Sarai Reader 04: Crisis/ Media

The Sarai Reader 04 takes on open questions to map new territories of thought about media practice. It brings in the question of responsive ways of going media that are not captive to “events and issues” but that actually expands communicative potential in society. The book argues for reclaiming critique, an autonomy of decision against […]

A/S/L (Age/Sex/Location)

In this installation transcripts of chat sessions constitute an electronic patchwork that also includes real and simulated audio recordings of conversations between call centre workers and their clients, images of a female larynx, the text of a re-worked Upanishadic dialogue, and video recordings of a spoken English class in Delhi

TAS (Temporary Autonomous Sarai)

Commissioned by the Walker Art Center and funded by the Foundation, Temporary Autonomous Sarai is an installation and interdisciplinary collaboration between RAQS Media Collective (New Delhi) and the architectural firm Atelier Bow Wow (Tokyo

Sarai Reader 03: Shaping Technologies

In Sarai Reader 03: Shaping Technologies, technology takes the centre-stage as a multi-faceted constellation of ideas, images, reflections, debates, histories and provocations. The book reframes “technology” not as a distant expert domain but as a lived, contested field. It charts the series’ trajectory from its encounter with free‑software publics to urban infrastructures to ask how […]

n°28 

Documentary images of accidents, smog, crowds, police check posts, evictions, phone booths, bus stations, cyclists and communication infrastructure are positioned in counterpoint to legal excerpts and administrative notes

OPUS (Open Platform for Unlimited Signification)

OPUS (Open Platform for Unlimited Signification) Software | 2022 OPUS (Open Platform for Unlimited Signification) was an online space for people, machines, and codes to play and work together – to share, create and transform images, sounds, videos and texts. Opus was an attempt to create a digital commons in culture, based on the principle of […]

Coordinates Of Everyday Life

In listing a set of latitude and longitude measurements, bracketed by two calendar years, this installation names a citycalled Delhi and a time that feels like the first two years of the twenty-first century

Sarai Reader 02: The Cities of Everyday Life

The second book in the ‘Sarai Reader’ series takes off from where the first book ends. This text argues to take the urban seriously. It begins by addressing a dearth of city-focused writing in South Asia, asserting that rapid globalisation has propelled urbanism to the forefront of cultural and scholarly discourses. The book positions itself […]

The History & Practice of Cinematography in India

The History & Practice of Cinematography in India is a collection of transcripts of interviews with veteran and working cameramen, texts, archival photographs, production stills, bibliography, a timeline and other resources on the history of cinematographic practice in India.

Sarai Reader 01: The Public Domain

This inaugural volume in Sarai’s reader series explores the layered meanings of the Public Domain through interwoven dialogues, essays, and FAQs. It opens with email exchanges that challenge conventional notions of publicness—moving from physical spaces like bazaars and streets to digital commons and free software culture. Drawing on historical, legal, and vernacular understandings, the text […]