Across the Line: A YA novel about how the shadows of the past can affect the present

In a time when we see schisms and fault lines across the world, history and personal trauma are interwoven skilfully into a fast-paced novel with themes which resonate today. Looking at how borders and beliefs are shaped by the games played by those in power, author Nayanika Mahtani holds up a mirror to the partition of the Indian sub-continent as she sensitively shows how the shadows of the past can affect us in the present, in this session on her award-winning YA novel, Across the Line.