Subir Dey Artist Subir is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Design at IIT Delhi. He is a design educator with interests in visual culture and illustration. He founded Brown Pencils, a collective that publishes graphic narratives. He is a practising comics book artist and illustrator, having worked with clients like Penguin Random House […]
Sanjana Kapur
Sanjana Kapur Writer Sanjana Kapur is an author and editor with over 15 years of experience in children’s publishing. She has written several books for children, including the award-winning ‘Who Stole Bhaiya’s Smile?’ published by Pratham Books. She has also hosted quiz shows and other events in schools across India. Her latest book, ‘Mum in […]
Anupam Arunachalam
Anupam Arunachalam Writer and Artist is a Delhi-based writer, illustrator and comic book artist. His work has been published by Penguin Random House, Hachette, Tinkle, Pratham Books, Forbes Life, Mint and Campfire Graphic Novels, among others. He is currently working on the Young Pandavas series of illustrated children’s books, published by Hachette India. Insta: anupamarunachalam […]
Stuti Mamen
Stuti Mamen Artist Stuti Mamen is a research scholar and a self-taught artist from Arunachal Pradesh. She worked as an Assistant Professor in the Department of English, Visva-Bharati, Santiniketan, for eight years before resigning to recuperate and focus on her art practice. As an artist, she is passionate about exploring the intersections of social identity […]
Orijit Sen
Orijit Sen Writer and artist Orijit Sen is a graphic artist, muralist, cartoonist and designer. He is a co-founder of People Tree, a collaborative studio and store for artists, designers and craftspeople. Along with his wife and fellow designer Gurpreet Sidhu, he leads People Tree’s in-house design studios in New Delhi and Goa. Orijit is […]
Soham Dey
Soham Dey Writer Soham Dey is an aspiring writer and storyteller with a literature degree from Ashoka University, interested in queer, digital, fantasy, and sci-fi themes. Currently working with a media house in New Delhi, they hope to create graphic novels, films, and video games of their own some day. They like watching anime, playing […]
Somil Porwal
Somil Porwal Artist Somil Porwal is a painter and visual storyteller. A graduate from the National Institute of Design, he works across sketchbooks, comics, painting, and experimental visual narratives, often blending instinctive mark-making with layered storytelling. His practice stems from observation of everyday spaces and a search for truth beyond convention. Insta: @so_aumm In Comixense: […]
Quiz: Tales from The Script
Vol 5 Issue 3 | Oct-Dec 2025 Quiz: Tales from The Script Second part of a quiz on the way languages are written The first part of this quiz can be accessed here: Quiz 1 5. With a written tradition dating back to the 13th century CE, the Ahom language is a branch […]
Vol 5 Issue 3 Oct-Dec 2025
Volume 5 Issue 3 This issue, the second of two on Language, is themed ‘Language and Expression’, and contains six stories. In The Burning Stories, a storyteller in an ancient land is banned from using the language of the court and turns to the language of the people to get his tales across. An old […]
The Burning Stories
Vol 5 No 3 | Oct-Dec 2025 The Burning Stories Story by Anupam Arunachalam | Art by Biboswan Bose The story of Gunadhya… Is a legend that offers a glimpse of truth. It speaks of a court poet who lost a wager and thus lost the privilege of composing in Sanskrit. He exiled himself […]