It’s said that if you truly want something, the universe conspires for you to achieve it. That’s sort of what happened with illustrator Orijit Sen, who is fascinated with Hamzanama, a book that details the daring exploits of Amir Hamza, one of Prophet Muhammad’s uncles. Sen had always wanted to write and draw his own version based on the epic title. But other projects kept eating up his time and this dream had to be shelved indefinitely, until someone told him about the Hamzanama Comic Contest last August. It’s a competition where applicants are asked to create an original piece of work that has elements of Hamzanama in it, and Sen tells us that he jumped into it because it was the perfect opportunity to bring his long-standing desire to fruition.

Orijit Sen