Vol 2 No 4 | Jan-Mar 2023 The Daughters of Relu Story and art by Orijit Sen This comic is an extract from River of Stories by Comixense Chief Editor Orijit Sen. The book is something of a landmark in the history of Indian comics, and is generally regarded as the first Indian graphic […]
Vol 2 No 4 | Jan-Mar 2023 Forest Bathing Story and art by Kavita Singh Kale What is Forest Bathing? The shinrin-yoku (forest bathing) practice emerged in Japan in the 1980s as an ecotherapy aimed at inspiring people to reconnect with the forest. Forest bathing simply means spending time in nature with a keen […]
Vol 2 No 4 | Jan-Mar 2023 The Ferryman Story by Nathaniel da Costa | Art by Rajiv Eipe ‘The Ferryman’ draws its inspiration from characters and cultural traditions based on Greek, Aztec and Christian lore. The idea of a person being the conduit between life, death and the afterlife is explored in multiple […]
Vol 2 No 4 | Jan-Mar 2023 Suli Story and art by Sanjoyana B. Choudhury A woman’s hair holds cultural significance all over the world. In India especially, a woman’s hair is very strongly linked to her beauty, womanhood, and honour. In films, television, ads, or magazines, Indian women are generally represented with long, […]
Vol 2 No 4 | Jan-Mar 2023 A River Runs Through It Story and art by Pankaj Saikia The story is inspired from a folktale of the Mising tribe about a woman who transforms into Sishu, the river dolphin found in the Brahmaputra river valley. The indigenous tribes of the region, like the Mising, […]
Annada Menon Artist Annada Menon is a published illustrator based in Pune. She has illustrated for Penguin Random house and Pratham Books. Her contribution to editorials include magazines such as Current Conservation and Cosmopolitan India. Whimsical with a hint of fantasy or surrealism is her most loved approach to illustration. Versatility is a common practice […]
Anjora Noronha Artist Anjora Noronha is passionate about storytelling, comics and character design. She has worked on a range of projects in collaboration with NGOs, educators, environmentalists, storytellers, writers and entrepreneurs. She enjoys the process of working with others to help them turn their ideas into images, stories and books. Insta: anjora.art In Comixense: Lockdown […]
Vol 3 No 3 | Oct-Dec 2023 Goodbye GPLO Story by Francesca Cotta | Art by Haasini Casukhela Coping with grief Losing a loved one is a painful experience. Whether they were young or old, whether their death was expected or sudden, the loss leaves us sad and distressed. These feelings are a natural […]
Volume 2 Issue 3 In this issue, the stories reflect facets of serendipity in which the coming together of random chance and human agency can lead to outcomes that are funny, adventurous, mysterious—or just ordinary. The fantasy Homebound is a tale of strange interspecies friendships that flourish after an unexpected manmade disaster. Mother We Will […]
Vol 2 No 3 | Oct-Dec 2022 Homebound Story by Nathaniel da Costa | Art by Ishanou Rana The story behind ‘Homebound’ was inspired by multiple incidents around human-made tragedies but mainly from the disaster at Fukushima, Japan. In 2011, there was a nuclear accident at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant in Ōkuma, […]
