illustration

Kadaikarar” means ‘shopkeeper’ in Tamil, a language from Southern India. I grew up in Chennai, raised on a diet of mangos and Tintin comics, among other things. When quarantine hit, I dove into this series, mixing my love for Hergé with a hefty dose of homegrown nostalgia.

Halal Guy

CREDITS

Role: Concept + illustration

Lovely photographers who let me use some of their work as reference material: Meena Kadri, Kishor Krishnamoorthi, Shravya Kag