Member Review

This book takes you to the time of civil war in Nepal when maoists were in full power against regime. This graphic novel is told from the perspective of a family which was affected due to the communism.

Tara is a young girl who was living with her family in a beautiful village of Nepal. She had her brother taken by Maoists to fight their cause against regime, which neither in family wanted. They wanted to save each other but those were the tough times in which even neighbors left support, same kind of condition we recently saw in CORONA times in 2020. It is a very gripping story that binds you with it but eventually shatter every hope you keep with it in terms of HEA.

There is a maoist named Kamal who was consistently threatening the family and wanted to take every young man in surrounding. Those nightmares that were haunting Tara even after so many years, taken us back to her childhood times when that all was so true and happening for real. She visited her old house in village, years later to reminisced the life she lived there. This book has shown 2 facades of Tara's life. One before and during the civil war and second after the war. There was a poor but joyful life of a farmer's family which was deeply ruined by maoism; and this is not just one but many in numbers.
For facts, This civil war lasted for 10 long years from 1996 to 2006. There were purgings, massacres, killings, mass-rapes and haunting sharia-inspired 'summary executions'.
About editing, I liked the B&W version by 2 different illustrationists as this showed the 2 different times in life of Tara and war happenings and its after-effects. This is heartfelt story and it will always remain in my mind. Hope to get its second part in series soon, to learn more about Tara's life further.