Famine Tales from India and Britainさんのイラストまとめ

Rather than using #Shakespeare as narrator of Elizabethan famine tales, as the #patachitrakars did, our graphic artist Trinankur Banerjee (@trinankur) chose one of his most recognisable characters, Sir John #Falstaff. Click the link to learn more!

https://t.co/cUBLvNkUeu

Another blog post is up!

This week's post is called 'Silent'; Sarbajit Sen, Debkumar Mitra and Argha Manna create artworks on food insecurity where silence speaks volumes.

To see our post visit https://t.co/5aUrW0ogkw

#faminetales #foodsecurity

Image by Sarbajit Sen

Panel above: 17th century story of Peter Mundy.
Panel below: adapted tale of Peter Mondal, Anglo-Indian delivery boy, navigating a modern city, with sharp contrasts of plenty and starvation round every corner.

Welcome! The Famine Tales from India and Britain project is well underway! We are collaborating with scroll painters from rural Bengal and graphic artists from the city of Calcutta to tell the stories of famines past. Check out our work-in-progress at https://t.co/ldBENIRQe2