Siliguri

Oils on canvas, 100cm X 80cm, 2014

Adaption of a photograph taken by a renowned photographer Credit: Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters. A HIV/AIDS patient stands in her hut in the northeastern Indian city of Siliguri. At least 7,200 people have died of AIDS in India, the world’s second worst affected nation, since an official count began two decades ago, a top health official said. The United Nations estimates around 5.1 million people are HIV-infected in India, second only to South Africa.