''River of Stories'' is a
graphic novel written and illustrated by Indian artist
Orijit Sen
Orijit Sen (born 1963) is an Indian graphic artist and designer. His graphic novel River of Stories, published in 1994 by Kalpavriksh, is considered as the first graphic novel of India. He co-founded People Tree in 1990 as a "collaborative st ...
. Often considered India's first graphic novel, it tells the story of the environmental, social and political issues surrounding the construction of the controversial
Narmada Dam. It was published in 1994 with the help of a small grant from an
NGO.
Two years after it was first published i.e. in 1996 it went out of print. But is being released in a new edition by
Blaft Publications in 2022, with a foreword by
Arundhati Roy.
Author
Orijit studied graphic design at the
National Institute of Design (NID). ''River of Stories'' was one of his earliest works. He subsequently went on to do many shorter comics for magazines like
Chimurenga. He is one of the co-founders of People Tree, a collaborative studio and store for artists, designers and craftspeople based in Delhi and Goa. He is also a co-founder of the
Pao Collective of graphic artists and chief editor of '
Comixense'—a comics quarterly for young readers. His artwork has been exhibited in India, the United Kingdom, and Russia.
Characters
* Vishnu
* Kujum Chantu
* Relku
* Anand
* Malgu Gayan
See also
*
Indian comics
References
External links
River of Stories- GraphicShelf
Orijit Sen in Conversation with Amitabh KumarGraphic artists among the highlights of Indian Summer
1994 graphic novels
Indian graphic novels
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