Indian American film maker Ram Devineni was inspired to create Priya's Shakti in response to the Delhi bus rape in He travelled around India and parts of southeast Asia for almost a year, consulting with activists against gender-based violence and also with sociologists, philosophers and poets, before collaborating with American comic book designer Dan Goldman, whom he met in New York, to create a graphic novel.
Priya's Shakti is a graphic novel by Ram Devineni and Dan Goldmanwhose heroine, Priya, is a 'modern-day female superhero', a rape survivor who rides a flying tiger.
