Munnu
Malik Sajad
Munnu : a boy from Kashmir /Malik Sajad - London : Fourth Estate , 2015. - 348 pages ; 24 cm
Seven-year-old Munnu is growing up in Indian-administered Kashmir. Life revolves around his family: Mama, Papa, sister Shahnaz, brothers Adil and Akhtar and, his favourite, older brother Bilal. It also revolves around Munnu's two favorite things; sugar and drawing. But Munnu's is a childhood experienced against the backdrop of conflict. Bilal's classmates are crossing over into the Pakistan-administered portion of Kashmir to be trained to resist the 'occupation'; Papa and Bilal are regularly taken by the military to identification parades where informers will point out 'terrorists'; Munnu's school is closed; close neighbors are killed and the homes of Kashmiri Hindu families lie abandoned, as once close, mixed communities have ruptured under the pressure of Kashmir's divisions
9780008165628
Variety Books Publishers Distributors ;B-10,Street No-2,West Vinod Nagar,Delhi-110092
Arts
Jammu and Kashmir (India) -- Comic books, strips, etc.--Graphic novels -- India.
741.5 SAJ
Munnu : a boy from Kashmir /Malik Sajad - London : Fourth Estate , 2015. - 348 pages ; 24 cm
Seven-year-old Munnu is growing up in Indian-administered Kashmir. Life revolves around his family: Mama, Papa, sister Shahnaz, brothers Adil and Akhtar and, his favourite, older brother Bilal. It also revolves around Munnu's two favorite things; sugar and drawing. But Munnu's is a childhood experienced against the backdrop of conflict. Bilal's classmates are crossing over into the Pakistan-administered portion of Kashmir to be trained to resist the 'occupation'; Papa and Bilal are regularly taken by the military to identification parades where informers will point out 'terrorists'; Munnu's school is closed; close neighbors are killed and the homes of Kashmiri Hindu families lie abandoned, as once close, mixed communities have ruptured under the pressure of Kashmir's divisions
9780008165628
Variety Books Publishers Distributors ;B-10,Street No-2,West Vinod Nagar,Delhi-110092
Arts
Jammu and Kashmir (India) -- Comic books, strips, etc.--Graphic novels -- India.
741.5 SAJ
