Pradeep mishra adopt different strategies to address the mutation of the working class (manual labourers, farmers) into faceless resources. Mishra’s installation ‘Fields of Labour’ utilizes manure, seeds, rose stems and petals evolves through the two week duration of the exhibition- revealing the cyclical nature of life and the inevitability of decay. Long stemmed roses shorn of their petals stand aloft in biometric glass jars; the rose petals strewn over the ‘field’ symbolise their spent labour. the decaying petals aid in the germination process of the seeds that are embedded in the manure field. over two weeks new shoots emerge and thus for Mishra, ‘Fields of Labour’ signifies the “effort of an individual to cultivate the germination process and share the fragrance of happiness.” the image of the donkey painted on canvas and placed above the field is a comment on the mute status accorded to beasts of burden – whether animal or human.