INDEPENDENT PRACTICE / NEW DELHI, INDIA
Ideas, made
tangible.
An edited record of what I explore, write and build—interactive worlds, behavioural inquiries, and experiments that occasionally smell like perfume.
No inflated client list. No invented metrics. Just selected work, context and what is still unfinished.
FIELD NOTES / 001THE WORK IS THE PROOF ✳
ST✳IDEAS ↔ OBJECTS
RESEARCH 01
CRAFT 02
INTERACTIVE 03
WRITING 04
ALWAYS IN REVISION29° N / 77° E
01 / A QUESTION→02 / A FORM→03 / A THING TO EXPLORE✳
THE EDITED SELECTION / 09 CASE NOTES
Selected work.
Different mediums, recurring questions. Each card opens a case note with its evidence boundary.
CASE 02Research & models
Identity–Action Gap
Turning an everyday contradiction into a research question.
Research
CASE 03Field notes
The Kirana Observatory
The shop floor as a lens on human behaviour.
Research Interactive
CASE 04Learning experience
The School of Unlearning
A place to revise the assumptions we inherited.
Interactive Research
CASE 05Choice & perspective
The Ordinary Tribunal
Where quick judgments meet missing context.
Interactive
CASE 06Human relationships
The Reciprocity Lab
An invitation to separate observation from inference.
Research Interactive
CASE 07Scent & expression
Olfactory Cathedral
Making an invisible sense feel spatial.
Craft Interactive
CASE 08Work & ethics
The Human Ledger
A workplace simulation about the choices behind metrics.
Interactive Research
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A NOTE ON PROOF / NOT A SALES PITCH
A prototype is not a validated product. A published page is not a proven outcome. An interesting question is still worth building around.
GO BELOW THE SURFACE
Behind the work.
Brief, role, approach, available evidence and open edges—without selling uncertainty as certainty.
CASE NOTE / 01DIGITAL WORLDS
← BACK TO GALLERYOriginal public project Public homepage confirmed
Sahilverse
How do you make a growing body of unrelated-looking ideas navigable without flattening it into a CV?
The brief
How do you make a growing body of unrelated-looking ideas navigable without flattening it into a CV?
What was made
A public, multi-path entrance that groups writing, behavioural inquiry, fragrance, and interactive projects into connected themes; includes curated doorways and a searchable public atlas.
How it was approached
Semantic public HTML, navigable category links, interactive discovery layers. The deployed codebase and production tests were not available for inspection.
What the evidence shows
The publicly indexed homepage currently describes a selected atlas and an expanded archive. That confirms the presented structure, not visit quality, engagement or reliability.
Still to resolve
The archive is explicitly described as living; links and project maturity require ongoing review.
CASE NOTE / 02RESEARCH & MODELS
← BACK TO GALLERYIndependent conceptual inquiry Research in development
Identity–Action Gap
Why do people sometimes struggle to act in accordance with the identities they describe?
The brief
Why do people sometimes struggle to act in accordance with the identities they describe?
What was made
A conceptual research programme around friction between identity and action, represented in the public atlas as a dedicated inquiry.
How it was approached
Theory-building and behavioural framing; the underlying methods and any empirical validation were not independently reviewed for this portfolio.
What the evidence shows
The main public site identifies Identity–Action Gap as a research doorway. No independent validation result is claimed here.
Still to resolve
Empirical testing, methodological scrutiny and peer feedback remain separate from the public explanation.
CASE NOTE / 03FIELD NOTES
← BACK TO GALLERYIndependent observation project Experimental site reported
The Kirana Observatory
What can everyday retail interactions reveal about choice, trust, attention and micro-economics?
The brief
What can everyday retail interactions reveal about choice, trust, attention and micro-economics?
What was made
A named retail-observation web project, alongside the wider public Kirana Laboratory theme, translating everyday shop observations into questions about behaviour.
How it was approached
Field observation and public-facing interpretation. No dataset, methodology, or source implementation was audited for this build.
What the evidence shows
The wider Kirana Laboratory is publicly listed. The distinct Observatory address was supplied in the project discussion but its HTTP response could not be verified.
Still to resolve
Document observations with source boundaries, and validate the standalone demo before a public demo link is added.
CASE NOTE / 04LEARNING EXPERIENCE
← BACK TO GALLERYInteractive experiment Recent deployment reported
The School of Unlearning
Can a website help someone notice, question and revise an inherited belief?
The brief
Can a website help someone notice, question and revise an inherited belief?
What was made
An experimental learning experience commissioned as a standalone digital room in the wider Sahilverse.
How it was approached
Browser-based prototyping. Exact mechanics, accessibility and deployed source files were not available to audit here.
What the evidence shows
The creator has supplied the intended subdomain and discussed its deployment; no live interaction was independently demonstrated in this session.
Still to resolve
Direct-browser QA, evidence review, content proofreading and a verified public demo link.
