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The partition of India and Pakistan, the largest mass migration in history, is referenced in theMs.
Marvelcomics, but only as a fleeting detail.
It was something that was burning in all of us a little bit.
We havent really seen this addressed in western media, and we dont talk about it in our homes.
Hints of the 1947 migration appear throughout the series until its full-blown depiction in the penultimate episode.
What was your masjid (mosque) like?
Song and Dance
The first timeMs.
Alternating washes of purple, orange, and pink envelop the familys living room.
And then were like, Well, what if she was literally doing that?
Be My Baby captured something nostalgic and youthful at the same time.
I really love the simplicity of Muneeba starting that scene on the ground, Menon said.
Then when she sees her daughter really needs something, shes standing up and giving her a hug.
I grew up in a working-class Bronx, and now I get to write TV shows for a living.
In a way, I got to live my dreams, and my mom made them possible.
I wanted to repay that.
Marvels detour to Karachi feel all the more special.
The idea was to keep that in focus: that warmth, the people, their smiles.
What is normal to us may not necessarily be normal to people who look at Pakistan through one lens.
You want to be on the beach with them, you want to hang out with them.
Aisha, a warrior from another dimension, is a standoffish, tough-as-nails loner.
These were all key details for the episodes writer, Fatimah Asghar.
For me, love is about an exchange of glances.
History and Fantasy
A mere four pages of the comics are dedicated to the partition of India.
Our family needsus, they explained.
then youre indian again.
The relationship between India and Pakistan remains fraught and politically charged, but the two countries share the historyMs.
Marveldepicts and the history to which Kamala bears witness on a crowded train platform in 1947.
When we think about partition, we think about the vulnerability of a body, Asghar said.
Sana could get trampled.
Hasan could get knocked over.
Theres so much at stake when you see the construction of that scene.
Marvelcreatives sought to ground the partition sequence in reality.
Processions leaving their homes.
Families camped out on the sides of train tracks.
Trains filled with passengers, Obaid-Chinoy recalled.
I basically made a mood board of how I wanted it to feel.
Just as vital to the visuals of this sequence is what Kamala hears.
This notion of home and everything it represents underscoresMs.
Marvelfrom start to finish.
I dont know where I fit in here.
Will I ever fit in?
