Worlds Apart

Jai Arjun Singh

Fantasy and realism meet in this debut to mixed effect

The realism is compelling enough but the sport of carrom doesn’t really make for compelling cinema.

Khalid, the protagonist, after over a year of being thrown into an isolation cell at Guantanamo Bay.

Nominated for a children’s book prize, Anna Perera’s story of a Guantanamo inmate wrenches the heart with its stark realism.

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