Vol 3 No 4 | Jan-Mar 2024 Indigo Nation Story by Mohd Salman | Art by Anupam Arunachalam   Indigo: A pigment of the oppressive imagination Marco Polo reported the cultivation of indigo in India as far back as the 1300s. Under British colonial rule, indigo became another of the many resources used to generate […]

Vol 3 No 3 | Oct-Dec 2023 Love Again Story by Derek Almeida | Art by Mad Paule   Shrinking populations A study commissioned by the non-profit organisation, The Club of Rome has predicted that the world’s population would peak at 8.6 billion by 2050 and then rapidly decline to 6 billion by the end […]

Vol 3 No 2 | Jul-Sep 2023 The Poet and the Prisoner Story by Cordelia B. Francis | Art by Pia Alize Hazarika   About AI AI (artificial intelligence) is the imitation of human intelligence processes by machines, especially computer systems. Many of us are already familiar with ChatGPT. This is a large language model […]

Vol 3 No 2 | Jul-Sep 2023 Along Came A Spider Story and art Samidha Gunjal Creatures in the natural world use a wide variety of ‘performance’ techniques to find mates and procreate. In this story, the artist Samidha visualises the antics of the tiny peacock spider in this quest, with a touch of affectionate […]

Vol 3 No 2 | Jul-Sep 2023 Behind the Scenes Story and art Anupam Arunachalam   Leonardo da Vinci’s theatre days Leonardo da Vinci was renowned as an artist, polymath, inventor and scientist. But there is one often overlooked title: theatre producer. In 1490s, Leonardo was hired to stage plays by the Duke of Milan. […]

Vol 3 No 2 | Jul-Sep 2023 Any Body Can Dance Story by Annie Sen Gupta and Sangeetha Nair | Art by Priya Kuriyan   This story in Comixense grew out of an anecdote narrated by Sangeetha Nair — Songs to her friends — about an experience of hers to the magazine’s Consulting Editor, Aniruddha […]

Vol 3 No 2 | Jul-Sep 2023 Death Zone Story and art by Rohit Karandadi and Suprya Tirkey   Project Possible This story in Comixense was inspired by real-life incidents surrounding ‘Project Possible’ planned by Nepalese mountaineer Nirmal Purja (known widely as Nimsdai). ‘Project Possible’ was an undertaking by Nimsdai towards setting a world record […]

Vol 3 No 2 | Jul-Sep 2023 The Mudmen of Asaro Story by Venita Coelho | Art by Harsho Mohan Chattoraj and Abu Amaan Pal This story grew out of an idea pitched by artist Abu Amaan Pal, based on a little-known real-life story. Veteran writer Venita Coelho converted that into a rollicking tale full […]

Vol 3 No 3 | Oct-Dec 2023 Welcome to Imaginari Story by Vatsala Chhibber | Art by Annada Menon   Visual pollution This comic began as an exploration of the idea of visual pollution, given the staggering number of images generated and consumed per day. And how its damage might be invisible, directed towards our […]

Vol 3 No 1 | Apr-Jun 2023 Pseudonym Story and art by Suhail Naqshbandi This is a story from the heart, emerging from the artist Suhail Naqshbandi’s lived experiences. As a Kashmiri political cartoonist, Suhail has faced many stumbling blocks in his career. The biggest issue has always been what he can say through his […]