The Cabbage Walker from Kashmir

February 23, 2016 14:54

There's a strange phenomenon that can be can be seen occasionally in Srinagar's Lal Chowk, of a local, dressed in the typical pheran or overcoat, wheeling a cabbage on special rollers, oblivious to the stares and the glint of suspicion people's eyes, intent on his piece of performance art.

'Kashmiri Cabbage Walker', as he calls himself, could 'be mistaken for a mischievous character with a toy bomb -- chances of being detained are higher than being considered a fool,' writes Parul Abrol in narrative.ly.

'By incorporating an absurd act into the realm of the Kashmiri quotidian, and subsequently normalizing that act,' he says.

'I am trying to expose something that is far more absurd to the point of perversion,' he tells Parul.

Read more about the man who refuses to show his face in photographs or reveal his name, age, occupation and other details that could reveal his identity, here.

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