Vol 5 No 2 | Jul-Sep 2025 The Poet Who Became a Tree Story and art by Orijit Sen This piece by Orijit Sen about Kabir, his poetry and his philosophy is an extract from a longer piece titled “Hair Burns Like Grass” that first appeared in the Pao Anthology of comics, published by […]
Vol 5 No 2 | Jul-Sep 2025 I Have Seen It Story by Cordelia Francis | Art by Lokesh Khodke About the book Garcia de Orta’s ‘Colóquios dos Simples e Drogas da India’ (1563) was a ground-breaking treatise on Indian medicinal plants and spices, written in Portuguese and structured as a dialogue between Orta […]
Vol 5 No 2 | Jul-Sep 2025 A Dad Joke a Day Story by Mohd Salman | Art by Haasini Casukhela In this entertaining piece, Mohd Salman and Haasini Casukhela, punsters themselves, imagine a salon where other pun-dits from across the ages and around the world gather, and indulge their particular fascination. https://www.npr.org/2011/05/15/136253845/not-jest-for-pun-a-surprising-history-of-wordplay https://www.themarginalian.org/2011/04/14/a-brief-history-of-the-pun/
Vol 5 No 2 | Jul-Sep 2025 Biryani Khaane Jayinge Story and art by Hallubol (Rahil Mohsin and Amaya Alankrita) Hallubol—A Dakhni initiative Hallubol is a multimedia initiative Alankrita and I started in early 2023. It is our hope to create narratives deeply rooted in the lives of Dakhni speakers, capturing their everyday experiences, […]
Volume 5 Issue 2 The stories in this issue looks at the multifarious aspects of language and meaning. The First Language War is an account of the first anti-Hindi agitation of the Tamil people in 1938. The Poet Who Became a Tree is an excerpt from a longer comic about the legacy of the enigmatic […]
Priyanka Paul Artist Priyanka Paul is a self-taught illustrator and writer from Bombay. Their work revolves around the themes of social justice, marginalisation and self-exploration, and has been published and exhibited globally. Insta: artwhoring In Comixense: The Tyranny of Beauty (Vol 1 Issue 4 | January-March 2022)
Rini Joseph Writer Rini is a multi-disciplinary artist who works with paintings, ceramics, poetry and embroidery. She is an anti-caste feminist currently working under a visual arts grant provided by Mavelinadu Collective. She enjoys birding, rock pooling and people-watching by the beach in her free time. She finds inspiration in getting lost in nature and […]
Rajiv Eipe Artist Rajiv Eipe lives in Bengaluru and works on animation and illustration projects. He likes to doodle in a sketchbook, drink more coffee than is good for him, maintain an untidy workspace and gaze vacantly into space at short intervals. Insta: rajiveipe In Comixense: Cupid’s Crime (Vol 4 Issue 2 | July-Sep 2024), […]
Rajesh Devraj Writer Rajesh Devraj is a writer, director and researcher based in Mumbai, who has worked in advertising, television and cinema. He has written a book on Indian poster art, ‘The Art of Bollywood’, published by Taschen. He has collaborated with artist Meren Imchen on a graphic novel, ‘Sudershan (Chimpanzee)’, about the life and […]
Partha Banik Artist Partha is a post-graduate in Painting. He enjoys experimenting with various mediums such as film, site-specific collaborative works, textile design, graphic novels, 2D animation, and music. Since the past few years, he has been working on a project titled ‘Tripura Blues’, which involves him researching cultural activities, and working with people of […]
