In her debut solo exhibition Riddles of the World, Gujarat-based artist Pooja Shah offers viewers a deeply introspective and emotional journey through the everyday. On display at Akara Contemporary in Mumbai, Shah’s work appears at first glance to be a simple reflection of domestic life in India—grandmothers seated quietly beneath flickering televisions, women resting on doorsteps, or intimate scenes of hair being gently combed. But beneath these seemingly ordinary visuals lies a far more complex narrative of memory, solitude, and emotional resonance.