Vol 5 No 1 | Apr-Jun 2025 Slightly Taller Than That Story and art by Rohit Karandadi At 6 foot 2 inches, Rohit Karandadi is significantly taller than the average Indian. This provides him with a few advantages, but also leads to many difficulties and challenges. In this comic, he illustrates the long and […]
A Room with a View
Vol 5 No 1 | Apr-Jun 2025 A Room with a View Story by Cordelia B. Francis | Art by Mohith O Women in our society have to struggle to carve out space for themselves – physically, psychologically, in professional contexts and personal ones. Writer Cordelia B. Francis teams up with artist Mohith O […]
The Spoke in the Wheel
Vol 5 No 1 | Apr-Jun 2025 The Spoke in the Wheel Story and art by Vidyun Sabhaney An episode from a longer graphic novel that comics creator Vidyun Sabhaney is working on, this story highlights the exploitative nature of humans, but with the caveat that resistance to such a way of life springs […]
Chasing Utopia: The Road to Daulatabad
Vol 4 No 4 | Jan-Mar 2025 Chasing Utopia: The Road to Daulatabad Story by Mohd Salman | Art by Mad Paule (Not) on the Money Muhammad bin Tughlaq (1290 – 20 March 1351) was the eighteenth Sultan of Delhi, who reigned from February 1325 until his death in 1351. He not a subtle […]
Sultan’s Dream
Vol 4 No 4 | Jan-Mar 2025 Sultan’s Dream Story by Soham Dey | Art by Pia Aliza Hazarika Sultana’s Dream and Begum Rokeya Source: https://tarabooks.com/shop/sultanas-dream/ This comic is essentially fan fiction! It is based on Sultana’s Dream, an utopian science fiction short story written by Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain, also known as Begum Rokeya. […]
We Build What We Imagine
Vol 4 No 4 | Jan-Mar 2025 We Build What We Imagine Story by Anupam Arunachalam | Art by Biboswan Bose In this comic, long-time Comixense writer-artist Anupam Arunachalam has collaborated with Biboswan Bose, an artist appearing in the magazine for the first time, to explore how the literary and artistic genre called solarpunk […]
Half Picture Postcard
Vol 4 No 4 | Jan-Mar 2025 Half Picture Postcard Story and art by Suhail Naqshbandi Kashmir: Paradise on Earth Nestled in the lap of the Himalayas, Kashmir is often called ‘Paradise on Earth’. This northernmost region of India is a land of snow-capped mountains, lush green valleys, sparkling rivers, and vibrant gardens. The […]
Paradise Lost?
Vol 4 No 4 | Jan-Mar 2025 Paradise Lost? Story by Annie Sen Gupta | Art by Annada Menon A First-Person Tale This comic emerged from the lived experience of its writer, Annie Sen Gupta, who moved to Goa along with his wife Anjali and four dogs in 2006. During the 18-odd years they […]
Leila Khaled & The Struggle for Liberation
Vol 4 No 3 | Oct-Dec 2024 Leila Khaled & The Struggle for Liberation Story by Radhika Singh | Art by Samita Chatterjee One person’s terrorist is another’s freedom fighter Many freedom fighters in pre-Independence India were considered terrorists by British Imperialists – for example, Khudiram Bose, Bhagat Singh and Sri Aurobindo, the ‘revolutionary […]
The Game
Vol 4 No 3 | Oct-Dec 2024 The Game Story by Nita Bajoria | Art by Samidha G. Settlers of Catan Catan, originally named The Settlers of Catan, is a popular multiplayer board game created by German game designer Klaus Teuber, first produced in 1995. Teuber, who was a dental technician when he came […]