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

Nitya Prarthana, Books for Chanting Designing Nitya Prārthanā and Nitya Dhyāna is an exercise in restraint—because these books aren’t meant to be “read” the way most books are. They’re meant to be used : held in the hand, returned to daily, and relied upon as a steady textual aid for learning and practicing Vedic chanting. Tacit’s design response starts from that lived reality of practice, shaping the books as quiet companions for students and teachers within the sacred Hin

Natyasastra - Book Volumes Some books don’t just carry content—they carry a civilization’s memory. Bharata Muni’s Nāṭyaśāstra is one of those works: a foundational text for Indian aesthetics and performance traditions, and a living reference point for how we think about art, expression, and human emotion. When Indica chose Nāṭyaśāstra as the inaugural offering of the INDICA Classical Library , the ambition was clear: create an edition that honors the gravitas of the text wh

Cover page Anveshana is built like a journey—less “photo album,” more “theertha-kṣetra map.” Conceived as a coffee-table book born from the Indica Culture Photography Grant (ICPG) 2021 , it brings together portfolios from eight grantees and prose that frames the work as a search—an anveshana —for meaning across communities and landscapes. But what makes the book’s design memorable isn’t only what it contains—it’s how the content is orchestrated : photography, ethnographic no