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ABOUT US<\/p>\n
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The Origin Story <\/span><\/p>\n[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.6″ _module_preset=”default” sticky_enabled=”0″]<\/p>\n
It started with a walk.<\/p>\n
A heritage walk along Mowbray\u2019s Road, which ended at my old school, The Grove. Standing on the campus I once knew as my second home, my perception shifted. My own memories felt like a single thread in a much larger, older story that this place had been holding long before I arrived.<\/p>\n
When you revisit a place with that kind of historical weight, your memories rearrange themselves.<\/p>\n
I started seeing the life and times of people from a bygone era, the stranger-than-fiction stories of state-making and political thought that were played out on the very ground I was standing on.<\/p>\n
The idea of us living in and amongst history opened a realm of possibility. I wanted to understand where I live, not as haphazardly placed sticky notes of information, but as things have evolved over time.<\/p>\n
So I began arranging events as they happened, in search of the story I wanted to tell. I was scribbling on various chits of paper, losing them, finding them and constantly rearranging.<\/p>\n
And then it clicked – I had a game about history hiding in plain sight. And that\u2019s how Anniki was born.<\/p>\n
Since then, we at Anniki have kept our habit of noticing. Every city trip becomes fieldwork and random anecdotes become potential game material. It is mostly exhilarating, and occasionally exasperating.<\/p>\n
If you’ve ever walked past an old building and felt the faint pull of a story you couldn’t quite name \u2014 this was made for you.<\/p>\n
Delightfully, this project on history has made us more present than ever. We\u2019re building it in the hope that it will do the same for you.<\/p>\n
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Mission : <\/strong>To anchor a shared space for history that is rooted in conversations, observations, and curiosity.<\/span><\/p>\nVision : <\/strong>To revive history for the present day<\/span><\/p>\n[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”2_5,3_5″ _builder_version=”4.27.6″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”2_5″ _builder_version=”4.27.6″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/anniki.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/T1.jpg” title_text=”AT1″ align=”right” _builder_version=”4.27.6″ _module_preset=”default” border_radii=”on|12px|12px|12px|12px” box_shadow_style=”preset2″ global_colors_info=”{}” src__hover_enabled=”on|hover” src__hover=”https:\/\/anniki.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/AT1.jpg”][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”3_5″ _builder_version=”4.27.6″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.6″ _module_preset=”default” text_font_size=”18px” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n
Sashna Chandrasekharan<\/b><\/span>
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Sashna is an urbanist and researcher who deeply believes in the magic of collaborative approaches to knowledge creation. Her research interests are in identifying and presenting unique stories about places \u2013 ones that explore how their social, cultural, historical, economic, geographic particularities intersect with daily realities. On \u201coff-duty\u201d she follows the paws of her first and forever inspiration, Remy from Ratatouille, spending her time in the kitchen crafting unusual flavour combinations. The people around her often become her food lab rats and she enjoys the collective spirit built around the exchange.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”2_5,3_5″ _builder_version=”4.27.6″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”2_5″ _builder_version=”4.27.6″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/anniki.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/T2.jpg” title_text=”AT2″ align=”right” _builder_version=”4.27.6″ _module_preset=”default” border_radii=”on|12px|12px|12px|12px” box_shadow_style=”preset2″ global_colors_info=”{}” src__hover_enabled=”on|hover” src__hover=”https:\/\/anniki.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/AT2.jpg”][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”3_5″ _builder_version=”4.27.6″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.6″ _module_preset=”default” text_font_size=”18px” global_colors_info=”{}”]Joel Prithvi Ignatius<\/b>
\n(The Computer\/ Aesthetix Curator\/ Office boy)<\/b><\/em>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.6″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\nJoel is a Chennai-based data scientist with a background in healthcare and supply chain management, guitarist, and creative. Having felt estranged from his Tamil identity as a child, his journey with Anniki has been a personal one – a process of rediscovering and reclaiming that part of himself while sharing the experience with others. In his free time, he enjoys hooping, watching anime, and jamming with friends.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”2_5,3_5″ _builder_version=”4.27.6″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”2_5″ _builder_version=”4.27.6″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/anniki.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/T3.jpg” title_text=”AT3″ align=”right” _builder_version=”4.27.6″ _module_preset=”default” border_radii=”on|12px|12px|12px|12px” box_shadow_style=”preset2″ global_colors_info=”{}” src__hover_enabled=”on|hover” src__hover=”https:\/\/anniki.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/AT3.jpg”][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”3_5″ _builder_version=”4.27.6″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.6″ _module_preset=”default” text_font_size=”18px” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n
