Sempé was a master illustrator but also a sociologist, say cartoonists
‘He had all of what is needed; composition, graphism, colour, expressions and a great sense of what a good caption is’
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‘He had all of what is needed; composition, graphism, colour, expressions and a great sense of what a good caption is’
While writing a text, a literary text in particular, many authors tend not to think about its afterlife. Imagining, experiencing, and putting the story down on paper takes precedence during those moments of creation. And yet a future journey for that text does emerge with or without the author's intent—for every story written, there exists somewhere a community of readers, and through the process of publication it becomes part of the larger network of produced literature. Something similar happened to the metaphysical life of the Bangla Language Movement of 1952. It was a deeply personal st...