Streams: Alike is a reinterpretation of traditional Bhutia clothing shaped by displacement, adaptation and survival. Drawing on the confluence of cultures in North Bengal and the shifting identities of Himalayan tribal communities, the work explores how dreams, memory, and belonging are stitched into fabric. Using handwoven jute Khadi and Bengal’s kantha embroidery, I reflect on my own experience of isolation growing up in Calcutta — far from the language, land and customs of my ancestry.

Inspired by Thangka motifs and my grandmother’s stories, the garments reimagine traditional Bhutia silhouettes with textiles sourced from West Bengal, embodying both continuity and cultural loss. Like fish once free in the Ganga, we now move within tighter boundaries, carrying fragments of a larger world within us.