FIRST HAND

Edited by Vidyun Sabhaney and Orijit Sen

This anthology of non-fiction graphic narratives portrays the extraordinary circumstances of ordinary people’s lives. Events that often get glossed over or reduced to statistics in the news are made vivid by a diverse group of contributors that includes reporters, artists, activists, designers, anthropologists and filmmakers. Their stories span across genres such as autobiography, oral history, reportage and commentary, and range from the tragic—one recounts the murder of a Right to Information activist—to the everyday—another discusses the process of becoming familiar with a city’s public transportation.

yoda press, 386 pages, RS. 595