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Indian comics, Indian mythology and the Indian image

Someone asked me recently why Indian comics are stuck with mythology as a core theme. I gave a brief answer as it was only an email, but I think  should elaborate. There is more to this than is obvious at … Continue reading

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Comics and censorship

Yours faithfully got quoted in a DNA After Hrs article on graphic content in graphic novels. Graphic content as in sex and violence of course. Graphic novelist Vijayendra Mohanty of Level 10 comics believes that it’s a wrong notion that … Continue reading

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Singing the Northern Song

So I figured I would talk a bit about Northern Song, the series I am writing for Level 10 Comics. The first issue of the magazine it appears in – Comic Jump – should be out by the end of … Continue reading

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Introducing Project Ravanayan

Ravanayan, in case you haven’t heard yet, is an upcoming graphic novel project that I am writing and my usual partner in crime Vivek Goel is drawing. We started off with the intention of exploring a different perspective of an … Continue reading

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Level 10 Begins!

I have been at work on a comic book script called Northern Song for some time now. It is being drawn by Vivek Goel, lettered by Aditya Bidikar and is slated to appear in a monthly comics anthology called JUMP … Continue reading

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Comix.India Volume 1 is out!

…and it contains a 4-page comic by me. It is called Ekalavya, was drawn by Vivek Goel, and lettered by Aditya Bidikar. It is my first ever published comic. Whee! I admit Ekalavya was done in a hurry and underwent … Continue reading

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What is Pakistan really denying?

In this world, there may not be a lot of things you can be sure about – things that you can count on. But no matter what happens, you can bet your house, wife, and kids that the government of … Continue reading

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