← Back to the Bhavas Cards for the Twelve Boxes Comic-forward set → Print-shop version (bleed + crops) → Fold-the-box kit → A4 · margins None · Backgrounds ON · 100%
Vikram's project · sreebalakrishnan.in/bhavas

Cards for the Twelve Boxes

Sized for the STORE 2508 9.5 × 6 × 2.2 cm matchbox tins. Each bhava gets four cards that drop in flat plus a nameplate for the lid.

How it works
  1. Print. One A4 per house, single-sided, on decent paper or thin card. Background graphics ON, 100% (no "fit to page").
  2. Cut. Cut each sheet into the card pieces along their borders.
  3. Fill. Drop the cards into the tin for that house — they sit flat on the floor, no folding.
  4. Add. Then add your own: a photo, a ticket stub, a pressed leaf, a handwritten line.
Five pieces per house
① Comicthe full strip, with name and striker.
② Houseessence + chart position.
③ Quoteone line to keep, on cream.
④ Your turnthe writing prompt + room for your own.
◆ Lid nameplatenumeral + name to tell the tins apart.

Cards are 86 × 52 mm — sized for the 9.5 × 6 × 2.2 cm STORE 2508 matchbox tins (interior ~88 × 54 mm). Giving it to a print shop? A bleed + crop-marks version sits alongside this one. Prefer to fold the boxes themselves? The fold-and-glue kit is at sreebalakrishnan.in/bhavas/print/.

