{"id":3286,"date":"2016-04-29T15:53:00","date_gmt":"2016-04-29T07:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2016\/04\/29\/indian-auntie-superhero-series-pays-tribute-to-struggle-of-british-asian-immigrants\/"},"modified":"2016-04-29T15:53:00","modified_gmt":"2016-04-29T07:53:00","slug":"indian-auntie-superhero-series-pays-tribute-to-struggle-of-british-asian-immigrants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2016\/04\/29\/indian-auntie-superhero-series-pays-tribute-to-struggle-of-british-asian-immigrants\/","title":{"rendered":"Indian 'auntie' superhero series pays tribute to struggle of British Asian immigrants"},"content":{"rendered":"

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LONDON \u2014 A British artist has created a series of cartoons paying tribute to the struggles and sacrifices of British Asian immigrants.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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”.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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“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<\/i>.<\/span> Read more…<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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