Objects are central in the transmission of socio-cultural practices. When they are altered, displaced, or replaced, these processes are reconfigured. Function examines such shifts through objects transformed within the artist’s own life, centering the charpai (char “four,” pai “feet”), a traditional woven resting surface recontextualized to interrogate South Asian practices of rest in contrast to colonial imports such as the bed. Accompanied by traditional motifs, the charpai incorporates woven lyrics from the Punjabi folk song Madhaniya (مَدهَنی / ਮਧਾਨੀਆ / मधानिया), which narrates a bride’s departure from her home in Punjab, echoing contemporary migration from the region to the West, in recognition of the increasing presence of solo female migrants pursuing socio-economic security in contrast to earlier, male-led, family-based migration. Visitors enter a living space where social practice, and cultural storytelling converge, inviting reflection on how everyday objects carry a contemporary reality of migration and present memory.