Review: ‘We, The Citizens’ | A primer on India’s policies, with simple text and illustrations
The HinduIn We, the Citizens, authors Khyati Pathak, Anupam Manur and Pranay Kotasthane take on a big task — and the book’s subtitle, ‘Strengthening the Indian Republic’, lays out that ambition in clear terms. They promise that questions and concepts of public policy, “often perceived as dull and boring”, will be presented in their graphic non-fiction book in a “manner relatable for readers of all ages”. And the authors — a writer-cartoonist, a public policy researcher and an economics professor — are largely successful in breaking down large, complex ideas to their basic, single-cell components with the help of simple illustrations. And I wanted her to understand or at least get the gist of what we’re trying to say.” The questions the book asks are answered in short, succinct ways, coupled with real world examples, peppered with cultural and historical references — you’ll find here Sisyphus and his rock, Birbal, Rajinikanth and Bob Dylan, and even the Sun King, Louis XIV.
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