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MW: Tezuka’s darkest work

Print This Post May 18, 2019 by Sauvik Biswas Leave a Comment

MW was published in Big Comic from 1976 to 1978. This was a few years after Tezuka’s own comics magazine, COM, folded in 1972. Serialisation began right after the end of Vietnam War in 1975. MW—the titular chemical—is a fictional counterpart of dioxin. Dioxin or Agent Orange was used by the US to launch a … [Read more…]

Posted in: Comics Tagged: Manga, MW, Osamu Tezuka

Blue is the Warmest Color: a study of teenage confusions

Print This Post April 23, 2019 by Sauvik Biswas Leave a Comment

Blue Is the Warmest Color is the first full length graphic novel by Julie Maroh. It was originally published in French as Le bleu est une couleur chaude. A character composed of letters and diary entries Julie Maroh constructs the story from letters and diaries left by the protagonist—Clementine—after her death. The recipient is Emma—Clementine’s … [Read more…]

Posted in: Comics Tagged: Bande Dessinée, Julie Maroh

A trip to Pondicherry on a Summer weekend

Print This Post April 13, 2019 by Sauvik Biswas Leave a Comment

Like all previous years, I had called my sister and my mother to Bangalore in March. It’s usually to escape the heat wave that builds up in Kolkata at the onset of summer. Sadly, this year it wasn’t a good decision on my part. Kolkata had much pleasant weather as compared to Bangalore, which regularly … [Read more…]

Posted in: Travel

All that have defined the first half of my 30s

Print This Post April 1, 2019 by Sauvik Biswas Leave a Comment

I. Health and Nutrition In August 2011, I was out of college. I was also in a terrible state. Most of my twenties was spent curating quite a few bad habits. I had completely destroyed my circadian rhythm. In addition to that, heavy intake of processed and junk foods—with no fixed food timings—had caused fatty … [Read more…]

Posted in: Productivity Tagged: fi/re, habit, health, minimalism

Commentary on Palestine by Joe Sacco

Print This Post March 19, 2019 by Sauvik Biswas Leave a Comment

Things to know before reading While it is possible to enjoy the book without having any background of the Israel–Palestine conflict—just the way I had read through the book when I bought my copy years ago—the understanding of this piece of work gets elevated once the reader is exposed to the context in which the … [Read more…]

Posted in: Comics Tagged: Israel, Joe Sacco, palestine

My thoughts on Free Solo

Print This Post February 26, 2019 by Sauvik Biswas Leave a Comment

On June 2017, Alex Honnold made history by climbing El Capitan without ropes or harness—a discipline of climbing known as free soloing. This in itself is a tremendous feat of athletic achievement. Such acts of athleticism walks a thin line between probable victory and certain death. Such acts always push the boundaries of human achievement. … [Read more…]

Posted in: Uncategorized Tagged: Alex Honnold, documentary, El Capitan, Free Solo, Movie

That one time we tried to trek to Goecha-La

Print This Post January 4, 2019 by Sauvik Biswas 1 Comment

Nowadays I enjoy some bit of hiking and backpacking. It wasn’t like this. Allow me tell a story that started it all. It is also a story that involves failures of spectacular proportions. I hope that would be mildly entertaining. In April 2008, I was about to complete my second semester as a doctoral candidate. … [Read more…]

Posted in: Travel Tagged: Bakhim, Dzongri, Goecha-La, Sachen, Trekking, Tshoka, Yuksom

Day 15: Final day at Hergé Museum

Print This Post December 15, 2018 by Sauvik Biswas Leave a Comment

I saved the best for the last. I had to vacate the hostel room by 10 AM. I freshened up, took a bath, repacked by big rucksack for one last time and headed off to the reception. The free luggage storage facility was super handy. My bus was at 10:20 PM and I had the entire … [Read more…]

Posted in: Travel Tagged: Brussels, Europe Trip '19, Louvain-la-Neuve, Tintin

Day 14: Landing in Brussels, the city of Bande Descinée

Print This Post December 14, 2018 by Sauvik Biswas Leave a Comment

My bus landed in Brussels at 9 AM. I consider myself fortunate that I am not troubled when it comes to sleeping in any mode of transport. Although I must admit that I often develop a stiff neck from sleeping in awkward postures. The prices for hostels in Brussels was quite high. I booked one that … [Read more…]

Posted in: Travel Tagged: Brussels, Europe Trip '19

Day 13: Jewish Holocaust Memorial and leaving Berlin

Print This Post December 13, 2018 by Sauvik Biswas Leave a Comment

Me and Partho had already reserved our respective departures from Berlin late tonight. Our booking at the hostel was supposed to expire at 10 in the morning. So we packed up, deposited our big rucksacks in the luggage room (2 Euro for a medium locker and 5 for a large one), and made our way … [Read more…]

Posted in: Travel Tagged: Berlin, Europe Trip '19
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