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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Graphic novel by Nidhi Chanani}}<br />
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{{Infobox book<br />
| italic title = <!--(see above)--><br />
| name = Pashmina<br />
| author = [[Nidhi Chanani]]<br />
| country = USA<br />
| language = English<br />
| subject = Graphic Novel<br />
| genre = Children's Novel<br />
| pub_date = 2017<br />
| image = Pashmina (graphic novel).jpg<br />
| caption = <br />
| published = [[First Second Books]]<br />
| media_type = Book<br />
| pages = 168 pages<br />
| isbn = 978-16-2672-087-9<br />
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'''''Pashmina''''' is a debut graphic novel written by [[Nidhi Chanani]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Can India Be Her Homeland, Even if She's Never Been There?|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/10/books/review/pashmina-nidhi-chanani.html|newspaper=New York Times|date=10 November 2017}}</ref> The novel focuses on the relationship between an Indian-American mother and her teenage daughter.<ref>{{cite news|title=Nidhi Chanani's New Graphic Novel Explores The Mother-Daughter Relationship|url= https://www.mid-day.com/articles/nidhi-chanani-new-graphic-novel-explores-the-mother-daughter-relationship/19369160|newspaper=Mid-Day|date=28 April 2018}}</ref><br />
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==Synopsis==<br />
Protagonist Priyanka Das's mother leaves India many years ago and refrains from revealing why, but Priyanka's discovery of a [[pashmina]] shawl hidden in a suitcase helps her imagine a homeland she has never been to.<ref>{{cite news|title=Can India Be Her Homeland, Even if She's Never Been There?|url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-book-news/article/76775-ya-2018-booklist-first-generation-tales.html|newspaper=Publishers Weekly|date=5 May 2018}}</ref><br />
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==Cancelled film adaptation==<br />
On 6 March 2019, it was reported that [[Gurinder Chadha]] would be directing an animated musical feature film based on the novel for [[Netflix]]. [[Ashok Amritraj]] was to serve as a producer through his Hyde Park Entertainment banner.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2019/08/hyde-park-entertainment-asia-launches-with-multicultural-film-tv-slate-1202701630/|title=Hyde Park Entertainment Asia Launches With Multicultural Film & TV Slate|last=D'Alessandro|first=Anthony|website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|date=22 August 2019|accessdate=23 August 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://deadline.com/2019/03/pashmina-gurinder-chadha-nidhi-chanani-netflix-ashok-amritraj-hyde-park-animated-musical-india-blinded-by-the-light-1202570675/|title=Netflix Teams With Gurinder Chadha & Ashok Amritraj's Hyde Park To Turn Nidhi Chanani Graphic Novel 'Pashmina' Into Animated Musical|last=Fleming|first=Mike Jr.|date=6 March 2019|website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|access-date=6 March 2019|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190307030233/https://deadline.com/2019/03/pashmina-gurinder-chadha-nidhi-chanani-netflix-ashok-amritraj-hyde-park-animated-musical-india-blinded-by-the-light-1202570675/|archive-date=7 March 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> In December 2022, Chadha stated that the film was cancelled for unknown reasons.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lodderhose |first=Diana |date=5 December 2022 |title=Gurinder Chadha Talks New Disney Movie, Projects Brewing & Engaging With Saudi Female Voices — Red Sea Studio |url=https://deadline.com/video/gurinder-chadha-talks-new-disney-movie-projects-brewing-engaging-with-saudi-female-voices-red-sea-studio/ |access-date=6 May 2023 |website=[[Deadline Hollywood]] |language=en-US}}</ref><br />
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