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Before week 1 · 15 minutes
You join the waitlist and tell us about the person: their language, their stories, the occasion.
iṭikāri · New offering
iṭi hāsa
A white-glove memoir service. Fifteen unhurried conversations in the language they are most at home in become a keepsake book for generations. All Indian languages are supported.
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What it is
How well do we really know our lineage?
Our parents and grandparents are not just the people who raised us. Across fifteen unhurried conversations in the Indian language they are most at home in, an experienced human interviewer helps them revisit the life they lived before we came into it: childhood adventures, first friendships, dreams, love stories, struggles, little joys. Stories that shaped who they became, and in many ways, who we are.
Itikari's editors shape the transcripts into a family-approved narrative, then design it as an heirloom hardcover book, with optional photographs and the teller's own voice woven through the pages. The book is the keepsake. The real gift is the journey itself: the time spent together, the stories discovered, the laughter and surprises rushing back.
Conversations
Weeks 1–15 · 1 hour each
Fifteen one-hour conversations with a human interviewer, in their language. Your family sets the cadence.
Craft
Weeks 16–19
Human editors carefully curate the transcripts into a narrative; nothing goes in without your family's approval.
Design
Weeks 19–21
Itikari turns their words into a considered book, with optional photographs and voice notes woven through the pages.
Keepsake
Weeks 21–26 · Print & delivery
Heirloom hardcover books, printed and delivered to your family.
Pricing
An intimate founding cohort · 20 slots.
20 slots
We are opening with 20 founding slots. This covers the complete memoir: fifteen interview calls, transcription, human editorial, custom book design, and one heirloom hardcover copy.
Optional layers
Add-ons: photo curation and integration, ₹15,000 · voice notes (original audio linked from the book via QR codes), ₹15,000 · additional hardcover copies, ₹3,000 per copy.
At actuals
All prices plus applicable taxes (GST). Printing and shipping at actuals.
Is this right for you?
A good fit when…
A 70th, 80th, 90th birthday or anniversary worth marking properly.
You want them captured while the teller is here to tell them.
Not another cloud folder — a book on the shelf.
The waitlist for iṭi hāsa
Founding cohort · 20 slots · Free and non-binding
Preserve the stories only they can tell.
In progress
Our current memoir work begins with Bengali manuscripts and will become a translated, designed and printed keepsake for a family's 95th birthday.