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viveknshah 's review for:
Munnu: A Boy from Kashmir
by Malik Sajad
A desi version of Art Spiegel's Maus! A hard hitting true story tempered down so it doesn't get too graphic for a graphic novel - the irony. We have often heard the Indian version of Kashmir events, the Pakistani version of Kashmir events, Malik Sajad provides the Kashmiri version of the events. History unfortunately is all about versions rather than the singularity, and Malik beautifully captures the culture, the hardships the common man faces in a war torn region always in a heightened security state. The fact he used a distinct design style similar to the wood panel work that his father did in real life, it adds a unique touch and feel to this book. I was about to say a great Indian graphic novel but that would be injustice to Malik Sajad. This is a great Kashmiri graphic novel painting their lives in their eyes and good introduction to this beautiful place that Amr Khusrao once quoted - "if there is paradise on earth, it is here, it is here, it is here.