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Data+Design+Illustration. I write a newsletter on deconstructing imagery: https://nitter.cf/t.co/UfbFryR4bC

Hyderabad, India
Joined May 2011
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🧵 I’m thrilled with how the cover for @Rukmini's book turned out. It was a wonderful collaboration with her, with art direction by @saurabhgarge and @karthikavk's feedback. The spine was Saurabh’s idea, and has become my favourite feature. #BookCoverDesign #GraphicDesign
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Issue out tomorrow!
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For the cover of tomorrow's @Mint_Lounge I made a voxel "Loveland" updated for Gen Alpha. I can't wait to read @avantikabhuyan's story in print and for Mint readers to hold the paper in their hands tomorrow and look for the little details🧵
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The inspiration was "A pictorial map of Loveland" by Ernest Dudley Chase in 1943. I first saw this map of an imaginary place in Katharine Harmon's book "You Are Here" and loved it. This past week, I got to make one of my own, and in the process also realise just how old I am.
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Maria Samuela has been shortlisted for the #CWprize for a second time, with ‘We’ll Meet Again.’ The story follows young Kana, who is forced to leave behind her island home—her mountain, her motu, her people—and everything she knows. Have you moved away from home? Or encouraged your family to do so in search of new opportunities? Share your experiences in the comments. addastories.org/well-meet-ag… Illustration: @nithya_sub
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Super proud of you, @chartwaali and @RevisualLabs! And so well-deserved. <3
Today marks 2 years of Revisual Labs, and we celebrated this milestone at the Outlier Conference in Miami, where we won the silver for "Outstanding Studio" at the international Information Is Beautiful Awards 🏆
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Museums in the UK hold all sorts of Austen memorabilia but it’s on the streets of Delhi, where the balance of power tips and shifts, that her spirit seems truly present, writes Mahesh Rao livemint.com/mint-lounge/ide…
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A glimpse of the Mint Lounge issue out tomorrow!
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The deadline is less than a week away - submit your ideas and help shape India's first-ever dataviz conference. Details and call for proposals here: hasgeek.com/Vizchitra/2025/
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Illustration for tomorrow's Mint Lounge cover.
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It was so cool to be a small part of this project, spearheaded by @shivakjolad and @mehrrkalra Through their work I see the evolution of the borders of districts and states within the country over the years, in shapefiles, yes, but also in people and stories.
🇮🇳 Celebrating 75 Years completion of India as a Republic! We’re thrilled to announce the beta launch of India State Story, a digital platform that traces India’s political and administrative evolution through maps, data, and detailed analysis. Explore now: 👉 indiastatestory.in/
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And I got to play around with the prettiest gradients.
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Not all the designs we made got used in the same form, but there were some wonderful explorations.
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We discovered that it's very hard to make a rectangular cartogram of the India map
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Subscribe (free) via our homepage today to get @dataforin's new newsletter, The Big Shift, in your inbox tomorrow!
Data For India (dataforindia.com) is a public platform, freely accessible to everyone. On our homepage is this (free) subscribe button. Tomorrow, our first newsletter goes out to subscribers. The Big Shift takes a long view of change in India. More in tomorrow's newsletter
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Data For India is looking to hire a talented and experienced Lead Frontend Engineer with a strong focus on React and overall user experience. If this is you, and you're excited about data and what we're doing, DM me with a few lines about yourself and I'll send you a full JD.
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Hi! I am Vidya Gopal. I am an illustrator based out of Bangalore. I would love to work on interesting editorial illustration, comic and picture book opportunities. I love telling visual stories, drawing people and food. #portfolioday @yadayadacollect
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Caste is fundamental to social capital. For example, those born into mercantile caste-communities have an inherent starting advantage in business, even if their parents were professionals - teachers, engineers, doctors, army officers. (1/n)
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some secunderabad stills
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🚨 Small public good alert 🚨 I have extracted all the variables from all 15 levels from the latest household consumption and expenditure survey. See repo below to access! github.com/advaitmoharir/hce…
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