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Discovery of New India

Discovery of New India

A Graphic Novel Exploring Indian Politics, Governance, Freedom & Public Policy | Contemporary Political Nonfiction

Aakar Patel
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A girl and a boy born into different classes meet by chance. In their meaningful but brief time together, they explore life and the reality of New India. Two dogs accompany them as his nationalism runs into her studied scepticism.
Guiding readers through a country remade, Discovery of New India is a witty, accessible political primer on a decade of change and its human impact.

Imprint: Ebury Press

Published: Mar/2026

ISBN: 9780143470915

Length : 144 Pages

MRP : ₹799.00

Discovery of New India

A Graphic Novel Exploring Indian Politics, Governance, Freedom & Public Policy | Contemporary Political Nonfiction

Aakar Patel
,
PenPencilDraw

A girl and a boy born into different classes meet by chance. In their meaningful but brief time together, they explore life and the reality of New India. Two dogs accompany them as his nationalism runs into her studied scepticism.
Guiding readers through a country remade, Discovery of New India is a witty, accessible political primer on a decade of change and its human impact.

Buying Options
Paperback / Hardback

Aakar Patel

Aakar Patel is a syndicated columnist who has edited English and Gujarati newspapers. His translation of Saadat Hasan Manto’s Urdu non-fiction, Why I Write, was published in 2014. His study of majoritarianism in India, Our Hindu Rashtra: What It Is. How We Got Here, was published in 2020. And his analysis of India’s performance under Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Price of the Modi Years, was published in 2021. He is chair of Amnesty International India.

PenPencilDraw

PenPencilDraw is a pseudonymous political cartoonist.

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