LONDON — A British artist has created a series of cartoons paying tribute to the struggles and sacrifices of British Asian immigrants.
Artist Kully Rehal created cartoons around “superhero aunties,” drawing inspiration from her own experience growing up in the UK where she says she was “nurtured by traditional Desi parents”.
In Indian culture, an “auntie” refers to older women who are typically a similar age to your parents, or who belong to the generation above you.
Image: kully rehal
“When I started my superhero aunties series, I simply reminisced about the typical stereotypical surroundings which I grew up in the mid-’80s and wanted to shed light and pay tribute to the struggles, sacrifices and success stories after moving from their motherland’s to UK from a British Asian perspective,” Rehal told Mashable. Read more…
