kochi his tonsured head salt and pepper beard and deepset eyes gives him a stoic look of a seer but contrary to this perception the floridaborn and kabulbased amanullah mojadidi is an artist who is radical in his works that rhyme with themes such as jihad bling hypocrisy and the lives of everyday afghanis amanullah or aman is one of the artists participating in kochimuziris biennale 2012 likely to be held this yearend and is in city to understand its political landscape as part of his tour he has already visited muziris and understood its rich cultural history of what i understand the obsession here as in any other place is about politics of land and territory muziris and its rich cultural history show just that fort kochi a colony for the dutch portuguese and then later the english is also an example of this politics when you try and understand this you realize how history and generations are moulded it is on this notion that i would like to explore further for my works in connection with the kochi biennale said aman one of his works a photograph in a series named the jihadi gangster shows him as the subject of the photograph a jihadi indulging in taboos like liquor and a woman in short dress recently i heard that this photograph was seen hanging in a cabin of an orthodox kabul parliamentarian dont know whether he relates to it or has a good sense of humour but nevertheless it was great to know that the message is getting across said the artist whose work was banned from public exhibition in afghanistan though he wouldnt want to be confined to one geographical identity his connect with india is evident in his tattoos i was born a muslim grew up to be an agnostic and now i am a fullfledged atheist but i freely borrow ideas from eastern philosophies bhagavad gita was most definitely an inspiration my tattoos are four words of sanskrit which means suffering desire destruction and control these words encapsulate our daily life if you think about it said the artist who will be in kochi for few more days