India, March 15 -- As the world watches conflict and violence -- Russia and Ukraine, Afghanistan and Pakistan, Israel and Palestine, America and Iran - claiming thousands of lives, which include children, artist Nalini Malani, 80, voices a collective sentiment: "There's nothing more horrible than an innocent child dying."

Her face, that was just minutes ago aglow as she counted the birds on a tree outside her studio in Colaba, has hardened. Her gaze sharpens as she says, "Nobody asks the women why they would want to be in this scenario, where they see their children being maimed; dying not only from the bombs but also of acute hunger. It is tragic - women still don't have agency."

Her anger serves as a catalyst of her new site-specific ...