Comic-Con India Best Writer
CHHOTU
A Tale of Partition and Love · Penguin Random House
“Stylishly wry humour and depth.”
The Hindu
“Part novel, part art and equal parts tender love and boundless suffering, this coming-of-age story is a commentary on something more pervasive and endemic if you scratch beneath the surface. It is a commentary on the violence and oppression that persist to this day.”
Outlook Magazine
“Wild, imaginative and tender, it may be only through love stories like Chhotu that we can return to our darkest hour and begin reparations for another kind of future to which we can all belong.”
Vazira Zamindar
“The playful simplicity of Chhotu’s artwork conceals a well-constructed and heartfelt graphic novel about India’s partition trauma… Like the hero, it’s a modest little gem.”
India Today
“Sharp irony and crackling humor, it offers a poignant understanding of a time when fear, bigotry, political machinations, and violence overtook everyday life.”
Gyan Prakash
“Chhotu: A Tale of Partition and Love is at its heart, a tale of love, courage, and self-discovery… All in all, a beautiful amalgamation of love, exploration, politics, and tonnes of Bollywood masala, Chhotu is definitely not one to be missed.”
Homegrown
