IIT student who died by suicide left behind a searing graphic novel

No Images? Click here     IIT Student Who Died By Suicide Wrote A Searing Take On Indian Politics In his final hours on 2 June, Mark Andrew Charles, an IIT-Hyderabad student, wrote an eight page-long suicide note. In it, he said, “I’m a loser… Two years away from home, at the best institute, with the best of people around me, I wasted it all”.  But the 25-year-old left behind a compellingly original work, which he had planned to submit as part of his final-year dissertation for his Masters in Design (M. Des) course, that belied his words.  In the graphic novel, The Superhero Journals, set in Charles’s hometown of Varanasi, four teenagers-turned-superheroes take on a corrupt, vengeful state administration controlled by a masked, mystic religious figure—a yogi of sorts—who brands them ‘terrorists’ and ‘anti-nationals’ and orchestrates a manhunt.  READ HERE In case you missed it… Oppo Reno 10x Zoom Review: Camera In Focus Lashana Lynch Is Next 007 In New James Bond Film, Report Says Deepika Padukone, Kendall Jenner, Kate Middleton: All The Celebrities At The Wimbledon 2019 Final     New to this email? You can sign up here. You can also follow HuffPost India on Flipboard. ©2019 HuffPost India | Worldmark 3, FL 3, Aerocity, Indira Gandhi International Airport, New Delhi, Delhi 110037 You are receiving this email because you signed up for updates from HuffPost India. Feedback | Privacy Policy | Unsubscribe   - - Unsubscribe