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: […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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)
