Nandita Basu

“I can't help it, it's what I feel. And I can't change it, nor can I explain it. I was just naïve enough to believe that the people closest to me would get it. I don't understand how a biological condition can end up defining how we are supposed to live - what kind of work we should do, how we should dress, how we should feel, whom to love? How to walk! It seems like the only way I can exist is if the world can decode me according to a gender. Anything else makes people uncomfortable and my existence becomes a freak show.”
― Nandita Basu, Rain Must Fall

“Purpose of living is not to avoid losing. Being in pain doesn't mean you can't be happy. Being lost doesn't mean you need to find a way. You need to honour every moment every experience that comes your way. It's the only way to be human. Very experience we go through makes us who we are. And then you start honouring what you need to do. To live. And it doesn't mean things won't be lost or broken.”
― Nandita Basu, Starry Starry Night | A graphic novel that explores death, grief, friendship and music