Outdoor Kid 

Animation: Deepti Megh 
Story: Piyali Bhattacharjee

Moving from a lush island in India to a landlocked city in Germany, discover how Piyali’s relationship with the outdoors changes in unexpected ways.

Deepti Megh

Deepti Megh (she/her) is a queer visual storyteller, comic artist and animation filmmaker based in Goa. She is one of the co-founders of Paus, a Goa-based Visual Storytelling Studio.

An alumni of the National Institute of Design, she has experience in research-informed storytelling (often with an impact focus), animation film making, and nonfiction comics. Her work ranges across themes like environment and conservation, mental health, gender and sexuality. She likes drawing and writing about her feelings, which often translate into journal entries and autobiographical comics. She has also been part of the art team at the Amche Mollem Campaign.