After Docking At Calcutta, The British Move Up Inland; Shillong Becomes India’s Seat Of Power | Arindam Dutta

The imagery is an extrapolated and semi-exaggerated representation of Shillong in 2019. The city deals with rapid, dystopian urbanisation that comes with the tag of ‘capital’.An indigenous man from Khasi tribe is shown cleaning an old government car. This symbolizes the plight of the natives and the state of the government. As the city brims with people from other cities, the environment deteriorates and Shillong loses its natural splendour. Sub-events with Anglo-Indian architecture in the background are represented: drying up of the Elephant Falls and booming oil industry because of the proximity to Digboi and other oil reserves.