Volume 3 Issue 1 | April-June 2023 Game: What’s Wrong with this Picture? Art by Orijit Sen and Avik Kumar Maitra Not everything in the image below is a true reflection of life as we know it. See if you can spot the 36 things that are out of place. When you’re done trying, scroll […]
The Hindu
The Hindu April 8, 2023 “Into the Comicverse” by Avantika Shankar
Pseudonym
Vol 3 No 1 | Apr-Jun 2023 Pseudonym Story and art by Suhail Naqshbandi This is a story from the heart, emerging from the artist Suhail Naqshbandi’s lived experiences. As a Kashmiri political cartoonist, Suhail has faced many stumbling blocks in his career. The biggest issue has always been what he can say through his […]
Vol 3 Issue 1 Apr-Jun 2023
Volume 3 Issue 1 This issue contains six stories between the real and the false. In Pseudonym, a cartoonist is faced with a dilemma that pits his work against his identity. In My Fake Boyfriend, a young girl struggles with having to lie to live life on her terms. In Ubumuntu, we witness how Sula […]
My Fake Boyfriend
Vol 3 No 1 | Apr-Jun 2023 My Fake Boyfriend Story by Rini Joseph | Art by Samidha Gunjal Many of us face writer Rini’s dilemma when we are growing up. We are keen to live life on our own terms, following the norms that seem appropriate to us. But over time, this brings us […]
Ubumuntu
Vol 3 No 1 | Apr-Jun 2023 Ubumuntu Story by Sanid Asif Ali | Art by Pia Alize Hazarika The Rwandan genocide The Rwandan genocide that lasted from April to July 1994 occurred during the Rwandan Civil War. Around 800,000 members of the Tutsi ethnic minority community were killed by armed Hutu militia during […]
Night of the Muhnochwa
Vol 3 No 1 | Apr-Jun 2023 Night of the Muhnochwa Story and art by Orijit Sen This comic was originally published in the December 2002 issue of Outlook magazine. The story came about in reaction to a spate of bizarre reports on a mysterious phenomenon that terrorised rural populations in western Uttar Pradesh in […]
The Sale
Vol 3 No 1 | Apr-Jun 2023 The Sale Story by Cordelia Francis | Art by Annada Menon This is a wordless comic about a farm that has fallen on hard times. The farmer couple who own it are forced to consider selling it, and the animals on the farm fear the worst. How does […]
Behroopiya
Vol 3 No 1 | Apr-Jun 2023 Behroopiya Story by Mohd Salman | Art by Nikhil Gulati Very little of the world’s landmass today really counts as ‘unexplored’. Spend a little time on the internet (or a library, if you have access to a good one) and you can find out all you need about […]
Touching Grass
Vol 3 No 3 | Oct-Dec 2023 Touching Grass Story and art by Shannon In our tech-crazed world, it’s important to remember to detox from technology from time to time. Take a break from scrolling, log out of your gadgets and step into the natural or real world. This is known as touching grass. […]
