Vol 5 Issue 2 | July-Sep 2025 Quiz: Tales from The Script First part of a quiz on the way languages are written 1. The Edicts of Ashoka and other writings from that era (3rd to 1st century BCE) were written in a script [Pic 1] whose meaning had been lost over time. James […]
The First Language War
Vol 5 No 2 | Jul-Sep 2025 The First Language War Story by CG Salamander | Art by Kruttika Susarla The Struggle Continues The Anti-Hindi Agitation in Tamil Nadu was a series of protests by people in Tamil Nadu who didn’t want to learn or use the Hindi language. It started in the 1930s […]
The Poet Who Became a Tree
Vol 5 No 2 | Jul-Sep 2025 The Poet Who Became a Tree Story and art by Orijit Sen This piece by Orijit Sen about Kabir, his poetry and his philosophy is an extract from a longer piece titled “Hair Burns Like Grass” that first appeared in the Pao Anthology of comics, published by […]
I Have Seen It
Vol 5 No 2 | Jul-Sep 2025 I Have Seen It Story by Cordelia Francis | Art by Lokesh Khodke About the book Garcia de Orta’s ‘Colóquios dos Simples e Drogas da India’ (1563) was a ground-breaking treatise on Indian medicinal plants and spices, written in Portuguese and structured as a dialogue between Orta […]
A Dad Joke a Day
Vol 5 No 2 | Jul-Sep 2025 A Dad Joke a Day Story by Mohd Salman | Art by Haasini Casukhela In this entertaining piece, Mohd Salman and Haasini Casukhela, punsters themselves, imagine a salon where other pun-dits from across the ages and around the world gather, and indulge their particular fascination. https://www.npr.org/2011/05/15/136253845/not-jest-for-pun-a-surprising-history-of-wordplay https://www.themarginalian.org/2011/04/14/a-brief-history-of-the-pun/
Biryani Khaane Jayinge
Vol 5 No 2 | Jul-Sep 2025 Biryani Khaane Jayinge Story and art by Hallubol (Rahil Mohsin and Amaya Alankrita) Hallubol—A Dakhni initiative Hallubol is a multimedia initiative Alankrita and I started in early 2023. It is our hope to create narratives deeply rooted in the lives of Dakhni speakers, capturing their everyday experiences, […]
Vol 5 Issue 2 Jul-Sep 2025
Volume 5 Issue 2 The stories in this issue looks at the multifarious aspects of language and meaning. The First Language War is an account of the first anti-Hindi agitation of the Tamil people in 1938. The Poet Who Became a Tree is an excerpt from a longer comic about the legacy of the enigmatic […]
Priyanka Paul
Priyanka Paul Artist Priyanka Paul is a self-taught illustrator and writer from Bombay. Their work revolves around the themes of social justice, marginalisation and self-exploration, and has been published and exhibited globally. Insta: artwhoring In Comixense: The Tyranny of Beauty (Vol 1 Issue 4 | January-March 2022)
Rini Joseph
Rini Joseph Writer Rini is a multi-disciplinary artist who works with paintings, ceramics, poetry and embroidery. She is an anti-caste feminist currently working under a visual arts grant provided by Mavelinadu Collective. She enjoys birding, rock pooling and people-watching by the beach in her free time. She finds inspiration in getting lost in nature and […]
Keya Lall
Keya Lall Artist Keya Lall is an illustrator whose work involves many specimens of creatures and characters both real and fantastical, set in worlds both magical and mundane. Insta: keyalall In Comixense: Kamma Chameleon (Vol 3 Issue 4 | Jan-Mar 2024)
