Mall Pe Ulti (Vomit on the Mall) 2024
On a visit to Lahore, I once drove by a motorbike with a father at the helm and a school boy at the back. The boy had his head on his father's shoulder, a big heavy school bag on his back and vomit dripping down his cloths and on to the road. I don't know what had happened before or after but the scene stayed with me and I always wanted to paint it.
My kids throw up a dozen times at least over the course of our 4-5 week visits to Lahore, who knows whats in the water or the food. Who knows what this poor boy consumed to regurgitate his insides onto the beautiful Mall Road built by the Brits for their convenience, and still used by us plebs trudging and sometimes puking our way along it.
