Enric S Neelamkavil

Post-college life hit me like a slow Sunday — lazy, unpredictable, and honestly, a bit uninspiring. The golden college days were over. I found myself at home, waking up late, watching my freelance gig era dry up, and wondering what was next. Every designer has one common fear — building a personal portfolio that reflects all their work. I had already designed one during the final days of college. It was wild. Inspired by Figma’s interface, overflowing with details, creatively intense — and, truth be told...

I never saw myself as the kind of person who’d use dating apps seriously. Back in my final days of college, I was just recovering from a breakup and wasn’t actively looking for anything new. But curiosity got the best of me. It started as research — I was working with a friend on the idea of building a dating app specifically tailored to Indian culture. To understand how “dating apps” worked, I installed a few: Arike, Bumble, and Tinder. At first, it was just exploration. I wasn’t sure what I was looking...

A few months ago, I relocated to Trivandrum, specifically Kazhakkootam for my job as a Product Designer at UST. Moving from my hometown, to a completely new city was a big shift. To my surprise, one peculiar thing caught my attention. “Is Everyone Here in a Duo?” Everywhere I look, people are in pairs. A boy and a girl — walking together, traveling either on bikes or cars. And it’s not just once. It happens all the time. Whenever I step out, I see people as pairs. At first, I thought, “Okay, maybe it’s ...