Vol 3 No 4 | Jan-Mar 2024 Emerald Apsara Story and art by Orijit Sen This is a wordless fantasy comic, set in a haveli in Rajasthan, that has as its protagonist Professor P.R. Mazoomder, a Bengali inventor in a monkey cap whom the artist Orijit Sen has used in cameo or side roles […]
Kamma Chameleon
Vol 3 No 4 | Jan-Mar 2024 Kamma Chameleon Story by Varud Gupta | Art by Keya Lall Camouflage in the natural world Chameleons are renowned for their ability to change colours to blend in with their environment. This remarkable natural ability is due to specialised cells called chromatophores which rest beneath their outer […]
True Colours
Vol 3 No 4 | Jan-Mar 2024 True Colours Story by Soham Dey | Art by Haasini Casukhela A brief history of dye Although hair colouring, especially bright hair colour, may seem like a modern trend popular amongst young people, the tradition of artificially colouring hair stretches back to ancient times. The practice was […]
The Invisible Colour
Vol 3 No 4 | Jan-Mar 2024 The Invisible Colour Story and art by Anupam Arunachalam Isaac Newton and the science of colours Sir Isaac Newton was a polymath with a scientific output so prolific, a glance at his achievements is more sizeable than the work of many others put together. His work on […]
Indigo Nation
Vol 3 No 4 | Jan-Mar 2024 Indigo Nation Story by Mohd Salman | Art by Anupam Arunachalam Indigo: A pigment of the oppressive imagination Marco Polo reported the cultivation of indigo in India as far back as the 1300s. Under British colonial rule, indigo became another of the many resources used to generate […]
Supriya Tirkey
Supriya Tirkey Writer and artist Supriya Tirkey is a motion designer, animator and illustrator with a deep fondness for films, forests and culinary culture. She studied animation film-making from the National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad. Seeking a quiet life amidst the green brought her to a quaint seaside village in Goa. Her achievements include being […]
Sarat T. Rao
Sarat T. Rao Writer Sarat T. Rao is a musician who loves writing speculative fiction. After studying economics, statistics and mathematics for five years, he ended up doing research for a film on Srinivasa Ramanujan. Then he worked at a bank for some time but continued writing. Story-telling merged with film, and he made a […]
Vol 3 Issue 3 Oct-Dec 2023
Volume 3 Issue 3 The stories in this issue delve into some aspects of our technological life. Love Again narrates the story of the unusual dilemma a man faces after responding to an invitation online. Welcome to Imaginari takes us into a parallel world where some strange shenanigans are at play. Touching Grass suggests ways […]
Love Again
Vol 3 No 3 | Oct-Dec 2023 Love Again Story by Derek Almeida | Art by Mad Paule Shrinking populations A study commissioned by the non-profit organisation, The Club of Rome has predicted that the world’s population would peak at 8.6 billion by 2050 and then rapidly decline to 6 billion by the end […]
Suhail Naqshbandi
Suhail Naqshbandi Writer and artist Suhail Naqshbandi is a Creative Director with over two decades of experience in visual storytelling spanning journalism, eLearning, advertising, and art & design education. His forte lies in art direction, graphic design, illustration, editorial cartooning, comics creation and painting. He is a published storyteller and his works have been featured […]