River of Stories
| River of Stories | |
|---|---|
Cover of the 25th Anniversary Edition | |
| Publication information | |
| Publisher | Kalpavriksh (India); 25th Anniversary Edition, Blaft Publications (India) |
| Publication date | 1994 |
| Creative team | |
| Written by | Orijit Sen |
| Artist(s) | Orijit Sen |
River of Stories is a graphic novel written and illustrated by Indian artist Orijit Sen. Often considered India's first graphic novel, it tells the story of the environmental, social and political issues surrounding the construction of the controversial Narmada Dam. It was published in 1994 with the help of a small grant from Kalpavriksh, an NGO.
Two years after it was first published i.e. in 1996 it went out of print. But is being released in a new edition by Blaft Publications in 2022, with a foreword by Arundhati Roy.