Starting today, we begin a New Year: a new year to try, to experiment, screw up, succeed, and perhaps do a few meaningful things to be proud of next year. As we looked back at the year that was, while snooping around at the backend of our websites and social media pages, there were some stories from kyoorius.com and the Magazine, which we found were very popular among our readers – and some came as a surprise to us too.

Through these stories our efforts have been to explore the world of Indian creativity and innovation, dig out and inform our readers of interesting things that exist around us: stories of people, places, of projects and news from across India, on design, innovation, social enterprises, culture, advertising, branding and digital.

As we step into 2016, here’s a recap of the most popular reads of 2015 on our website and a few key moments on social media.

1. Shilo Shiv Suleman, the fearless feminine

2. Sketchnotes: Parvati Pillai

3. Pune joins the street art movement with its first international festival

4. The many shades of Kerala by Arosh Thevadathil

5. Sketchnotes: Lavanya Naidu

6. Sketchnotes: Sreenihal Pouka

7. Have you visited Diu yet?

8. The writing’s on the wall at Tihar: A Black Elephant for St+Art India

9. Banaras by Amlanjyoti Bora

10. Padmini, the queen of Mumbai cabs

11. There’s a new Frooti in town…

12. Spaces: Studio 877

13. Sarthak Sinha: Manga in Kodaikanal

14. Of Colours, Classrooms & Children: Scribble Foundation

15. Protecting the Last Lung of Mumbai: Rakhis from Aarey wins Black Elephant

16. Money Talks. Take the Kyoorius Salary Survey

17. OK Go – I Won’t Let You Down – Morihiro Harano @#kdy15

18. KDY Conversations Kevin Finn

19. Dialogue : Riyaaz Amlani

20. Spaces: Corcoise Films

To more such stories in 2016! Cheers…