This graphic story by Sarbajit Sen tells the tale of Dukhushyam's self-fashioning in the act of writing famine from below.

The choukopata(square scroll) accompanying the poem is painted by Dukhushyam in his inimitable style, perhaps one of few contemporary scroll painters who still insist on the tradition of working directly on paper with colours, without any need for…

Our final song is by our contemporary poet, painter, and singer Dukhyshyam Chitrakar. In this short lyric, Dukhushyam speaks in the blended voice of thepīr, drawing on multiple religious traditions to the point that these are indistinguishable. His…