change catastrophe, including human extinction, are not being taken seriously by scientists. now on bbc news, it s time for hardtalk with zeinab badawi. welcome to hardtalk with me, zeinab badawi. i m at the firstsite gallery, in colchester, in the east of england. my guests are the contemporary artists, the singh twins, who have a major exhibition of their work here. the singh twins combine their dual british and indian heritage to make provocative art that has a strong political message. but sometimes, do these two traditions collide? singh twins, welcome to hardtalk. now, you were born in england, but you took a trip for the first time to india when you were teenagers in 1980, and that s when you were first exposed to indian miniature paintings. you describe that as a turning point in your lives why? well, the trip to india was a turning point in our lives for a couple of reasons, really. we were born and brought up in britain. we were aware of our indian heritage, but i
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this idea of west is best has always kind of perpetrated society and it s kind of a hangover of the raj. and we wanted to challenge that because, when you look at people wearing jeans, it s seen as a very western garment, a very kind of contemporary, modern garment. but having this link back to 16th century india kind of throws that all on its head. it s kind of, how contemporary are the clothes that you wear? you know, there s always that connection with history. and that s a common theme throughout this exhibition. i mean, the paisley print, which we think of today, as being very british, actually, through your exquisite miniature paintings and so on, you show that actually that s very deeply rooted in the indian tradition. so do you feel that your aim there is to try to show how india was so influential on western european fashions? our aim is really to show how india was influential on global fashions, of course, but it s deeper than that. it s also about showing how we re all co