CASE NOTE / 05CHOICE & PERSPECTIVE
← BACK TO GALLERYInteractive experiment Recent deployment reported
The Ordinary Tribunal
How do our judgments change when a story reveals what we did not initially know?
The brief
How do our judgments change when a story reveals what we did not initially know?
What was made
An experimental interactive project about interpretations and the constraints of judging incomplete information.
How it was approached
Interactive narrative design; detailed mechanics have not been independently checked against its deployed source.
What the evidence shows
A distinct Ordinary Tribunal site was identified by the creator. Performance and user outcomes are unknown.
Still to resolve
Confirm deployed flow, keyboard behaviour, mobile affordances and exact narrative before further claims.
CASE NOTE / 06HUMAN RELATIONSHIPS
← BACK TO GALLERYIndependent public project Listed on public atlas
The Reciprocity Lab
What is observable reciprocity, and what stories do we invent about another person’s intentions?
The brief
What is observable reciprocity, and what stories do we invent about another person’s intentions?
What was made
A digital doorway to exploring mutuality, agency, privacy and interpretations without pretending to know hidden motives.
How it was approached
Reflective prompts and behavioural framing; exact standalone functionality was not tested here.
What the evidence shows
The public homepage explicitly lists The Reciprocity Lab among its selected doorways.
Still to resolve
Further cases, stronger evidence boundaries and independent testing of its standalone interface.
CASE NOTE / 07SCENT & EXPRESSION
← BACK TO GALLERYCreative digital experiment Recent deployment reported
Olfactory Cathedral
What might a digital space for scent, memory and emotion look like?
The brief
What might a digital space for scent, memory and emotion look like?
What was made
A standalone digital expression of the perfumery inquiry connected to House of Venus and Bottle Your Mood.
How it was approached
Scent-led narrative, visual atmosphere and browser experience. No perfumery efficacy claim or independently reviewed source code.
What the evidence shows
The House of Venus/perfumery theme appears in the public atlas; the standalone Cathedral address was provided by the creator.
Still to resolve
Verify the live experience, imagery, mobile performance, and clear boundaries between concept and commercial offering.
CASE NOTE / 08WORK & ETHICS
← BACK TO GALLERYPlayable browser prototype Prototype reported
The Human Ledger
What happens when the numbers look efficient but the human consequences remain unresolved?
The brief
What happens when the numbers look efficient but the human consequences remain unresolved?
What was made
A reported workplace decision simulation with scenarios about ethical trade-offs in organisations.
How it was approached
Lightweight browser game and scenario design; deployment, code and evaluation were not independently audited.
What the evidence shows
The prototype was described in project-development discussions. No measured educational outcomes or playtesting study is claimed.
Still to resolve
Verify public URL, scenario contents, accessibility and data/analytics behaviour before calling it production-complete.
CASE NOTE / 09ESSAYS & INQUIRY
← BACK TO GALLERYPublished public writing Public archive indexed
The Writing Archive
Can a well-framed essay change how someone sees an ordinary experience?
The brief
Can a well-framed essay change how someone sees an ordinary experience?
What was made
A growing archive of writing on education, organisational behaviour, identity, music and human development.
How it was approached
Long-form argument, cultural interpretation and interdisciplinary inquiry; individual essay URLs were not authenticated for this site.
What the evidence shows
The public homepage links to a Medium essay archive and names individual writing topics.
Still to resolve
Add a selective bibliography with verified original article links and dates.
A CREATIVE PROCESS
How I build.
I move between reading, observation and making. AI-assisted prototyping helps translate the brief into something testable, but the question, judgment and iteration still matter.
EXPLORE THE WIDER UNIVERSE ↗Begin with the friction.
A contradiction, a behaviour, a question from the shop floor or an odd connection between disciplines becomes the starting brief.
Make the idea legible.
Find the audience, the thesis and an appropriate medium. Not every thought wants to be an essay; some need to be walked through.
Give the thought a surface.
Build static sites, interactive scenes or experimental experiences with AI tools, browser technologies and manual editorial iteration where appropriate.
Keep the unfinished visible.
Test what can be tested, show the evidence you actually have, and make room for revision instead of inventing a success story.
COLLABORATION / CREATIVE TECHNOLOGY
Have an idea that needs form?
I am interested in thoughtful websites, interactive storytelling, research communication and experimental digital experiences. A conversation is a starting point—not a promise of fit, scope or availability.
START A CONVERSATIONAREAS OF INTEREST
Independent websites
Interactive prototypes
Research communication
Experimental brand worlds
No client roster or results are implied by these interests.Sources & limitations
The public Sahilverse atlas documents several project themes. Sahil’s public biography provides additional independent framing. Some newer standalone names and deployments were supplied by the creator but could not be independently fetched during this build; their demo links are intentionally withheld. All illustrations on this page are original visual treatments, not screenshots of deployed websites. No performance metrics, external client work or research validation has been inferred.
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