Abdirahman is a Somali writer, director, actor, and producer whose work is rooted in justice and inclusion. His storytelling amplifies voices often unheard — particularly communities impacted by conflict and displacement. At Serai, he began work on a feature film about a Somali coastal family affected by toxic waste dumping. The project explored environmental injustice, corruption, and survival.
Fransisca is a community builder and mental health advocate, and co-founder of Talk Mental HealthIndonesia. Her work connects mental health, gender, environment, and social justice. At Serai, she developed Tumbuh Space — an initiative linking healing with nature and art. Through storytelling, zines, and nature-based practices, she created tools for reflection and resilience. Her work centred collective healing and connection to place.
Munazah is an urban researcher, peacebuilder, and multimedia storyteller from Kashmir. Her work sits at the intersection of space, memory, and justice. At Serai, she developed a narrative archive reimagining more just and people-centered cities. Through essays, maps, photographs, and field notes, she centred lived experience over top-down planning. Her work focused especially on conflict-affected regions like Kashmir.
Shivangi is an artist, educator, and independent publisher based in New Delhi. Her practice spans drawing, comics, embroidery, and bookmaking. At Serai, she returned to a long-simmering graphic novel rooted in family memory. The work explored inherited stories and the space between fact and belief. It drew from rumours and narratives passed down through generations.
Shripad is a researcher, writer, and environmental activist with a long-standing engagement in questions of justice and sustainability. His work explores the relationship between humans, technology, and the natural world. At Serai, he began a scoping project on the impact of emerging technologies on ecology and social equity. He examined how these shifts could deepen imbalance or create more just futures. This work marked the beginning of a longer, multi-year inquiry.
Sijo is a disability rights advocate and founder of the Bahaal Foundation. His work focuses on rehabilitation and dignity for people with spinal cord injuries. At Serai, he developed Mind Over Matter, a project on emotional wellbeing and recovery. The work explored trauma support and rebuilding identity after injury. His practice is rooted in lived experience and a commitment to inclusion.
Swetha is a Dalit transwoman from Tamil Nadu, and a multidisciplinary artist and community organiser. Her work emerges from lived experience, shaped by survival, resistance, and imagination. At Serai, she worked on a series of essays exploring love, loss, and mental health within gender-marginalised communities. Her writing asked difficult, intimate questions around emotional violence, rejection, and self-worth. It centred voices and experiences that are too often pushed to the margins.
Tulsi is a multidisciplinary artist working across writing, printmaking, and video. Her practice explores memory, care, and emotional landscapes shaped by institutional spaces. At Serai, she developed a body of work on childhood illness and medical environments. Drawing from personal memory and conversations, she explored what remains unspoken in care systems. Her work held these experiences with quiet attention and reflection.
