PRIYA’S MASK

“She is the Brown girl superhero the world needs right now.” THE WASHINGTON POST

PRIYAIndia’s first female superhero, embarks on a mission to stop the spread of Covid-19. She befriends a little girl named Meena to show her the sacrifices made by frontline healthcare workers and instill the power of courage and compassion during this difficult time. Along with her tiger Sahas, Priya explains the importance of wearing a mask and working together to help end the pandemic around the world. She teams up with Pakistan’s female superhero, BURKA AVENGER, to foil her arch enemy from infecting her city with the potent virus. ISBN 978-1-892494-42-9

The short animated film, PRIYA’S MASK, is an important testament to the courage of women healthcare workers and will help educate people about the virus. An international array of actors and leaders lend their voices to this important film including Vidya Balan, Mrunal Thakur, and Sairah Kabir.

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PRIYA’S MASK (Hindi)
Translation by Shubhra Prakash ( download PDF )

PRIYA’S MASK (Urdu — download PDF )

PRIYA’S MASK (Kannada)
Translation by Vasudhendra ( download PDF )

PRIYA’S MASK (Malayalam)
Translation by Shahnaz Habib ( download PDF )

PRIYA’S MASK (Telugu)
Translation by Rama Ponamgi ( download PDF )

PRIYA’S MASK (Tamil)
Translation by Deepa Duraiswamy ( download PDF )

PRIYA’S MASK (Chinese — download PDF )

A MÁSCARA DE PRIYA (Portuguese)
Priya embarca em uma missão para impedir a propagação da Covid-19. Ela faz amizade com uma garotinha chamada Meena para mostrar a ela os sacrifícios feitos pelos profissionais de saúde da linha de frente e instigar o poder da coragem e da compaixão durante esses tempos difíceis. Junto com seu tigre voador Sahas, Priya explica a importância de usar uma máscara e trabalhar em conjunto para ajudar a acabar com a pandemia em todo o mundo. História por Shubhra Prakash. Arte por Syd Fini e Neda Kazemifar. Traduzido por Karine Bender. ( baixar PDF / iBooks )

LA MASCHERINA DI PRIYA (Italian)
Priya intraprende una missione per fermare la diffusione del Covid-19. Stringe amicizia con una bambina di nome Meena per mostrarle i sacrifici del personale sanitario impegnato in prima linea e infonderle la forza del coraggio e della compassione in questo momento difficile. Insieme a Sahas, la sua tigre volante, Priya spiega l’importanza della mascherina e della collaborazione quali armi per debellare la pandemia mondiale. Soggetto di Shubhra Prakash. Illustrazioni di Syd Fini e Neda Kazemifar. Traduzione di Mila Fahren. ( scaricare PDF / iBooks )

LA MASCARILLA DE PRIYA (Spanish)
Priya se embarca en una misión para detener la propagación del Covid-19. Entabla amistad con una niña llamada Meena para mostrarle los sacrificios que hacen los trabajadores sanitarios en primera línea, y transmitirle el poder del valor y la compasión en estos tiempos difíciles. Junto a Sahas, su tigre volador, Priya explica la importancia de llevar mascarilla y de trabajar juntos para acabar con la pandemia en todo el mundo. Argumento: Shubhra Prakash. Ilustraciones: Syd Fini & Neda Kazemifar. Traducción: Natalia Contreras de la Llave & Julian López. ( descargar PDF / iBooks )

प्रिया का मास्क, विद्या बालन, मृणाल ठाकुर एवं साएरा कबीर सहित

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The globe really needs brown girls out there. — The Telegraph

TEAM: SHUBHRA PRAKASH Writer. SYD FINI & NEDA KAZEMIFAR, Artist. TANVI GANDHI, INDRANI RAY & MONIKA SAMTANI, Producers. RAM DEVINENI, Augmented Reality Designer. RENE VERON, Music & Sound. HAMID BAHRAMI, Animation. SHUBHRA PRAKASH, Hindi Translation. KARINE BENDER, Portuguese Translation. MILA FAHREN, Italian Translation. NATALIA CONTRERAS DE LA LLAVE & JULIAN LÓPEZ, Spanish Translation. SUSAN IANNUZZI, Curriculum Design. RUCHIRA GUPTA & LINA SRIVASTAVA & ADEEL ABID, Advisors. EHSAN ANSARI, YASIN HAGHIGHI, EHSAN JAFAR, PARSA JAVAHERIAN, SARA SOBHI, LEILA NOURAEI & HAMID RAHMANIAN, Animation. IMDB Listing


Priya’s Mask comic book and animation film was developed in coordination with the North India Office (NIO) and the Regional English Language Office (RELO) of the U.S. Embassy, New Delhi. The project was funded through a grant from the Public Affairs Section, U.S. Embassy, New Delhi. Burka Avenger and all Burka Avenger character names and their distinctive likenesses are copyrighted and trade-marked of Unicorn Black (Pvt) Ltd who have granted permission for the characters to appear in Priya's Mask comic book. Protected under Creative Commons license: Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International. Copyright 2020 by Rattapallax, Inc. All rights reserved. Experience the augmented reality using the Artivive APP. Download at www.artivive.com

The best thing about Priya is that she has been created to represent every other Indian girl. Clad in a traditional salwar kameez, she tackles topics that are difficult to explain to kids and are mostly heavily stigmatized. “Priya’s Mask” was a test…

The best thing about Priya is that she has been created to represent every other Indian girl. Clad in a traditional salwar kameez, she tackles topics that are difficult to explain to kids and are mostly heavily stigmatized. “Priya’s Mask” was a testament to the courage of frontline healthcare workers and educates children about the virus. — DISSDASH