Soumya Sankar Bose
We Need to Talk in Whispers: Case Study of Srimoyee, 2025
Inkjet print on archival paper
40 x 50 in
101.6 x 127 cm
101.6 x 127 cm
Case Study of Srimoyee: Childhood trauma, gender discrimination and futility of existence One among the case studies in the diary is Srimoyee, a woman who died in a hotel room...
Case Study of Srimoyee: Childhood trauma, gender discrimination and futility of existence
One among the case studies in the diary is Srimoyee, a woman who died in a hotel room in Puri, India. On October 16, 2016, she checked into Hotel Sea View, carrying a plastic flower vase and a copy of 'The Myth of Sisyphus'. A single page from the final chapter was carefully folded, the passage where Camus reflects on the absurdity of existence. That same day, she was found hanging.
Srimoyee’s story is not just hers but echoes a larger, unspoken reality. Since she was a girl child, she was subject to constant discrimination within her own family and even by her own parents. This is still a grave reality in our society, in a world where so many stories slip through unnoticed, hers lingers as a quiet question about memory, loss, and the invisible weight so many carry.
One among the case studies in the diary is Srimoyee, a woman who died in a hotel room in Puri, India. On October 16, 2016, she checked into Hotel Sea View, carrying a plastic flower vase and a copy of 'The Myth of Sisyphus'. A single page from the final chapter was carefully folded, the passage where Camus reflects on the absurdity of existence. That same day, she was found hanging.
Srimoyee’s story is not just hers but echoes a larger, unspoken reality. Since she was a girl child, she was subject to constant discrimination within her own family and even by her own parents. This is still a grave reality in our society, in a world where so many stories slip through unnoticed, hers lingers as a quiet question about memory, loss, and the invisible weight so many carry.