A teacher walks the aisle of the classroom with a stick in his hand, waiting to use it on anyone who falters in their dictation test. Bhisham Sahni opens this scene of a classroom in his story ‘Imla’ where the same teacher when positioned outside the classroom changes his walk and talk. How do the structures of power change around the same teacher?
Biksu is a graphic novel that has enjoyed unparalleled success in the Hindi reading world. It tells the story of the late Vikas Kumar Vidyarthi aka Biksu and is based on a dazzling letter he wrote to his cousin, artist Rajkumari.
In 2013, Nirantar produced a short documentary on the non-binary experience in schools. Featuring Nrrups, Sunil and Rajarshi, the film travels from Kolkata to Bengaluru to Thane to meet people for whom school was the brutal part of their childhood.