HOUSE 1 OF 12 · TANU — cut into five; four cards drop in the tin, the nameplate goes on the lidITanusreebalakrishnan.in/bhavas/#1ITanuBODY · SELFBody, self, the way you appear inthe world.HOUSE 1 OF 12 · sreebalakrishnan.in/bhavasI · TANU"The body has carriedme faithfully throughfrom the first matchboxsreebalakrishnan.in/bhavasWRITE THIS ONE →The body in motion — thediscipline I picked up and theone I quietly dropped. What the· or slip in a photo, a ticket, a pressed leaf ·I · TanuLID →BHAVAITanuBODY · SELF
HOUSE 2 OF 12 · DHANA — cut into five; four cards drop in the tin, the nameplate goes on the lidIIDhanasreebalakrishnan.in/bhavas/#2IIDhanaVOICE · FAMILYVoice, family, what supports you —words, wealth, food.HOUSE 2 OF 12 · sreebalakrishnan.in/bhavasII · DHANA"More than anyindividual, it was thefrom the second matchboxsreebalakrishnan.in/bhavasWRITE THIS ONE →My voice in professional rooms —how it found itself, the roomswhere it still gets uncertain,· or slip in a photo, a ticket, a pressed leaf ·II · DhanaLID →BHAVAIIDhanaVOICE · FAMILY
HOUSE 3 OF 12 · SAHAJA — cut into five; four cards drop in the tin, the nameplate goes on the lidIIISahajasreebalakrishnan.in/bhavas/#3IIISahajaCOURAGE · SIBLINGSCourage, siblings, short journeys,the first small risks.HOUSE 3 OF 12 · sreebalakrishnan.in/bhavasIII · SAHAJA"I would not say I wasbrave. I was curious.from the third matchboxsreebalakrishnan.in/bhavasWRITE THIS ONE →The first time I did somethinggenuinely brave — not the bravething everyone applauds, but the· or slip in a photo, a ticket, a pressed leaf ·III · SahajaLID →BHAVAIIISahajaCOURAGE · SIBLINGS
HOUSE 4 OF 12 · SUKHA — cut into five; four cards drop in the tin, the nameplate goes on the lidIVSukhasreebalakrishnan.in/bhavas/#4IVSukhaHOME · MOTHERHome, mother, where the heartrests. Land, vehicles, comfort.HOUSE 4 OF 12 · sreebalakrishnan.in/bhavasIV · SUKHA"We said yes to thefeeling even before wefrom the fourth matchboxsreebalakrishnan.in/bhavasWRITE THIS ONE →My mother — what I’ve understoodabout her now that I am aparent, living inside the same· or slip in a photo, a ticket, a pressed leaf ·IV · SukhaLID →BHAVAIVSukhaHOME · MOTHER
HOUSE 5 OF 12 · PUTRA — cut into five; four cards drop in the tin, the nameplate goes on the lidVPutrasreebalakrishnan.in/bhavas/#5VPutraCREATIVITY · CHILDRENChildren, creativity, learning,what you bring into being.HOUSE 5 OF 12 · sreebalakrishnan.in/bhavasV · PUTRA"The seed wasborrowed; the gardenfrom the fifth matchboxsreebalakrishnan.in/bhavasWRITE THIS ONE →My daughter — what I hope sheknows without having to be told,and what I still haven’t figured· or slip in a photo, a ticket, a pressed leaf ·V · PutraLID →BHAVAVPutraCREATIVITY · CHILDREN
HOUSE 6 OF 12 · ARI — cut into five; four cards drop in the tin, the nameplate goes on the lidVIArisreebalakrishnan.in/bhavas/#6VIAriSERVICE · DAILY WORKService, daily work, illness, theobstacles you walk through.HOUSE 6 OF 12 · sreebalakrishnan.in/bhavasVI · ARI"If the sixth househas an enemy, I havefrom the sixth matchboxsreebalakrishnan.in/bhavasWRITE THIS ONE →The unglamorous work. The dailyrepetition that built somethingI can’t fully see yet — probably· or slip in a photo, a ticket, a pressed leaf ·VI · AriLID →BHAVAVIAriSERVICE · DAILY WORK
HOUSE 7 OF 12 · YUVATI — cut into five; four cards drop in the tin, the nameplate goes on the lidVIIYuvatisreebalakrishnan.in/bhavas/#7VIIYuvatiPARTNER · TRADEPartner, marriage, trade — thepeople you stand opposite.HOUSE 7 OF 12 · sreebalakrishnan.in/bhavasVII · YUVATI"I feared commitmentso completely that Ifrom the seventh matchboxsreebalakrishnan.in/bhavasWRITE THIS ONE →Sripriya — how we work, what shesees in me that I don’t alwayssee in myself, and what it took· or slip in a photo, a ticket, a pressed leaf ·VII · YuvatiLID →BHAVAVIIYuvatiPARTNER · TRADE
HOUSE 8 OF 12 · RANDHRA — cut into five; four cards drop in the tin, the nameplate goes on the lidVIIIRandhrasreebalakrishnan.in/bhavas/#8VIIIRandhraTRANSFORMATION · HIDDENTransformation, hidden things,inheritance, what changes you.HOUSE 8 OF 12 · sreebalakrishnan.in/bhavasVIII · RANDHRA"Occult is just theWest’s word for afrom the eighth matchboxsreebalakrishnan.in/bhavasWRITE THIS ONE →The thing that changed me beforeI had words for what waschanging — the slow tectonic· or slip in a photo, a ticket, a pressed leaf ·VIII · RandhraLID →BHAVAVIIIRandhraTRANSFORMATION · HIDDEN
HOUSE 9 OF 12 · DHARMA — cut into five; four cards drop in the tin, the nameplate goes on the lidIXDharmasreebalakrishnan.in/bhavas/#9IXDharmaPURPOSE · TEACHERPurpose, fortune, the teacher,long journeys and pilgrimage.HOUSE 9 OF 12 · sreebalakrishnan.in/bhavasIX · DHARMA"I am a foreigner inan Indian body, in awefrom the ninth matchboxsreebalakrishnan.in/bhavasWRITE THIS ONE →The teacher who handed meJyotish — what that system hasactually done to how I see time,· or slip in a photo, a ticket, a pressed leaf ·IX · DharmaLID →BHAVAIXDharmaPURPOSE · TEACHER
HOUSE 10 OF 12 · KARMA — cut into five; four cards drop in the tin, the nameplate goes on the lidXKarmasreebalakrishnan.in/bhavas/#10XKarmaWORK · PUBLICWork in the world, profession,public standing, the father’sHOUSE 10 OF 12 · sreebalakrishnan.in/bhavasX · KARMA"Do the work so thequestion doesn’t havefrom the tenth matchboxsreebalakrishnan.in/bhavasWRITE THIS ONE →The room-by-room version of theAI work at Travelopia — thecolleagues who made it possible,· or slip in a photo, a ticket, a pressed leaf ·X · KarmaLID →BHAVAXKarmaWORK · PUBLIC
HOUSE 11 OF 12 · LABHA — cut into five; four cards drop in the tin, the nameplate goes on the lidXILabhasreebalakrishnan.in/bhavas/#11XILabhaGAINS · COMMUNITYGains, community, elders, thecircles that hold you.HOUSE 11 OF 12 · sreebalakrishnan.in/bhavasXI · LABHA"The people who changethe shape of your lifefrom the eleventh matchboxsreebalakrishnan.in/bhavasWRITE THIS ONE →The builders — Robin, Yogen,Suresh, Ishaan, Chris. Whatdraws me to people who make· or slip in a photo, a ticket, a pressed leaf ·XI · LabhaLID →BHAVAXILabhaGAINS · COMMUNITY
HOUSE 12 OF 12 · VYAYA — cut into five; four cards drop in the tin, the nameplate goes on the lidXIIVyayasreebalakrishnan.in/bhavas/#12XIIVyayaRELEASE · FOREIGNRelease, foreign lands, retreat,what you let go of.HOUSE 12 OF 12 · sreebalakrishnan.in/bhavasXII · VYAYA"I have been quietlyleaving home my wholefrom the twelfth matchboxsreebalakrishnan.in/bhavasWRITE THIS ONE →Auroville — why leavingBangalore felt like arrival, andwhat I’ve had to actually· or slip in a photo, a ticket, a pressed leaf ·XII · VyayaLID →BHAVAXIIVyayaRELEASE · FOREIGN