Black Canary persuades people to do things with the power of her voice. COMIX.INDIA is an independent black & white comics anthology magazine, begun in October 2009. Supergirl is the only girl to survive from the planet Krypton. Just like Ismat’s friendship with Sushi!Įxcerpted with permission of Scholastic India from Girl Power: Indian Women Who Broke the Rules by Neha J. Buy Comix.India vol 2 - Girl Power: Collected Edition by E.P.Unny in India. Many of Ismat’s writings focuses on the friendships between women who broke the rules. It’s no coincidence that my reading list is dominated by books written by strong badass women.
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What started as a fairly simple (yet still brave) mission to write a book, ended up growing into a community of women and girls sharing what girl power means to them. Ismat fought for her education, even threatening to run away and not eat food if she wasn’t allowed to go to school. This author knows the world needs more heroes with girl power. Didn’t she know that Muslims didn’t worship idols? But even as a child, Ismat believed that all people are made equal, regardless of their religion.Īnd so, years later, when the girls met again, they continued to put aside the differences of their religions and laughingly took bites of the same laddoo! In those days, many girls were not allowed to go to school. Snatching away the idol, they threw Ismat out of the house like a ‘dead lizard’. The journey of some of Powers most controversial characters. With Michael Rainey Jr., Gianni Paolo, Method Man, Mary J. What commotion followed! Sushi’s family was shocked. Power Book II: Ghost: Created by Courtney A. She walked into Sushi’s house-a forbidden act during the festival-and lovingly picked up the idol of baby Krishna. Various snacks were being fried and Ismat was tempted ‘by the appetizing aroma of the goodies’. One Janmashtami, celebrations was being held in Sushi’s house for Lord Krishna’s birthday. They would often take bites of the same guava even though they were from different religions. Sometimes, they were not even allowed in one another’s houses during religious festivals.īut little Ismat was a rebel! She was good friends with Sushi, a Hindu girl. At that time, some Hindus and Muslims wouldn’t share food because they thought they would ‘pollute’ one another. Ismat was born into a Muslim family in Uttar Pradesh, more than a hundred years ago.