New Delhi, Aug. 1 -- A t Jhaveri Contemporary, Mumbai, entering the two-person exhibition, Roots of the Earth, featuring works by Akshay Mahajan and Prabhakar Kamble, feels akin to stepping into a living, pulsating repository. It is one where erased histories are being liberated from rigid academic and sociopolitical definitions to be reassembled and retold. Kamble's sculptures and installations, Chandelier and Utarand, feature objects such as cow bells, ropes, hooks and clay pots, which have long held caste associations, isolating their makers from the mainstream time and again. These objects bring to the fore the presence of caste markers in the everyday, and create a dialogue around the need not just to resist caste but also annihilate...