Probing into the veils of chaos: identity and existence in cosmopolitan India with special reference to Kari by Amruta Patil

Life in a cosmopolitan space has the capacity to affect not only the outer but also the inner spheres of an individual's life, i.e. professional development, personal and familial life and psychosocial aspects are a few of them. Kari (2010) by Amruta Patil is one such work in the mode of graphic novel that depicts life in a metropolitan city of Mumbai through the eyes of the eponymous character Kari. However, it is not only the exploration of the city, but also an investigation and constant search of identity within this strange place where Kari has dropped in, to make her career. With her astounding graphic style, Patil brings up various issues in her debut work, including identity crisis. The present paper intends to explore the theme of identity with reference to both the said text by Amruta Patil and the form of the text, that is, graphic novels.