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Laura says, “My personal and family story led me to discover and love India. Following my recent visit to Chennai and Delhi, I decided to initiate a project about dowry and love, in collaboration with (Vimochana) a women’s rights organization” Laura is questioning her identity in the garb of Indian wedding sari. Her concern for the dowry victims in India has led her to express the gravity of the situation in a subtle way. The woman-to-woman solidarity, irrespective of Nation/Culture is obvious in her work which is monumental in that sense.  The viewer sees an image of the artist with shoulders shrugged and hands in exclamation. Her images are printed as in a billboard advertisement questioning the role of dowry as a consumerist transaction where the bride becomes a part of business.