Hardeep Pandhal works with a singular fluency across a range of media, drawing from a vast landscape of popular culture with consummate ease. This first monograph of Pandhal’s practice references his life experience and wider Sikh heritage – the ghosts of empire slink alongside narratives of Tolkienesque fantasy; video game designer Hideo Kojima’s Solid Snake shares a backseat with an Uber Eats bag; and memories of racist invective are untwisted into renderings of the Sikh martyr Baba Deep Singh.