Samhita Arni

Her second book – Sita’s Ramayana – was on the New York Times Bestseller list for Graphic Novels for two weeks in 2011.

[2] It was translated into several European languages, and won the Elsa Morante Literary Award from the Department of Culture of Campania, Italy, among other accoladates.

The first, Sita's Ramayana, is a graphic novel developed in collaboration with Patua artist Moyna Chitrakar.

[4] The Prince, her latest book, is the culmination of a five-year journey spent studying Ilango Adigal's Silappatikaram.It was the year 2014 and the Nirbhaya case had taken centre-stage, unleashing a wave of wrath from women across the country.

It led to what she calls an obsession with Silappatikaram, the Sangam period epic, a story of love, betrayal, grief and above all, wrath.