UK based artist Kully Rehal deeply understands immigrant’s travails. Her own “traditional Desi parents” belonged to the same group. Growing up in an Asian neighborhood, seeing and listening people talk about their culture and people inspired her to pay tribute to the struggles and sacrifices of British Asian immigrants, especially women whom she calls ‘Superhero Aunties.’

"When I started my superhero aunties series, I simply reminisced about the typical stereotypical surroundings which I grew up in the mid-'80s and wanted to shed light and pay tribute to the struggles, sacrifices and success stories after moving from their motherland's to UK from a British Asian perspective," says Rehal.

Inspired by her father, a painter himself, Rehal set out to create a set of cartoons around “superhero aunties.” These aunties are portrayed in her works as popular comic book heroes such as Deadpool, Catwoman, and Hulk.

“I chose Marvel characters which symbolise individual powers for each person,” she says. Eventually, Rehal began spending more time with Asians in the “60s club” to hear their stories. “Each and every person, no matter what caste creed or gender, has a story to tell.”

The 30 year old artist says the series is a way of paying tribute to the women who've experienced various types of struggles after moving to the UK; "the racism, sacrifices, domestic and verbal abuse and hard labour that they had to endure after moving from their homes from overseas".

"I am truly blessed to be surrounded by our yesterday's 'auntijis' to learn the true value of living through the struggles and strengths they had faced, and to see that they still continued to smile," says Rehal.

The quotes appeared in an article on her work on mashable