Mint Lounge July 4, 2021 “Orijit Sen: ‘I try to confront the idea of fear’” by Avantika Bhuyan
Deccan Herald
Deccan Herald July 4, 2021 “Melding Gravitas with Graphics” by Arati Das
Marg
Marg Vol 72 Issue 4, June 2021 “Comics in a Brave New World” by Francesca Cotta The June 2021 issue of Marg magazine’s carries a short essay by Comixense Associate Editor Francesca Cotta on the role comics in today’s world, as well as the pages of City of Astronomers by Mohammad Salman and Rai from […]
Runs in the Family
Vol 1 Issue 2 | July-September 2021 Runs in the Family 1. An unlikely legume, commonly known as Palash in Hindi. The Battle of Plassey (Palashi in Bengali) was fought in a place named after this fiery tree. Identify. A. Sacred tree, or Butea teak (Butea monosperma) 2. Three plants from the […]
Volume 1 Issue 2 July-September 2021
Volume 1 Issue 2 The Adivasi will not Dance, an adaptation of an award-winning short story, fleshes out how a conflict of interest between the Santhal way of life and the government-corporate idea of development and progress stems from starkly different ways of interacting with the natural world. Playing with Bats is about an ordinary […]
The Adivasi Will Not Dance
Vol 1 Issue 2 | July-September 2021 The Adivasi Will Not Dance Story by Hansda Sowvendra Shekhar | Art by Priyanka Purty and Neha Alice Kerketta I grew up in Jharkhand, in a place called Moubhandar, in the township of a copper mining company owned by the government of India. When I was old […]
Playing with Bats
Vol 1 Issue 2 | July-September 2021 Playing with Bats Story by Annie Sen Gupta | Art by Rohit Karandadi This story uses a real-life narrative to show how everyday lives – innocent lives – can be affected by goings-on in which they have no say. The Ebola virus Ebola virus disease (EVD), formerly […]
The Irritability of Plants
Vol 1 Issue 2 | July-September 2021 The Irritability of Plants Story by Sarat Talluri Rao | Art by Pakhi Sen with inputs from Zeel Sanghvi Plants. Ugh. Who cares about plants? Ghas-phus. Diets. These were some of the thoughts I had about plants as a teenager. However, I was a sci-fi enthusiast and […]
‘Making It’ Isn’t Easy
Vol 1 Issue 2 | July-September 2021 ‘Making It’ Isn’t Easy Story by Sheela Jaywant | Art by Priya Kuriyan Ever observe dogs, cats, crows and even plants? I do. All living things seem to have their own individual personalities. Some work hard, some shirk work, others are happy-go-lucky, a few are the serious types. […]
Under The Snake’s Belly
Vol 1 Issue 2 | July-September 2021 Under The Snake’s Belly Story by Salil Chaturvedi | Art by Charbak Dipta यह शहर जब सोता है यह शहर जब सोता है ना जाने मुझे क्या होता है नज़र जाती है फुटपाथों पर सोती हुई उन लाशों पर जो सुबह जग जाती हैं किसी काम में […]
