‘We Belong’: Photojournalist documents how Indians in America negotiate cultural identity

“THE ESSENTIAL DILEMMA of my life is between my deep desire to belong and my suspicion of belonging.” These words by Pulitzer Prize-winning Bengali American author, Jhumpa Lahiri, capture the nebulous emotions Indians and other South Asians negotiate on a daily basis as they go about their lives in America.

It is this cultural dilemma that India Currents CatchLight Local Fellow, photojournalist Sree Sripathy, has attempted to capture through her photographs, now on display at the ODC Theater in San Francisco. Titled “We Belong,” this is a part of her CatchLight Local fellowship project. The exhibition is supported by India Currents and the Chitresh Das Institute, and will run through Oct. 2.