We've all spent hours poring over comics, movies, cartoons and merchandise of assorted superheroes all through our childhood. But how many of them were Indian? Artist Rajkamal Aich decided to change the situation. Over the last year, he has brought to us many, many superheroes from an Indian context. What started as a fun project of Indianising existing characters, soon took shape into a completely original series of artwork. Here are just a few of the characters we're totally in love with.

5. Samosa Boy

Real Name: Chotu Lal

Superpower: Can throw his samosa with a deadly accuracy which explodes when it comes in contact with chutney.

6. The Bengali Vampire

Five hundred years ago, in a Bengali village, Rasgullas and other sweets began to turn up as lifeless, juiceless corpses in the morning. After a long struggle between death and livelihood, the villagers finally confronted the beast and put a fork through his heart. But even now, in lonely dark alleys of Calcutta, you can hear the terrible sound of something sucking sweets with a savage intensity.