India, Nov. 1 -- Our son, Swarnab Bagchi, was always blessed with an abundance of talent. Everyone said so.

He studied to be a civil engineer, but his heart was in the arts. He composed music, painted, took long "photography walks", and loved to try out experimental dishes in the kitchen.

He lived in Kolkata, but he would visit us here often, in West Bengal's Jhargram, where he grew up. Between visits, he would send us links to his new songs and tell us stories about his new creative projects.

In May 2022, our lives changed forever when we lost him.

He fought a difficult battle with Hepatitis C. He was 26.

As an artist and sculptor myself, I tried to make sense of this loss by building a statue of our son. I have worked on several th...