“I didn’t choose water. Water chose me”: India’s water crisis, graphic novel, and Sarnath Banerjee, an interview

This Google Meet interview with the graphic novelist and illustrator Sarnath Banerjee features a discussion on the potential of graphic narratives to document scientific data of the climate crisis and transform them into compelling narratives with particular reference to his All Quiet in Vikaspuri (2015). Banerjee describes his creative process and thoughts on the choice of form, genre, and medium that went into creating All Quiet in Vikaspuri. Banerjee reflects on the politics of novel writing, his narrative logic, colouring style, his visual strategies, his decision to produce hope through comics, interdisciplinary collaboration, the role of policymakers in India's water crisis, and his future projects.