Vol 2 No 4 | Jan-Mar 2023 The Daughters of Relu Story and art by Orijit Sen   This comic is an extract from River of Stories by Comixense Chief Editor Orijit Sen. The book is something of a landmark in the history of Indian comics, and is generally regarded as the first Indian graphic […]

Vol 2 No 4 | Jan-Mar 2023 Forest Bathing Story and art by Kavita Singh Kale   What is Forest Bathing? The shinrin-yoku (forest bathing) practice emerged in Japan in the 1980s as an ecotherapy aimed at inspiring people to reconnect with the forest. Forest bathing simply means spending time in nature with a keen […]

Vol 2 No 4 | Jan-Mar 2023 The Ferryman Story by Nathaniel da Costa | Art by Rajiv Eipe   ‘The Ferryman’ draws its inspiration from characters and cultural traditions based on Greek, Aztec and Christian lore. The idea of a person being the conduit between life, death and the afterlife is explored in multiple […]

Vol 2 No 4 | Jan-Mar 2023 Suli Story and art by Sanjoyana B. Choudhury   A woman’s hair holds cultural significance all over the world. In India especially, a woman’s hair is very strongly linked to her beauty, womanhood, and honour. In films, television, ads, or magazines, Indian women are generally represented with long, […]

Vol 2 No 4 | Jan-Mar 2023 A River Runs Through It Story and art by Pankaj Saikia   The story is inspired from a folktale of the Mising tribe about a woman who transforms into Sishu, the river dolphin found in the Brahmaputra river valley. The indigenous tribes of the region, like the Mising, […]

Vol 3 No 3 | Oct-Dec 2023 Goodbye GPLO Story by Francesca Cotta | Art by Haasini Casukhela   Coping with grief Losing a loved one is a painful experience. Whether they were young or old, whether their death was expected or sudden, the loss leaves us sad and distressed. These feelings are a natural […]

  Vol 2 No 3 | Oct-Dec 2022 Homebound Story by Nathaniel da Costa | Art by Ishanou Rana The story behind ‘Homebound’ was inspired by multiple incidents around human-made tragedies but mainly from the disaster at Fukushima, Japan. In 2011, there was a nuclear accident at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant in Ōkuma, […]

  Vol 2 No 3 | Oct-Dec 2022 Mother We will Eat the Satphool! Story and art by Pankaj Saikia This story was inspired by the popular Assamese song “Maa ami Sadiyaloi Jamei” (“Mother we will go to Sadiya”) written by Keshab Mahanta and composed and beautifully sung by the legendary Khagen Mahanta: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UVwJkYF57E0 Here’s […]

  Vol 2 No 3 | Oct-Dec 2022 An Event in the Life of Kolynos Thankaraj Story and art by Prakash Moorthy   This comic is a quirky satirical story, centring around a forest guard who only wanted to be a desk clerk, and an extraordinary incident that rounds off his day of retirement. The […]

  Vol 2 No 3 | Oct-Dec 2022 Mynatai Lonkar Story by Sheela Jaywant | Art by Abhijeet Kini   For over 150 years, Bombay was known for her wealth. Her riches passed through her busy port and natural harbour, true, but it was generated largely by several cotton textile mills. The ‘girnis’ as the […]