Iqbal, Humera; Malik, Anushay; Rashid, Maria; Shaikh, Adan; Lucas, Axel; (2023) Kaghazi Kashtiyan (Paper Boats): The Pakistani Bengali Story (Exhbition Catalogue). Indus Valley School of Art and Architecture/University College London (UCL): Karachi, Pakistan/London, UK.

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Kagazhi Khastiyan (Paper Boats) opens up a window into the experiences of the Pakistani Bengali community. This community has long roots based mainly in the city of Karachi and spread across a variety of neighbourhoods. “Kaghazi Kashtiyan” refers to the connection of the community to the sea, through the work that many of them do as fishermen, but it also refers to the precarious, paper-like fragility of their legal status in Pakistan because of challenges that they face around documentation and citizenship. The artists featured here have drawn inspiration from community visits but also engagement with research from the study: Partition of Identity: An exploration of Belonging in Pakistani Bengalis, 1971- Present. This three-year project is based at University College London, UK and the Lahore University of Management Sciences, Pakistan. It is the first in-depth study capturing the everyday life, stories and history of the Pakistani Bengali community. Each of the artists reimagined the rich academic scholarship in creative, accessible, and evocative ways.

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