SOLITARY FUNC
Making invisible
systems visible.
A digital garden, portfolio, and interactive lab where complex systems become legible, explorable, and human.
FROM THE GARDEN
Recent writing
Data Localisation in India
Why India mandates that payment data stays within its borders — and what that means for infrastructure, sovereignty, and you.
How UPI Actually Works
Tracing a single payment through India's digital infrastructure — from your phone to NPCI to the recipient's bank and back.
Designing ServerBound
How cybersecurity concepts became walkable neighborhoods — the design philosophy behind turning networks into a narrative RPG.
What Is a Packet?
The atomic unit of the internet — how data moves across networks, and why it matters for everything from UPI payments to online games.
THE WORKBENCH
Active projects
ServerBound
A cybersecurity investigation RPG set in the World Wide Wonder — where every network is a neighborhood.
Game Designer 2025 — presentChakravyuh
A mobile extraction-shooter for JEE/NEET aspirants — where academic knowledge is a tactical resource and the seven-ring world mirrors the exam preparation journey.
Game Designer 2025 — presentLeela (लीला)
An open-source reactive animation engine for building interactive explanations — making complex systems tangible through direct manipulation.
Creator & Lead Developer 2025 — presentDataFolks
A book about data and privacy for Indian readers — written as interactive chapters, using the dabbawala metaphor to make digital infrastructure legible.
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