River of Stories

River of Stories
Publication information
Publisher Kalpavriksha (India)
Genre
    Publication date 1994
    Creative team
    Writer(s) Orijit Sen
    Artist(s) Orijit Sen

    "Kujum Chantu, the Universe, lay on her back..." so begins River of Stories, regarded as one of the first Indian graphic novels, written and illustrated by Orijit Sen. This short work tells the story of the environmental, social and political issues surrounding the construction of the controversial Narmada. It was published with the help of a small grant from an NGO.

    Author

    Orijit Sen is probably one of the earliest graphic novel practitioners in India. He came out with the ‘River of Stories’ in 1994 and subsequently went on to do many shorter comics for magazines like Chemuranga. He is also one of the co-founders of People’s Tree and is currently creating ‘Karnama’, an animatic, and a graphic novel on Kabir. Orijit studied graphic design at the National Institute of Design, and has worked on several exhibition and museum design projects in India, the United Kingdom and Russia.

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