„India“ developed out of my three journeys to Pune in 2001, 2002 and 2004. I arrived in a forgein country, and felt surprisingly familiar in the foreign. There in the streets, walking among the people, surrounded by their movements, their gestures, by the colors, the light, the beauty. Small things awakened my attention, sometimes only a short glimpse, a hand movement, the color of a sari, a temple hidden in a courtyard. It was like a long hot bath that I took there in Pune's streets - something unique and very beautiful.

"A love for the world is found in Aurand's intimate 16mm colour films. (...) Her expressive camera technique and editing style - which preserves some sequences that were edited in-camera - lends to the joyous spontaneity of the work. (...) Lyrical and sketch-like, Aurand's exuberant impressions of street scenes, performances of traditional dances, and portraits of people she meets mirror the vitality of the life she encounters. Her staccato-length shots flash like bursts of energy, adding a rhythmic dimension to the handheld cinematography. The film begins in silence; after a few minutes, the first sounds we hear are of birds. The soundtrack then builds upon a wide range of aural textures: traditional and popular music, voices of children and shopkeepers, and ambient cityscape sounds such as pedestrians and vehicular traffic. (...)" Susan Oxtoby, programmer of "Wavelengths", Toronto International Film Festival 2005