In memory of more than a million Indian soldiers who served in World War I, but are remembered – if ever – only for their valour and loyalty to the crown. Bani Abidi draws on the censored letters written by soldiers on the front and the songs sung by their female relatives pleading with them not to leave. Speaking through the words of the contemporary poet Amarjit Chandan, Memorial to Lost Words is an ephemeral memorial and resurrection of this barely-remembered history.

The work was originally commissioned for the Edinburgh Arts Festival 2016.