Meet the Bystander Editorial Team!
Aarthi Parthasarathy is a writer, researcher and filmmaker based in Bangalore. She co-founded Falana Films, a creative studio for art and design practitioners. She created the webcomic series Royal Existentials and has also written a number of short graphic stories, working with visual collaborators. Aarthi likes working with themes related to gender, politics and existential angst, and is also engaged in an ongoing research project on the history of comics in India, with historian Arun Prasad.
Akhila Krishnan is a multi disciplinary designer and director working across fine art, graphic narrative, moving image, projection design for live experience/VR and collaborative practice. Her interest and background in documentary film-making tempers her approach to her comic and illustration work, which often takes inspiration from real events; incorporating processes of interviewing, journaling and reportage. She has recently been shortlisted for the Laydeez Do Comics Prize (2018, UK). Akhila currently lives and works in London, UK.
Gopika Bashi works as the Asia campaigner for Oxfam International’s worldwide #sayenough campaign to end violence against women and girls. She has trained and worked with women from diverse backgrounds on issues related to access to justice, sexual and gender-based violence, gender and sexuality. She is an advisor for the FRIDA Fund – a global fund run by young feminists to support young feminist organising, and also serves on the Board of a labour and human rights organisation. Gopika is based in Bangalore, India.
Mira Malhotra is a visual artist and illustrator. She has a keen interest in DIY cultures, folk arts, social issues and music. An occasional author, Mira has contributed to design publications such as Creating Change by Kyoorius and British Council and The Trellis, NID. Her work has been featured across the globe. Mira is the founder and principal designer of Studio Kohl in Mumbai, India.
Sabika Abbas Naqvi is a performance poet, gender rights activist, translator, storyteller, and an alternative educator. She is the founder of Sar-e-Rahguzar: Poetry on the Streets. Her poetry revolves around issues of reclamation, subversion, sexuality, gender, and minority rights. She is a senior subject matter expert on Social and Emotional Learning. Sabika hails from Lucknow, and lives in Pune, India.
Shreyas R Krishnan is an illustrator-designer and educator from Chennai. Her work is rooted in research and takes on the forms of non-fiction comics, documentary drawings, and editorial illustration. Through drawing and writing, she tries to understand the ways in which visual culture and gender intersect. Shreyas teaches illustration at Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts, Missouri, USA.
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