In an attempt to curate and revive original artistic creations, two young women are on a unique mission of collecting unknown stories, artworks, and ideas from people who have been instrumental in shaping the Indian subcontinent’s cultural heritage, and repackaging them in a manner that is bound to strike a chord with each one of us.

This project is a way of sending out letters to all the people who are looking for something interesting and meaningful to read.

“Together with few other friends and mentors, we had been brainstorming the idea for a while. Prachi had previously worked on a similar venture as part of her Experiential Module Learning (ELM) with the Dean of the Fellowship whose brainchild it originally was,” says Onaiza They are not only reviving the works of great artists, writers and thinkers from the past, but also facilitating a lively conversation about how their ideas have contributed to the creation of our cultural ethos and identity.

Usually, school curriculum tends to focus largely on western writers and artists. As a result, people from South Asia know little about their own thought-leaders and influencers. They’ve organised poetry reading sessions on the themes of partition, women writers and folk literature. Using the theme of postcards, Daak evokes the lost art of letter-writing: a patient, deliberate and thoughtful exercise in  articulating your most compelling thoughts for your reader.