Chatroom 18: Drawing Famine & the History of Science

Cartoonist Arghya Manna is one of the few artists who portrays the history of Indian science using comics. We talk to him about creating art during Covid-19, and the Great Bengal Famine.

Time Markers (min:sec)

00:10 – important programming note
00:20 – intro to Arghya Manna
1:30 – overview of the episode
2:37 – the Great Bengal Famine
3:40 – Arghya’s approach to drawing famine
5:30 – Amartya Sen’s approach to famine
8:18 – Pata-chitrakars also participated
9:30 – Arghya’s artistic process and COVID19
10:40 – His artistic inspirations – Joe Sacco, Sun Xun, William Kentridge
13:13 – portraying less known figures in Indian science
14:45 – lack of illustrations in ancient Indian science

Episode notes: https://scrollsandleaves.com/the-hist...
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By Gayathri Vaidyanathan & Mary-Rose Abraham
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