He travelled around India and parts of southeast Asia for almost a year, consulting with activists against gender-based violence and also with sociologists, philosophers and poets,[1] before collaborating with American comic book designer Dan Goldman, whom he met in New York, to create a graphic novel.
[2][4][5] The project's social impact director was Lina Srivastava; in partnership with Aapne Aap Worldwide, an NGO helping women in India and the US, a #standwithpriya selfie campaign was organised[4] and copies were distributed in schools.
[6] Priya's Shakti was India's first augmented reality comic book;[7] scanning pages with Blippar brought up animations and true stories,[1] and the Artivive app is now used.
[10] Priya and the Lost Girls appeared in December 2019 and was scripted by Indian American actress and playwright Dipti Mehta, who researched sex trafficking for her one-woman show, Honour; Ruchira Gupta, the founder of Apne Aap, also collaborated on it.
[5] Devineni chose this theme for the third comic in the series after visiting the red light district of Sonagachi in Kolkata and talking to women who were in the sex trade after being tricked, or believing they had no other way to earn a living.
[6] Priya's Mirror was funded by the World Bank WEvolve programme and received the Special Jury Prize at the 2017 FilmGate Interactive Media Festival in Miami.