Vol 5 No 3 | Oct-Dec 2025 The Last Song of the Desert Story by Nita Bajoria | Art by Somil Porwal The inspiration behind the comic From Nita Bajoria, the writer of this comic: Though we are from Rajasthan, my parents and in-laws converse with me in Hindi. My in-laws converse with each […]
Vol 5 No 3 | Oct-Dec 2025 Konkani Mai Story by Francesca Cotta | Art by Bina Nayak Based on a true story… From writer Francesca Cotta: This comic is inspired by real events that took place on 20 December, 1986. My parents were actually married on that day. The riots and escalating tensions […]
Vol 5 No 3 | Oct-Dec 2025 Found in Translation Story by Sheela Jaywant | Art by Anirban Dasgupta This piece is a humourous take on how idioms in one language can be nonsensical in another. The entire text of the piece is reproduced below. We have a new neighbour, a male nurse. At […]
Vol 5 No 3 | Oct-Dec 2025 Walking English Talking English Story by Rajesh Devraj | Art by Meren Imchen English in India: A Brief History English first arrived in India a long time ago, with traders and missionaries in the 1600s, even before the British began ruling the country. Interestingly, English was the […]
Vol 5 No 3 | Oct-Dec 2025 Politics of Language Text and art by Suhail Naqshbandi Koshur: A language that reflects the heritage of Kashmir Koshur is a distinct Indo-Aryan language spoken primarily in the Kashmir Valley. As a member of the Dardic subgroup, it possesses a unique linguistic identity, characterised by its rich […]
Biboswan Bose Artist Biboswan Bose is a comic book enthusiast from Kolkata. He likes reading, writing, drawing, and spending time with his friends and loved ones. Insta: bibo.bose In Comixense: The Burning Stories (Vol 5 Issue 3 | Oct-Dec 2025), We Build What We Imagine (Vol 4 Issue 4 | Jan-Mar 2025)
Avik Kumar Maitra Artist Avik Kumar Maitra is a freelance comics artist and illustrator from Kolkata. Apart from a few years of weekend art classes in his childhood, he is completely self-taught, learning to draw from comics, picture books, and newspaper photographs. He started illustrating in the popular Bengali children’s magazine Sandesh in 1998 (while […]
Rohit Karandadi Writer and artist Rohit Karandadi is an artist who dabbles in the mediums of animation, film-making and sequential art. He is intrigued by the workings of society and deeply interested in the intersections of philosophy and psychology. As a visual designer, he has worked to create communications for The Red Cross International, SEWA […]
Annie Sen Gupta Writer Aniruddha “Annie” Sen Gupta has worked as a journalist, writer, editor, and designer. He has had books published by Scholastic and Sage Publications, as well as a number of short works of fiction and non-fiction in anthologies by Penguin, HarperCollins, etc. His journalistic writing has appeared in magazines such as Down […]
Allen Shaw Artist Allen is an Indian artist, illustrator, animator and storyteller based in Berlin. He is passionate about travelling and recording his journey in sketchbooks and has been doing this consistently for the last 25 years. A graduate in animation film design from NID, Ahmedabad, he is currently focussed on illustrating books for children. […]
