His comics bear an uncanny resemblance to the signature Amar Chitra Katha style. And yet, Raden Ahmed Kosasih, the father of the Indonesian comic, was doing this many years before Pai began his own epic effort.

…and how returning to it was, after all, just another journey

Microfiction by Rimli Sengupta

Picture a woman cornered and a bevy of men gloating at her discomfiture. And now ask what it would take to upend this power equation.

Being an accidental ambassador is probably hard no matter where you’re from, but I believe India makes it particularly difficult.

India’s gift to me is that she doesn’t get in the way of my freedom to be, she allows me the space to show respect voluntarily.

Is nationality really personal? What does it mean for me to be Indian? What does it mean to be Indian now, after 62 independent years?