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, […]
Mother We will Eat the Satphool!
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 […]
An Event in the Life of Kolynos Thankaraj
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 […]
Mynatai Lonkar
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 […]
The Discovery of J. Baret
Vol 2 No 3 | Oct-Dec 2022 The Discovery of J. Baret Story by Francesca Cotta | Art by Pakhi Sen The first woman to sail the world Jeanne Baret was the first woman known to have sailed around the world. She came on board the Etoile as the ship’s naturalist Philibert Commerson’s […]