I have followed Dr. Pandians work for close to a decade, and what makes him a fascinating interlocutor is his far-ranging interest and the creative vitality he brings to his projects. But also the similarities, like me his family fails from the southern state of Tamil Nadu, centering the visual elements in his work, whether it is cinema or images and above all the commitment to center the people and their social worlds at the center of all pedagogy.

Here are his five objects: