12th January, 2026

What am I working on?

Working on my 5th mini comic. This time I am using colours unlike the 4 black and white comics I made earlier.

What am I reading?

I started reading the Four hour work week

What am I watching/watched recently?

Watched a beautiful stop motion movie - Memoir of a snail. A humorous but heartbreaking tale of two siblings and how their life unfolds when they are separated after being orphaned. It surely taught me this - life can be so transient - you will face despair but it can only be lived forward.

And, an amazing short animated movie called 'Printed Rainbow' by Gitanjali Rao. A very unique black and white animation style (grainy - charcoaly feel); it lives up to its name in scenes when the protagonist escapes to a different world through her colourful matchbox collection. And, oh, how beautiful is that - I do not have words to explain. How intense themes like solitude and death are depicted in such a simple way amazes me.

New thing I learnt lately?

Came across an article on origins of wasabi. A good read - https://www.naaginsauce.com/blogs/chillipedia/the-history-of-wasabi-where-it-comes-from-and-how-it-s-used?srsltid=AfmBOopFYnuW-9OswikyDOfzjB4XE1LJwxrj1TmObOOd7w3j7NcvEi5A