This story is a personal narrative of how economic decline and unemployment affect people's health and daily lives. Bapi, "How are you? What are you doing? Where are you? I answered... again in 5 seconds... Bapi: "How are you? What are you doing? Where are you? I answered again..." It began in 2019, when H’RECK Engineers Private Limited shut down its Bharuch unit. My father, Ganesh Chandra Roy, then 57, suddenly found himself out of work. For a man who had always defined himself by his hard work and responsibility, this loss was devastating. The economic blow quickly turned into something far more complex: anxiety, depression, and two major strokes that left him partially paralyzed. Since then, our lives have undergone a significant transformation. I left home to support my family, becoming the sole earning member, while the meaning of home itself changed for me. My parents’ house, where I had spent 23 years, became a place I visited rather than lived. In December 2023, when my father suffered a third stroke, the shifts deepened: he lost his memory, eyesight, and his connection to the present moment. Now our conversations move in circles—he asks the same questions again and again. What could seem like painful repetition has, for me, become a fragile window into his altered world. These loops of memory and loss reveal not only his disorientation but also the resilience and tenderness that shape our father-daughter bond. This project matters because it is not only my father’s story but also the story of countless households grappling with the intertwined crises of unemployment and health. Headlines capture economic decline in statistics, but rarely do they speak of the silent costs: the erosion of dignity, the psychological burden, the fracturing of families. By focusing on intimate fragments—my father’s repeated questions, his silences, our shared moments—I want to humanize what often remains unseen behind charts and numbers. The grant would allow me to pursue this work with sensitivity and care. It will provide the resources to continue documenting through photography and audio recordings, to travel to my hometown when needed, and to dedicate the time required for a thoughtful process. Most importantly, it would make it possible to share this story widely—so that others living through similar struggles may see their realities reflected, and so that broader audiences may understand how unemployment and poverty ripple through bodies, minds, and relationships. Through this project, I aim to contribute to a deeper conversation: one that acknowledges not only the economic dimensions of the crisis but also its human, emotional, and intergenerational consequences. By documenting my father’s journey, I hope to illuminate the invisible intersections between work, health, and dignity, and to create space for empathy where statistics fall silent.