Gurgaon to Panamik, includes eleven sealed glass bottles containing leaves, stones and air along with handwritten notes on paper. These items were collected from a wide range of locations along the artist’s research trail. Some of the locations include Gurgaon, Leh and Khardung La in Ladakh which is the world’s highest accessible road. One of the sites, the serene village of Panamik in Nubra Valley, is the furthermost point a civilian can travel along the road to the Siachen Glacier (data as of 2009). These time capsules in Gurgaon to Panamik, along with handwritten thoughts, were documented by various locals such as soldiers, a student, a monk, a Ladakhi shopkeeper and other indigenous people.

The work takes inspiration from the artist’s previous work titled, Air(Travel) Set #1, 2006 and draws together an ethereal connection, between the air, the natural space, and the thoughts of people going on about their daily lives. Gurgaon to Panamik, becomes a testament to life and illustrates how people’s lives have been directly or indirectly affected by the Siachen Glacier Conflict.