The Alipore Post Zine #1

Artwork by Rachna Ravi

As some of you may know, I've been meaning to create a zine for The Alipore Post for over 6 months now - a DIY, collaborative self-published zine of high-quality art, poetry, prose, photography, and comics coming out of India.

For one reason or another, I've been making excuses and not getting down to it. Today, I woke up feeling unusually terrible about myself and more restless than I've ever felt. What emerged out of that state of mind was an urgent need to create something beautiful. Even if it didn't comprise of the most extraordinary design or lacked some crucial elements of a book, this is my labour of love.

For all it's worth, it gives me immense pleasure to present the first issue of The Alipore Post Zine, which you can download for free here.

Link: issuu.com/thealiporepost/docs/the_alipore_post_zine__1

Featuring:

Poetry by Mehernaz Jila, Prateek Kuhad, Navamita Chandra, Chandramohan Sathyanathan, Darsana Mohan, Arul Kacker, Akanksha Arya, Sambit Kumar Pradhan, Don Mihsill.

Art by Nandita Ratan, rachna ravi, Swetha G Nambiar, Medha Kulkarni, Johnny Invisible, Janhavi Sharma, Viplov Singh, Sreeja Basu, Jai Ranjit, Shreyaa Krritika Das, Rucha Dhayarkar, TheBigEyed Collagist, Mohini Mukherjee, Saatchi Sadwelkar Poorva Goel, Nayanika Bhatia, Sourav Roy, Rohini Sant, Javed Imthiaz, Jennifer Sharmila,.

Photography by Prabhakar Duwarah

I'm extremely grateful to all the contributors for inspiring me to make this dream a reality and for sharing their beautiful work for this zine. Thank you!

-Rohini