shift in his social engagement in the last three decades that also saw the rise of different forms of totalitarianisms in India. The demise of this space of critical engagement, he realizes, is in a way self-defeating too. Hence it is propagandist as well; he wants to warn us.

Infact the archival texuality of the image reflects the eternal value of these lines