"This book is a detailed study of the Indian graphic novel as a significant category of South Asian literature. It focuses on the genre's engagement with history, memory and cultural identity and its critique of the nation in the form of dissident ... histories and satire. Deploying a nuanced theoretical framework, the volume closely examines major texts such as The Harappa Files, Delhi Calm, Kari, Bhimayana, Gardener in the Wasteland, Pao Anthology, and authors and illustrators including Sarnath Banerjee, Vishwajyoti Ghosh, Durgabai Vyam, Amrutha Patil, Srividya Natarajan and others. It also explores - using key illustrations from the texts - critical themes like contested and alternate histories, urban realities, social exclusion, contemporary politics, and identity politics." (Publisher description) more

"Journalism in India has survived various vicissitudes and is today well equipped to meet any challenge which may present itself — It has spread over a large area and uses various languages and has covered several fields — Its main strenght still lies in the English language and its main field i ... s politics — The author describes the various stages of journalism in India — Thus he studies the development of the Indian press, the obstacles encountered, the various aspects of this press, which has not remained just a means of information, but promotes advertising — The history of the Indian press is bound up with India's struggle for independence." (Jean-Marie Van Bol, Abdelfattah Fakhfakh: The use of mass media in the developing countries. Brussels: CIDESA, 1971 Nr. 1584, topic code 110.1) more