Kari
Kari
Author: Amruta Patil
Desc: They were inseparable – until the day they jumped. Ruth saved by safety nets leaves the city. Kari saved by a sewer crawls back into the fray of the living. She writes ad copy for hair products and ill-fitting lingerie falls for cats and roadside urchins and the occasional adventuress in a restaurant. As Danger Chhori her PVC-suit-clad alter ego she unclogs sewers and observes the secret lives of people and fruit. And with Angel Lazarus and the girls of Crystal Palace forming the chorus to her song she explores the dark heart of Smog City – loneliness sewers sleeper success death – and the memory of her absentee Other. Sensuously illustrated and livened by wry commentaries on life and love Kari gives a new voice to graphic fiction in India.