Sudhanva described the book as a collection of Orijit’s work. It would document his process through his upbringing, education and work after dropping out of NID, starting People Tree and his relentless snickering at today’s governance.

The primary prospective readership I had in mind while writing this book is that of young people in India today, who feel uncomfortable – if not enraged – with what’s unfolding around us today –

Very much like the prospective readership of the book, I found Orijit’s work on Instagram - this was back when we were herding to ‘design coaching’ classes after school.

Having gone through the drafts of the manuscript, I find this reasoning even more relevant. I don’t see discomfort around me, I want to have conversations about what’s happening beyond the fatigue of repeating points in an echo chamber.

A few years ago, at LeftWord Books we decided to do a volume with a selection of Orijit’s social media posts. Orijit responded enthusiastically to the idea. But when I started to think about the book, and ran my mind’s eye over the large body of work he’s created apart from the social media posts, it became clear to me that there was a holistic quality to his work. There were larger themes, ideas, and approaches that were common to all his work – his design work, graphic narratives, art installations, exhibitions, and social media posts. I decided to do an interview -

Apart from what is translated as ideas through the book, I want to design the publication so as to carry forward this holistic quality of work through the make and experience. Flipping pages can be exciting and I want to develop that. A catalogue of Orijit’s is not what we’re going for.