Aranyaka by Amruta Patil

A visually rich graphic novel that follows a woman’s journey into an ancient forest where myth, memory and ecology intertwine; through encounters with spirits, oral histories and the ruins of exploitation she confronts the violences done to land and bodies, and gradually reclaims knowledge, desire and agency. Lyrical, unsettling and deeply rooted in natural detail, the work blends visual mythmaking with ecofeminist reflection to question dominant narratives about progress, ownership and the human place within more-than-human communities.