There is little agreement within the contracts of our society on what it is that constitutes, or ought to constitute, the category of women. This collection of works aims to explore this category by investigating a specific discipline within Feminism called ‘Womanism’. Womanism is a social change perspective rooted in black women’s and other women of colour’s everyday experiences and everyday methods of problem-solving in everyday spaces.

The initial ingredients of this series are concerned with the development, location, and construction of the contemporary Indian female identity. It is further elucidated by concepts of essentialism, intersectionality, identity politics, and feminist theory.

Hasija questions the glorification of nature that supports the ostracisation of the individual who does not fit into the gendered definition of what is considered to be ‘biologically natural’.

She develops an artistic system within the concept of womanism using the medium of installation and drawing, seeking the support of feminist perspectives, and the meticulous working of intersectionality and identity politics. The womanist ideology resonates deeply with a vernacular process of art-making. It allows the maker to explore a manner of art-making that is informed by the literature of women’s and gender studies while simultaneously allowing for a spirituality-based perspective within artistic and academic discourse.