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Ghost Trains: Quotes from Partition – Bhavani Bala Illustrates First Hand Testimony of the Displacement and Trauma Resulting from the 1947 Partition of India and Pakistan

  • by Andy Oliver
  • June 2, 2026

Recently at Broken Frontier we chatted with the Kutty Press team of Bhavani Bala and Deepesh Sangtani about their minicomics and zines; work that is “rooted in South Asian identity…

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Meep, Logging Off_ – Bhavani Bala’s Foldout Minicomic Centres Themes of Mental Health through Cosmic Metaphor

  • by Andy Oliver
  • May 21, 2026

One of the greatest joys in considering self-published comics work in print is the opportunities it affords for unfiltered experimentation with the form’s possibilities. To see something like Bhavani Bala’s…

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“Our Work is Rooted in South Asian Identity and Community-Led Histories” – Exploring the Publishing Output and Ethos of Kutty Press with Bhavani Balasubramanyam and Deepesh Sangtani

  • by Andy Oliver
  • May 18, 2026

Drawing your attention to work that is notably distinctive in voice, and playful with format and presentation, is one of the core aims of Broken Frontier as a platform. When…

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Avial – Bhavani Bala’s Sound Effects-Led Comic Gives Us Everyday Snapshots of South Asian Lives

  • by Andy Oliver
  • October 30, 2024

THOUGHT BUBBLE MONTH 2024! Comics that use the form to interweave narratives in ways that only comics can are always going to be high on our list for potential commentary…

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