Parismita Singh is a writer and artist. Her graphic novel The Hotel at the End of the World was released in 2009 and shortlisted for the Shakti Bhatt First Book Award (2009-10). She is a founder member of the Pao Collective which brought out the Pao Anthology of Comics. She has also been working with Pratham on primary school education in Kokrajhar, BTAD, Assam since 2009. She drew inspiration from a Tanghkul Naga folktale to create Mara and Clay Cows.
Mara, the boy with unique powers, rescues the special Chanva bird, and is set on the trail of the holder of a thousand spells, the elusive Chief Magician. He journeys to the sky kingdom of the North with his cheeky talking cows and his fearless new friend Shiroi, and everything is put to the test – from his fear of flying to his cooking skills! Magic...
