Pattachitra Painting of Ramayana Scenes There are stories that are told, and there are stories that are inhabited . The Ramayana belongs to the latter. It lives in memory, in performance, in ritual, in fragments of song and image that travel across generations. To design a book around it is not simply to arrange text and illustrations—it is to ask: how does a story like this take form today? The project began with urgency. A book for young readers—ages 10 to 16. A timeline o

Bhasya Series Designing classical texts is not merely an editorial exercise—it is an act of interpretation, continuity, and restraint . The Prasthana Traya Bhasya series , designed by Tacit for the Dakshinamnaya Sri Sharada Peetham, Sringeri , reflects this approach through a carefully constructed visual and structural system that honours both the philosophical depth and the textual tradition of the works. The series comprises four volumes— Brahmasutra Bhasya, Bhagavad Gita

Tacit recently attended Codex , organized by the Codex Foundation in Oakland, California—an international gathering dedicated to the art of the book. What unfolded over two days was not a conventional book fair, but a deep immersion into book arts as a serious, political, and craft-driven practice . Nearly 100 artists and presses showcased works where the book was not merely a carrier of content, but the content itself. Many artists had even made the paper they printed on—r