India, Aug. 8 -- Artist Devidas Agase has got quite a following on his Instagram account. And why not? His works seem to be extremely intriguing. They take us back to the imagery from the medieval age in India, which had an integral role in both mythical as well as cultural domain. His series of eight works , Pawn of an Unknown World , and a series on migrant labour, Way To Home, are both evocative renderings of everyday symbolism.

"I come from the Beed district situated in the Marathwada region of Maharashtra, India. Beed is a historic place of medieval origin," explains Devidas who has just received the prestigious Khoj Grant . "Coming from a family of sugarcane farmers and farm hands, I have been a close witness to farmers' struggles ...