Vibha Ramprakash<\/b>
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Vibha is a marketer, designer, and history nerd who treats the past like a very elaborate story. After studying English lit and art history at Ashoka, she developed a permanent case of \u201chistorical FOMO\u201d\u2014an itch to experience what people ate, wore, built, and gossiped about a few centuries ago.<\/span><\/p>\nOutside work, she\u2019s usually somewhere between a fantasy novel, a batch of brownies, a long walk, and a fresh to-do list. Her happiest place is a library on a rainy night, with pastries on the side and green tea in hand. For Vibha, history is not a list of dates; it\u2019s a collection of stories we haven\u2019t yet lived. This game is her way of making those stories feel fun, accessible, and just a little bit magical again.<\/span><\/p>\n[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”2_5,3_5″ _builder_version=”4.27.6″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”2_5″ _builder_version=”4.27.6″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/anniki.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/T6.jpg” title_text=”AT6″ align=”right” _builder_version=”4.27.6″ _module_preset=”default” border_radii=”on|12px|12px|12px|12px” box_shadow_style=”preset2″ global_colors_info=”{}” src__hover_enabled=”on|hover” src__hover=”https:\/\/anniki.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/AT6.jpg”][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”3_5″ _builder_version=”4.27.6″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.6″ _module_preset=”default” text_font_size=”18px” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_enabled=”0″]<\/p>\n
Heera Lilian Selvakumar<\/b>
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Heera is a writer and content strategist with a background in English lit.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nGrowing up outside India, she rarely engaged with Indian or Tamil history and often felt a fractured sense of identity. She is now excited to delve into her heritage whilst brainstorming ideas & creating content for Anniki.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nIn her downtime, she loves doing puzzles, playing cosy video games and listening to spooky podcasts that inevitably keep her up at night.<\/span><\/p>\n[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.6″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”78px|||||” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.6″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.6″ _module_preset=”default” text_font=”Infini||||||||” text_font_size=”40px” text_line_height=”1.8em” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n
FRIENDS OF ANNIKI<\/p>\n
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Inara<\/b><\/p>\n
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Annikum Innikum, fashion, art and history pudikum.<\/span><\/p>\n[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”2_5,3_5″ _builder_version=”4.27.6″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”2_5″ _builder_version=”4.27.6″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/anniki.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/T5.jpg” title_text=”AT5″ align=”right” _builder_version=”4.27.6″ _module_preset=”default” border_radii=”on|12px|12px|12px|12px” box_shadow_style=”preset2″ global_colors_info=”{}” src__hover_enabled=”on|hover” src__hover=”https:\/\/anniki.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/AT5.jpg”][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”3_5″ _builder_version=”4.27.6″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.6″ _module_preset=”default” text_font_size=”18px” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n
Dhruv<\/b><\/p>\n
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Dhruv is a delulu Pisces sun. While trained as a historian and a city planner, his primary occupation is as a coffee aficionado (read: snob). A marathon \/ long-distance runner, Dhruv is a masochistic glutton for punishment who doubles down on this identity by listening to 2000’s emo music, carnatic rock, and Taylor Swift besides a wide range of podcasts and audiobooks in his “free time”.<\/span><\/p>\n[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.6″ _module_preset=”default” background_color=”rgba(223,183,88,0.33)” background_image=”https:\/\/anniki.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/5085.jpg” custom_margin=”||1px|||” custom_padding=”31px||0px|||” global_module=”120″ saved_tabs=”all” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row column_structure=”2_5,3_5″ _builder_version=”4.27.6″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”2_5″ _builder_version=”4.27.6″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.6″ _module_preset=”default” text_text_color=”#FFFFFF” background_color=”#000000″ custom_margin=”||13px|||” custom_padding=”4px|4px|4px|20px|true|false” border_radii=”on|12px|12px|12px|12px” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n
Follow our Journey
On Social Media<\/p>\n
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