A fight against forgetting

About this episode

Sarnath Banerjee discusses the role of comics and literature in exploring interior worlds and shares insights on his work and experiences.

"Comics and literature allow us to enter worlds through our imagination; it is a medium of not-saying. We read because we want to get into the interior worlds of say, a family living in a room in Algiers. Cinema does not give that because the director decides, though TV sometimes does give that. But through comics and literature we get into the extraordinariness of the interior world." - Sarnath Banerjee, author, Absolute Jafar, on writing a Gen X visual history, the changing nature of fatherhood, searching for jinns in Delhi, wandering the streets of Karachi, and sketching in the parks of Berlin Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

People in this episode

Guest: Sarnath Banerjee

Topics covered

• comics
• literature
• fatherhood
• visual history
• imagination

Keywords

• Gen X
• jinns
• Delhi
• Karachi
• Berlin

Mentioned in this episode

Products: Absolute Jafar

Books & works: Absolute Jafar

Places: Algiers, Delhi, Karachi, Berlin

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