![]() ![]() What does the book attempt to do? It aims to bring us the basic polemics of Phule’s ‘ Gulamgiri’ in visual form. So naturally they resort to theft as a strategy for survival… You see, because of the prohibition of untouchability, all doors of employment have been closed for atishudras. ![]() Our noble government seems to have adopted the policy of trimming their sails to the prevailing wind. Having said this, the book stops short of being the single most important signpost in the sub-genre of Indian graphic novel because Srividya Natarajan’s wordplay and her choice of scenario to distill Phule’s thought is not able to match the minimalist starkness of Aparajita Ninan’s luminous drawings. It is needless to say that this work must be in your bookshelves and that you should buy more than one personal copy and gift to others. At 128 pages, 'A Gardener in the Wasteland' attempts a very ambitious sweep to pull off a graphic rendition of Jyotiba Phule’s 'Gulamgiri' (1873) and nearly pulls it off. ![]()
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