OUTSIDE THE LINES

Penguin's Longform series is a welcome effort to showcase India's comics creators, especially upcoming, marginalised and subversive voices

- Devarsi Ghosh

A slogan painter battles his demons of becoming irrelevant in the 21st century before he finishes writing on the wall: "The world speaks many tongues." Some chapters later, a priest starts questioning his job when his loved ones die. He regains his faith after reading the Bhagavad Gita. Meanwhile, an avuncular cat teaches a kitten how to inspire kindness so the world can become a better place. Despair and soldiering on are the themes of