Tishya Maini

in an ocean of endless possibilities, the dreamer fish always triumphs.

[Tishya Maini @MainiTishya]

~ a visual journal thread ~

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fast forward a year later

[Tishya Maini @MainiTishya]

no matter where life takes me or what I do, I hope I always have the privilege of spending solo evenings reading in a park

[Harteerath Singh Ahluwalia @HarteerathSingh]

🚨If the protest site’s been cleared and you need somewhere to sleep tonight- Gurudwara Bangla Sahib, Rakab Ganj Sahib, Sis Ganj Sahib and other gurdwaras across Delhi have their doors open.

No questions asked. We have never once turned a person away at the door.

[Kaushik Raj @kaushikrj6]

Drone shot of the protest area. Unbelievable number of people.

[Neal Agarwal @nealagarwal]

there's something here

[the meji. @mejitwo]

Petition to change "et al." to "and gang" in academia

[HARSH BIKA @hrshbika]

you calling indian design colleges “trash” is wild, mainly because people who say that usually have a very selective understanding of design. for you, design starts and ends at 3 grids, 2 typefaces and a landing page.

meanwhile, actual design as a discipline spans anthropology, systems thinking, behaviour, manufacturing, research methods, semiotics, ergonomics, craft, sustainability, culture, innovation and real problem-solving. reducing all of that to “trash” because it doesn’t look like your Figma screens is just lazy thinking.

and yes, you do not need NID or IIT to become a designer. it is a skill-based field. people grow through practice, curiosity and consistent work. but calling NID “trash” without even knowing what actually happens inside it is not a strong opinion. it is just uninformed confidence packaged like expertise.

as someone studying at NID, let me say this clearly:
design is not what performs well on X or dribbble. that is only a tiny slice of the field.
NID works on things most visual designers online are not even aware of.
grassroots innovation, systems projects, government collaborations, social impact work, craft clusters, human-centric research and industrial prototyping. if you want to question it, first look up GRIDS, the Grassroots Innovation Design Studio. see that work and then decide if it is “trash”.

and about your claim that you have “barely seen any good designers from there”, you might want to widen your search instead of judging an entire ecosystem from a timeline.
since you are in branding, here is one reality check.
Sujata Keshavan, one of the most influential brand designers in India, studied at NID. her work shaped how branding in this country even evolved. if she does not count as a “good designer” simply because she did not post Figma shots, then I do not know what to tell you.

nobody is forcing you to go to a design college.
but not attending one does not automatically make you an authority who can dismiss institutions you have never studied. good designers come from colleges. good designers also come from self-learning. what does not come from either is poorly researched hot takes.

since you asked, here are a few notable NID designers worth looking up:
well-known NID designers you should probably check before tweeting:

Sujata Keshavan – Founder of Ray and Keshavan, one of India’s biggest branding studios.
Dashrath Patel – First founding faculty at NID, pioneer of Indian modern design.

M. P. Ranjan – Iconic design thinker whose work shaped the foundation of design education in India.

Bimal Patel – Leading architect and urban planner, President of CEPT.

Ajai S. Kumar – Renowned industrial designer and key contributor to design pedagogy.

Kireet Khurana – Award-winning animator and filmmaker.

Aditi Ranjan – Important figure in craft documentation and revival in India.

Aneeth Arora – Founder of fashion label Pero, internationally acclaimed.

Nishant Shahani – Known for high-impact visual identity work in India and abroad.

these are only a few names. almost every major design studio in India has an NID footprint.

so yes, design colleges are not perfect. but calling them “trash” tells me far more about your awareness than about the institutions.

[Shivani @ilovemy__house]

Why am I scrolling. What am I searching for

[Tishya Maini @MainiTishya]

~ a visual journal thread ~

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My presence in twitter :

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@earthcurated @CrispeThe

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@ninjaparticle it’s different, in a good Harry Potter kind of way

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update: moved to a university town in northern Sweden for my masters degree

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@comfortcafex

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my son 🦁

[titsay 𓆏 @titsay]

what are you dreaming of?

[Siddharth @DearthOfSid]

Everyone is talking about stray dogs in the streets of Delhi endangering humans. But what about stray men in the streets across the country endangering women?