In September 2002, the artist was invited by Upstream to
participate in an art project celebrating 400 years of VOC (Dutch
East India Company) in Amsterdam. Instead she used the art budget
to buy as many tricycles possible for the handicapped in Mumbai.
So 45 tricycles, with an improved design, made by the disabled
were given in Mumbai. On the back of the seat an advert read, “1000
years after, a question. The East West Story. Opening soon in nearby
theatres! With the super hit song: ‘When one day waters will flow in
opposite direction and we will have money then we will market our
Dhoti Kurta to the West”.

While 45 tricycles moved on Mumbai roads, one tricycle stood
amongst cannons in the Scheepvaartmuseum in Amsterdam.
Besides this, the artist had proposed lines like ‘I hate that U colonise
me, you took my riches, you made me poor, and now you call me
exotic’ to put on the outside walls of the Scheepvaartmuseum.
However the museum authorities rejected these. And when the
artist expressed her disappointment the next day in a television
interview, this resulted in an unexpected public reaction. The
following night, someone painted ‘400 years of arrogance’ on the
door of the museum.