26th April, 2026

What am I working on?

I was working on a new art reel. Had lot of fun creating it. https://www.instagram.com/p/DXjv5ttDQ6b/?hl=en

What am I reading?

Guy Delisle’s Pyongyang brought back memories of when I read Barbara Demick’s Nothing to Envy years ago—a journalistic account of North Korean defectors and the stark realities of their lives under constant surveillance and restriction. Where Demick’s work captures voices of those who escaped, Delisle offers a very different lens: that of a foreign visitor navigating the capital city.

Through his simple yet expressive illustrations, Delisle recounts the daily rhythms of his stay, his encounters with the few North Koreans he was permitted to meet, and the carefully curated façade presented to outsiders by the regime. The satire is subtle but sharp, a travelogue that balances humor and personal observation with political commentary.

What am I watching/watched recently?

I recently watched Paprika, and saying I was wowed would be a gross understatement. From start to finish, it kept me completely absorbed. The film revolves around a dream device that falls into the wrong hands, and the way the dream world begins to collapse into reality is nothing short of mesmerizing. The sequences are wildly imaginative—a true feast for the eyes. Surreal, almost hypnotic.

It’s said that Christopher Nolan’s Inception drew inspiration from Paprika. The only drawback for me was the ending, which felt a bit rushed. You might sense that too when you watch it. Still, the journey there is so extraordinary that it more than makes up for it.

New thing I learnt lately?

Wright's Law, often termed the "learning curve" or "experience curve," is an empirical observation that as the cumulative production of a technology doubles, its cost decreases by a constant percentage. I came to know that solar energy has been the widely considered to have experienced the fastest and most dramatic cost decline of any energy technology in history. The constant percentage of cost decline has been ~20%.