Rakshanda in London: A Retrospective

A Publishing deal:

Fairy Tales from the Funny farm, out shortly, at a bookstore near you!

An Installation in a launderette:

From a quick sketch to an arts festival, nothing quite like seeing an idea come to life.
'It seems absolutely obvious, as well as convenient, to use as a subject what you are thinking and looking at all the time'
- Lucien Freud

A Failed relationship:

'I didn't know what hate felt like, not the hate that comes after love. It's huge and desperate and it longs to be proved wrong. And everyday its proved right it grows a little more monstrous. If the love was passion, the hate will be obsession. A need to see the once loved as weak and cowed and beneath pity. Disgust is close and dignity is far away. The hate is not only for the once loved, its for yourself too; how could you ever have loved this?'
- Jeanette Winterson, 'The Passion'.

Precious friendships:

'U need money? If u w8 a cpl wks, mine is comin. will get u a bike as a pressie!'

'Practice saying "no" like i advised. Three expressions of interest? Looking like you do, and living in London - you should get that every week. Be choosy, very very choosy - you are a bit 'o class, you know. But what do i know?'

'Of course we will as this is not easy 2 have in many people's lives n we are lucky 2 meet each other n we will keep it forever.'

'Thats right, we are always together, whenever, wherever. And we'll get over all these things together'

'Don't look back and look forward to the things to come. it'll all be good inshallah'

'Are you home? Do you need a lift? I'm on my way back from work, can pick you up'

London, i will miss you.