RASHTRPATI BHAVAN, NEW DELHI, 2011
Throughout his oeuvre, Samar Jodha has had a consistent preoccupation with conflict issues and marginalized populations. In his contribution to the tiger project, he takes the fiberglass beast and thinks about the danger of its extinction in the context of structurally produced poverty, asymmetrical responsibilities and uneven rewards. These are largely overlooked, yet essential facets of the tiger crisis. Samar marks his tiger with the bare hands of human need.