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

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

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