In a government school classroom in Delhi, young Indira Thapa is set an unusual assignment by her favourite teacher: to write an essay around her name. Who was Indira Priyadarshini, the person after whom her grandfather named her? And why her? What is her legacy as India’s first—and only—woman prime minister?
Over the course of a long, hot summer and a curious friendship with an artist who is working on a biography of Mrs Gandhi, young Indira gets tangled up in the life and times of her memorable namesake. Sometimes by design and sometimes by accident, story after story comes alive—about a childhood spent in Allahabad growing the Vanar Sena, of a youthful romance with the charming Feroze Gandhi, of stints in jail and elephant rides through pouring rain, a magnificent audacity that catapulted India onto the international stage, and of the final, tragic end that ripped apart the fabric of the nation.
Real and imagined worlds, the past and present, text and image all entwine as Indira walks us through the most formative decades of political life of India.
Indira is a graphic novel written by Devapriya Roy &
illustrated by Priya Kuriyan, it has been published by Context an imprint of
Westland publishers. Devapriya Roy is an author & has written several
books. Priya Kuriyan is a book illustrator, comic book artist and animator.
In this book we get to know a young girl named Indira Thapa
who studies at a government school in Delhi. She is a keen student & ever
ready to answer in all her classes. Before summer vacations she has been given
an interesting project by her English teacher which leads her to research about
the life Indira Gandhi. This project takes us to every nook & corner of
Indira Gandhi’s life. Get this book here now,
Honestly I was a bit
hesitant to read this book as I don’t agree with several decisions of Indira
Gandhi while she was the Prime Minister of India & I was afraid that the
book might be biased but I’m glad I read this book as Devapriya Roy has
intricately described all the life events in brief but haven’t gloried her in
any way plus Priya Kuriyan’s detailed illustrations has just blown me away. I
hope more such graphic novels about several personalities are published by
Context. A must read!
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