Author Vazira Zamindar on Gandhi-Bacha Khan Friendship in New Graphic Novel

Hindustan Times · interesting

Author Vazira Zamindar discusses her new graphic novel, which explores the friendship between Mahatma Gandhi and Bacha Khan. Zamindar was inspired by photographs of the two leaders together, noting their extraordinary tenderness and gentleness. She aims for the book to serve as a resource of stories and acts of love, fostering a shared understanding of their anticolonial inheritance. The narrative follows fictional characters Mahmud and Sita, allowing for exploration of ordinary individuals' roles in the anticolonial struggle and the conscious creation of historical narratives and images.