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Debkumar Mitra
Debkumar Mitra is a regular Scroll.in contributor
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This graphic anthology explores interlinked histories of famine and colonisation in India and UK
An excerpt from ‘Famine Tales: A Graphic Anthology,’ edited by Ayesha Mukherjee, Abhijit Gupta, Sujit Kumar Mondal, and Shrutakirti Dutta.
Argha Manna & Debkumar Mitra
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Albert Uderzo (1927-2020) embedded Asterix & Co in our heads with his trademark comic illustrations
Rene Goscinny was the original writer of the Asterix series, but it was Uderzo’s art that made the characters truly unforgettable.
Debkumar Mitra
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‘Rashtrayana: Trouble in Paradesh’: Appupen is back with a savage satire on a totalitarian state
The figure of Rashtraman embodies the problematic super-powers of a dictatorial force.
Debkumar Mitra
Trending
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Husna Bai: The tawaif who made Hindustani music a respectable profession for women artists
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‘Do Aur Do Pyaar’ review: Adultery saga has a maths problem
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Carnatic music: Violinist L Subramaniam’s new book looks at the 18th-century masters
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Is the 2024 Lok Sabha election India’s last chance before the point of no return?
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‘Saffronisation of Doordarshan’: After DD News unveils new logo, social media users express alarm
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Meet Emil Ferris, whose comics debut at 55 has made her a star of the graphics novel universe
‘Since readers seem to care, I feel a great deal more responsible now.’
Debkumar Mitra
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Appupen’s new graphic novel brings hope to the dystopia he sees around us in India right now
The new novel in the Halhala series is the most political one yet.
Debkumar Mitra
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Meet ‘Mangasia’, the book and exhibition on Asian comics – and the man behind it
How ‘Bantul The Great’ and Amar Chitra Katha have found a global audience.
Debkumar Mitra
Video
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Watch: Unbelievable scenes of flooding in Dubai airport, streets, and malls after heavy rain in UAE
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Indian elections: How secure is the EVM-VVPAT process?
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Watch: Footballers of Indian clubs walk out on the pitch with dogs to get them adopted
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Watch: Dogs wag their tails to ‘conduct’ classical music orchestra
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Watch: Glimpses of Indian singer Sid Sriram’s debut performance at Coachella 2024
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Remembering Chandi Lahiri, the unapologetic Bengali cartoonist who never made it beyond his state
The legendary cartoonist died on January 18, 2018, at the age of 87.
Debkumar Mitra
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What’s happening on the streets of Moscow? This book of graphic reportage reveals unknown scenes
Victoria Lomasko’s ‘Other Russias’ goes where media reports don’t in Russia.
Debkumar Mitra
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This graphic novel is the biography of a painting. But perhaps it’s really about reality
Santiago Garcia and Javier Olivares’s ‘The Ladies-In-Waiting’ tries to lift the veil of mystery over Velázquez’s famous work ‘Las Meninas’.
Debkumar Mitra
The Reel
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‘Do Aur Do Pyaar’ review: Adultery saga has a maths problem
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‘Love Sex Aur Dhokha 2’ review: Laboured and barely provocative
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‘Civil War’ review: An urgent film about a barely-distant future
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Watch: ‘The Broken News’ returns for a second season
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‘Dil Dosti Dilemma’ trailer: A teenager bonds with her grandparents during a summer vacation
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This graphic novel version of ‘The Mahabharata’ could have been much more breathtaking and audacious
Sadly, the writer and the artist of ‘Vyasa: The Beginning’ are not always on the same page.
Debkumar Mitra
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Brian Aldiss (1925-2017) not only wrote memorable science-fiction, but also defined the genre
The British writer of, among others, The Helliconia Trilogy, died on August 19 at the age of 92.
Debkumar Mitra
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Hardly any aliens, but alienation aplenty in this graphic novel on love and loss set in the future
It’s not science fiction, but it’s gripping.
Debkumar Mitra
The Field
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Wrestling, Asian Olympic Qualifiers: Deepak Punia, Sujeet Kalkal fail to make weigh-ins in time
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Chess, Candidates 2024: Gukesh Dommaraju picks up win to become joint-leader with two rounds to go
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Hockey: Salima Tete 2.0 – a speedster who is adding confidence and creativity to her improving game
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IPL 2024: Suryakumar, bowlers help Mumbai Indians seal thriller against Punjab Kings
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Cricket: Meg Lanning opens up about struggle with food and exercise that led to her early retirement