The work refers to pilesof building bricks Mr. Othoniel saw lining the roads in India, but also the 1969 Stonewall riots in New York that are often seen as a turning point in gay liberation.
It was the house that was her work now: leafing through the pilesof catalogues that came in the mail, marking them with Post-its, ordering sheets covered with dragons for Akash's room.
The room is in poor condition: peeling paint, crowded work spaces, electrical wires messily hung on the walls and pilesof unorganized fabrics, make the small space feel even smaller.