Debapriyo

Yellow butterflies

Fictional worlds don’t need to adhere to the laws of nature and logic. The sky can send down a rain of flowers when a beloved character dies. A person can develop a friendship with the ghost of the man he killed. Time can go in a circle. One Hundred Years of Solitude is filled with many …

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Innocent wonder

I showed the full moon to a toddler a few weeks ago. She was mesmerized, transfixed at the sight of this circular, pearly object I pointed at. I felt quite pleased with myself — not every day do we get to invoke such wonder in others so easily. I speculated whether, by some random chance, she …

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Dusk at IISERK

A speed-painting of ICBS and NSCB halls of the Indian Institute of Science Education & Research Kolkata. This particular spot used to be my favourite hangout area. I tried to experiment with light and shadow in this one. Real life:

A spring sunset

Four of us sat on a secluded lawn engulfed in the last golden rays of the day. Our two years at IIMA had passed us by. Now, face to face with the end of our student lives, we were in a rather contemplative mood. The discussion revolved around what we were going to miss about …

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PGP2 courses at IIMA

Concept art featuring some of my favorite courses from the second year at IIMA. Courses included: Philosophical Foundation of Management Leadership, Vision, Meaning, and Reality Hitchhiker’s Guide to Business and Economies Across Five Centuries Elephants and Cheetahs: Systems, Strategy, and Bottlenecks Explorations in Role and Identity

Free market inequality

Let’s say there are two individuals: Richy and Bill. Both are completely selfish. Richy, by the astrological virtues of his name, is rich. Bill is poor. One day while strolling they stumble upon 100 bucks stuck under a large boulder. The boulder is large enough to resist the force of an individual pusher but will oblige …

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