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By night, she roams Mumbai’s Kamathipura in search of sexual predators, whose genitals she can turn into stone with a single shriek. By day, she is an affable bai, who cleans homes and washes laundry. She is Bai-sexual.
The superheroine, created by artist Rucha Dhayarakar, was an entry in Sthree Sthree September, an online event organised by the artists’ collective Brainded India. Dhayarakar’s submission came with a complete backstory: “Growing up in a brothel in Kamathipura…. She was expected to follow the path of her mother and become a lady of the night, and a lady of the night she did become, just not in the conventional way.”
The response on social media, said Roy, was encouraging, considering how these comics are outside the more popular Marvel and DC universes. “With Sthree Sthree September we were only able to ask the artists to give us a character, but we have since received requests, from those who have been reading and following the artists’ works, for prints, compilations and detailed adventures of the female supers from audiences.”
An Indian art project on social media features new superheroines
The superheroine, created by artist Rucha Dhayarakar, was an entry in Sthree Sthree September, an online event organised by the artists’ collective Brainded India. Dhayarakar’s submission came with a complete backstory: “Growing up in a brothel in Kamathipura…. She was expected to follow the path of her mother and become a lady of the night, and a lady of the night she did become, just not in the conventional way.”
The response on social media, said Roy, was encouraging, considering how these comics are outside the more popular Marvel and DC universes. “With Sthree Sthree September we were only able to ask the artists to give us a character, but we have since received requests, from those who have been reading and following the artists’ works, for prints, compilations and detailed adventures of the female supers from audiences.”
An Indian art project on social media features new superheroines