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Sarnath Banerjee is a graphic novelist and visual artist. He has published six books of graphic fiction, including \u00abCorridor\u00bb, \u00abAll Quiet in Vikaspuri\u00bb and \u00abHarappa Files\u00bb; his latest, \u00abAbsolutely Jafar\u00bb, was published in 2026. His works have been collected by museums and shown at biennials, including the installation \u00abCritical Imagination Deficit\u00bb at the 13th Berlin Biennale. His billboard project \u00abGallery of Losers\u00bb was commissioned for the London Olympics. Banerjee has taught at the Universit\u00e4t der K\u00fcnste in Berlin and was a fellow at Princeton and at MIT. Sarnath Banerjee lives in Berlin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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