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A photograph has two stories to tell: one that lies within its frame, and another that lies beyond it. In Sarmaya’s debut exhibition, Portrait of a Nation, A Nation in Portraits, a collection of photographs tells multiple tales — tales that chronicle not only the history of a country but also the history of photography itself. Portrait of a Nation, A Nation in Portraits uses the socio-historical context of time to explore not just the subject of the image but the perspective of the photographer and the agenda of those who commissioned them.The story begins with a landmark moment of Indian …