I have always been inclined towards drawing and sketching. However, I have lacked the courage to actively engage in it as a fear of being judged had always gripped me in the past. In the lockdown and COVID-19 pandemic, one of the things I learnt was to let go of my fears and lay bare my emotions through artwork. I have now developed an art journal which is a reminder every day to learn to let go of inner fears.

Krittika is a graduate in Sociology from St Edmunds’ College, Shillong, and a post-graduate in Sociology and Social Anthropology from the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) Guwahati