Urban Chronicles I
Urban Chronicle series is a collection of graphic short stories. Unlike typical genres of a comic book, this series is one of its kind that explores life in a metro. The infrastructure of built environment categorized by urban sociology has always been a subject of an enigma. City dwellers are often accused of escaping from their agrarian life towards the comforts of a bourgeois metropolis. But is it true? Is a cosmopolitan devoid of struggles and hardships? My stories are humble attempts to explore the above questions through some lighthearted tales that capture this alienated and fragmented reality through an imaginative weave of words and illustrations.
Tinged with suspicion, the three stories in the first series of Urban Chronicles are grounded in the contemporary era. While in one a husband tries tackling his suspecting wife, in another, a neighbour’s curiosity brings forth an unexpected truth. And then there is our GBG, aka Gossip Brewers Group, who will go to any extent to find out spicy secrets of their society.
Urban Chronicles II
Urban Chronicles II highlights parenthood of urban dwellers through three visceral short stories. Today’s ever-busy, fast society, with much to do, far too many choices, and too little time results in both anxious parents and silent, rebellious children. While a child is most precious to parents, the stories question the strategies that parents are adopting to bring up their children.
In Lost and Found, Adrit prefers to stay with his kidnapper, while in All that Matters, Pankaj’s parents impose their unrealized dreams on their son without even attempting to understand what the boy wanted. The third story is an intriguing take on relationships when three generations embark on a cruise.
In an age where time is a luxury and the reading habit is receding, graphic stories make messages easier to communicate. Nita Bajoria keeps it simple, with her empathetic and perspicacious view of life – a humane approach, even in criminality, that can forge unexpected bonds; living your dream every moment, without being burdened by the expectation of others; and finding yourself and others through rekindled relationships.
