Shanthala Ramesh I am a female in transition: from a rural adolescent to a young urban adult. As I am draped externally by boundaries and opacities, deciphering them and finding my way through them remain my prime concerns. Through these acts I engage myself with the power matrix around. Culturally given gender boundaries are burdening me. The urban landscape around is dark and opaque. Equipping me with the tools of analysis, now, I drape myself with rays of hope. Getting introduced to the Categories of Boundary, Opacity, Power and Serendipity I had grown up in a valley of the Western Ghats. As I was homeschooled till I was 13 years old, I was moving through the valley's lakes, rivulets, plants, insects and birds photographing them and getting immersed in their colours and forms. Joining a school for tribal children in the plateau beyond the valley at 14 years of age, made me cross the valley for four years every day. Inside the school, I realised the uniqueness of tri...