Often alone, often lonely Vinod’s childhood was always filled with him narrating stories to himself, often folklores. Bullied as a child, whenever time permitted he would escape into his own imaginary world filled with magical creatures and objects. The very reality around him aversed him and he started making other worlds his reality. He always wondered why should a head be round, why should limbs be only four, why can’t humans have wings and bigger teeth, why should the body have a definite outline etc.

Vinod was drawn to the the mysticism of the world. His visits to Jatara’s of Telangana had a sweeping impact in his practice with time, where he has experienced the unseen world of rituals, sacrifice, myth and mythology. Being brought up in an atheist family, he almost felt as if he was kept away from something that interested him the most. This inspired a series of visits to Benares where birth and death intermingled with each other to an extent that it was difficult to separate them both.