This Side That Side

This Side That Side

Partition has remained the most definitive formative moment in modern South Asian history for over three generations. It is an event of great significance and constant engagement for scholars, artists, journalists and commentators. Their explorations are manifested through academic research, reportage and most importantly, creative encounters through art, literature and films. ‘This Side That Side’ is the first-ever compendium of its kind which brings together graphic narratives on that epochal moment from comic book writers, graphic artists, film makers and illustrators from India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh.


 

Pg. 43, Border, Kaiser Haq and Hemant Puri. This Side That Side. Restorying Partition. © Kaiser Haq und Hemant Puri

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 Restorying Partition

Over sixty years of independence have done little to diminish the interest in and engagement with the division of the Indian subcontinent into two and then three sovereign independent states.

Pg. 309, Detail from Cabaret Weimar, Rabbi Shergill and Vishwajyoti Ghosh. This Side That Side. Restorying Partition. An Anthology of Graphic Narratives. Curated by Vishwajyoti Ghosh. YODA PRESS, New Delhi, 2013. Cabaret Weimar © Rabbi Shergill und Vishwajyoti Ghosh

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 Drawing borders - crossing borders

The graphic stories in This Side That Side tell us about the Partition of India

Pg. 311, Milne Do, Beena Sarwar and Prasanna Dhandarphale. This Side That Side. Restorying Partition. An Anthology of Graphic Narratives. Curated by Vishwajyoti Ghosh. YODA PRESS, New Delhi, 2013. © Beena Sarwar und Prasanna Dhandarphale

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 The contributors

Almost 50 authors, graphic artists, filmmakers and illustrators from India, Pakistan and Bangladesh contributed to the Anthology ‘’This Side That Side’’.