For Kashi, a driving factor is his deep interest in the social history of place, and its constant evolution. Interaction with traces of the past and a metamorphosing present, through the medium of architectural surfaces and material residues, provides him with subtle entry points into the underlying narratives of city life. The works are filled with visual and textual clues, with sometimes tongue-in-cheek remarks, puns and witty mixes of bilingual terms – covering a considerable variety of subject matter pertaining to human existence within a social structure. Connotations of religion, politics, feminism, gender disparity, social hierarchies, local myths, nationalism and popular cultural beliefs, all appear and disappear in a stream of visually-articulated discourse. The imagery touches upon the diverse anxieties and aspirations birthed in a modern urban space. Kashi employs the cues and images as symbols for deeper and often hard-hitting commentaries on contemporary times; the paintings abound with innuendos and implications that may not be apparent at first glance.