Text by Gita Wolf and Sirish Rao Art by Bhajju Shyam Retaining the fabular quality of the original Andersen story, this poetic version of the mermaid’s tale takes place in a tribal cosmos, where the human is never isolated from the rest of nature. The worlds of water, land and air are intertwined, as the mermaid struggles to find a place for herself as a human being. The Flight of the Mermaid is a feminist parable on the warring claims of love and choice.