Sarat T. Rao Writer Sarat T. Rao is a musician who loves writing speculative fiction. After studying economics, statistics and mathematics for five years, he ended up doing research for a film on Srinivasa Ramanujan. Then he worked at a bank for some time but continued writing. Story-telling merged with film, and he made a […]

Pankaj Saikia Writer and artist Pankaj Saikia is an illustrator-cum-storyteller hailing from Guwahati, Assam. He loves to tell stories that are deeply rooted in his region and cultural landscape. He mostly works in the mediums of picture books, comics and animation films. Insta: saikiapankaj1990 In Comixense: The Tell-tale Tails (Vol 4 Issue 1 | April-June […]

Indrajit Hazra Writer Indrajit Hazra is a writer and journalist. He is the author of the novels The Burnt Head of Max Saul (2000), The Garden of Earthly Delights (2003) and The Bioscope Man (2008). He is also the author of Grand Delusions: A Short Biography of Kolkata (2013), and has contributed to anthologies including […]

Lokesh Khodke Artist Lokesh Khodke is an independent artist, illustrator and a comics maker based in New Delhi, India. He has worked for several children’s books as an illustrator with publishers such as Eklavya Publications (Bhopal), Mango Books (Kottayam), Muskaan Publications (Bhopal). His comics are published by Comix India (Pune), BlueJackal (Delhi), Muskaan (Bhopal), Sliced […]

Anushka Ravishankar Writer Anushka Ravishankar has written many books for children. She likes cats and comics and has very little common sense. Her latest book, Ogd, is about someone who was born with her foot in her mouth and has a bad hairdo. She swears it is not autobiographical. Insta: anushkaravishankar In Comixense: Finding Mumtaz […]

Vishwajyoti Ghosh Artist Vishwajyoti Ghosh engages in visual arts, graphic novels, documentaries and storytelling. He uses the medium of comics and graphic storytelling as an advocacy tool to communicate on social and development issues across South Asia. His graphic novel ‘Delhi Calm’ (2010) recalls the particularly incisive and controversial period of 1975 to 1977, referred […]

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)

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. […]

Suhail Naqshbandi Writer and artist Suhail Naqshbandi is a Creative Director with over two decades of experience in visual storytelling spanning journalism, eLearning, advertising, and art & design education. His forte lies in art direction, graphic design, illustration, editorial cartooning, comics creation and painting. He is a published storyteller and his works have been featured […]

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 […]