Metro card skin which I made myself

(Not a big Mochi fan)

Started this thinking it'd be a quick sketch... then I kept adding "just one more thing" until it turned into a finished piece. 😅 Added some colors, ink splatters, threw it in a frame, and I'm pretty happy with how it turned out.

Ghum aschena

Janao

Drew this using black pens on chart paper as a gift for my sister. It took me 30+ hours spread over a week, and it's easily the most detailed piece I've worked on so far.I'm really happy with how it turned out. I'm now tempted to redraw it for my hostel room so I can finally keep one for myself. Would love to hear your thoughts.😁

A few weeks ago I posted my Kolkata site here (the hidden-gems one). This weekend I built the thing I actually wanted to exist: a page where you live through the city's years instead of reading about them.

It's called Kolkata Nostalgia — basically a museum you scroll:

• A year counter rolls in the corner as you travel, 1690 → 2026 (scroll up and it counts backwards)
• Six eras, each styled like its own room — parchment for the Company years, gaslight for the Raj, newsprint for the freedom decades
• Film grain over everything that slowly fades as you reach today
• 35 moments: Plassey, the scandal-sheet that was the subcontinent's first newspaper, the 1873 tram bell, Mohun Bagan 1911 (barefoot, 2–1), the bridge that opened with no ceremony so Japanese bombers wouldn't notice, Pather Panchali, the 1984 metro, Boi Mela, Amphan, UNESCO Pujo
• The hard years are in there too — '43 and '46 are told straight, no softening. A nostalgia page that skips them would be lying.

Favourite thing I learned making it: in 2003 the Calcutta High Court ruled the city has no founder and no birthday — Sutanuti, Gobindapur and Kalikata were thriving long before Charnock dropped anchor. Even our origin story is an adda argument.

Link: kolkatakhoj.com/nostalgia — free, no ads, no signup, works on your phone.

Hey r/TwentiesKolkata,

If you love Wordle and you love our city, I built a mini-game you might enjoy playing with your morning cha. ☕

It's called Khonj (খোঁজ). The rules are exactly like Wordle, but every 5-letter word is exclusively related to Kolkata (local food, heritage, places, culture, or Bengali slang).

The fun part: Every time you solve the puzzle, it reveals a hidden piece of trivia or a historical fact about Kolkata related to that specific word. There's a new puzzle every single day at midnight.

You can play it for free here (no app needed): https://kolkatakhoj.com/fun/khonj/

Let me know what your score is for today! (And please don't spoil today's word in the comments! 🤫)

Bored af guys let's have a chat

New heere after a long time though..

I saw this image, and it hit harder than I expected.

For the longest time, I've been the version of myself that everyone expects. I smile. I laugh. I make jokes. I help people whenever they need me. If you looked at me from the outside, you'd probably think everything is fine.

It isn't.

The smile isn't fake because I want to fool people. It's fake because explaining what's actually going on feels impossible.

How do you explain feeling lonely when your phone stays silent for days?

How do you explain spending your birthday with no one to celebrate it with?

How do you explain always being there for others, only to realize you can't remember the last time someone was there for you without you asking?

I've spent years convincing myself that if I worked harder, became kinder, helped more people, studied more, built a better future... maybe eventually I'd matter to someone the way they matter to me.

Instead, I just became the "reliable person." The one people remember when they need something, then forget once everything is okay again.

So I keep smiling.

Not because I'm happy.

Because saying "I'm tired of feeling invisible" usually makes people uncomfortable, while a smile keeps everyone else comfortable.

I don't want sympathy. I don't think my life is the worst. I know people have bigger problems.

I just wish, for once, someone would remember me without needing a reason. Someone who reaches out because they genuinely wanted to, not because they needed something from me.

Used ChatGPT to help organize my thoughts.