AntzDoodles

AntzDoodles Antima Nahar is a graphic designer/illustrator who works under the name of AntzDoodles. This is her Antima has lived and breathed design for over 14 years.

Ants at work projects touch many disciplines including Brand Identity, Brand Communication, Packaging Design, Publications, Typography, Environmental Graphics, Website Design, Illustrations and all things creative. Founded by Antima Nahar (aka Ants), the graphic design studio combines design talent and expertise to produce work that is unique, innovative, bold and memorable. A graduate from Mumbai

’s JJ School of Art, she worked with Lowe Worldwide (then Ammiratis Puris Lintas), Mumbai, for over 3 years. In 2002, she decided to pursue higher studies in design and typography at the London College of Communication, UK. Since 2004, she has worked with several design companies in London – Interbrand, BBC, Designhouse Consultants. In 2009, she moved back to India to set up Ants at work and is a creative partner with brands like Hinduja Healthcare Surgical and b:blunt. With her knowledge of the Indian market and experience with International clients such as ABN AMRO Bank, British Telecom and Land Securities among others, Antima brings a global perspective complemented by an Indian sensitivity.

And so began the investigation. 🔎For almost 18 months, this ankle had me completely confused.Blood reports looked good.
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19/08/2026

And so began the investigation. 🔎

For almost 18 months, this ankle had me completely confused.

Blood reports looked good.
RA seemed under control.
The other joints were behaving themselves.
And yet, the left ankle just… wouldn’t.

So I tried things. Many things.

Cupping. Acupuncture. Hot soaks. Physio. Rest.
More cupping. More physio. More rest.
More investigations. More opinions.
And then some more physio.

All the while wondering:
If it isn’t the RA, then what is it?

It took almost 18 months to finally get an answer.

Turns out, we’d been looking at the wrong suspect.

But that’s another doodle.

I thought we’d reached an agreement.I said yes to allopathy. My body said, “Fair enough.”
.Well... almost all of it.My b...
24/07/2026

I thought we’d reached an agreement.
I said yes to allopathy. My body said, “Fair enough.”
.
Well... almost all of it.
My blood reports looked good. My RA was under control. My other joints cooperated.
Except my left ankle. It clearly hadn’t attended the meeting.
.
Turns out...
I had another mystery to solve.

memoir

For years, I believed the hardest part would be saying yes to allopathy.I had resisted it for almost a decade. So when I...
08/07/2026

For years, I believed the hardest part would be saying yes to allopathy.

I had resisted it for almost a decade. So when I finally did, I genuinely thought…

Phew. That’s it. The hard part is over.

And to be fair, allopathy gave me so much of my life back. I stopped obsessing over every meal, travelled again, worked, laughed, and simply felt like me again.

But somewhere along the way, I realised something.

Healing doesn’t really have a finish line. It has milestones.

You celebrate them.
You learn from them.
And then life quietly hands you the next one.

Turns out, healing comes with a subscription plan. 😅

An autoimmune condition has no cure. Which means there isn’t really a finish line.Over the last 12 years, I have consist...
14/06/2026

An autoimmune condition has no cure. Which means there isn’t really a finish line.

Over the last 12 years, I have consistently tried a LOT of things. Ayurveda. Naturopathy. Acupuncture. Yoga. Meditation. Juicing. Raw food. Epsom salt foot baths. Two months of eating bottle gourd for breakfast, lunch AND dinner. (Yes, really. Don’t ask.) Oh, and Duolingo for 3 years. (That one’s for my brain.)

Some things worked. Some didn’t. But looking back, the one thing that actually made the difference wasn’t any single therapy or diet.

It was just showing up. Every single day. Even when I really didn’t want to.

Turns out that’s a superpower. Who knew!

This is how I get high nowadays!My cocktail of choice has changed. Mudra therapy. Fenugreek seeds. Pranayama. Meditation...
02/06/2026

This is how I get high nowadays!

My cocktail of choice has changed. Mudra therapy. Fenugreek seeds. Pranayama. Meditation. Yoga. Oh, and my meds too.

Who knows what new ingredient I’ll discover tomorrow. I’ve got way too many ants in my pants to ever settle for just one thing!

Come to think of it, it took me ten years, one pandemic, and a pile of meds to figure out what actually goes in my glass.

(Swipe to see my previous cocktail of choice.)

PS. Curious about any of these ingredients? Drop a comment and I’ll share more.

2024: Integration (Ayurveda + Allopathy)One thing this journey taught me is that healing doesn’t have to belong to just ...
13/05/2026

2024: Integration (Ayurveda + Allopathy)

One thing this journey taught me is that healing doesn’t have to belong to just one system.

I never stopped believing in Ayurveda. The only reason I moved to allopathy was because, post-COVID, my body spiralled into a severe flare and nothing else was working anymore. I had run out of options.

When I finally started allopathic treatment and the pain began to stabilize, I became even more conscious of what the medication was doing to my body. Every few months, I was monitoring my liver, kidneys, and heart. The medicines were helping me—but I was also deeply aware of their intensity.

So I knew I didn’t want to abandon Ayurveda.

Instead, I found my own way of integrating the two.

Allopathy helps me manage the inflammation and pain of rheumatoid arthritis.
Ayurveda helps me support my body through detox, nourishment, and lifestyle.

One stabilizes the disease.
The other helps me restore balance.

My hope over time is to maintain a clean lifestyle, support my body as much as I can, and eventually work toward the lowest effective dosage possible.

For me, healing was never about choosing sides.

It was about learning balance.

2024: FOOD AS MEDICINEWhen my allopathy doctor prescribed the medication, I asked the question I had asked for years:“Wh...
08/05/2026

2024: FOOD AS MEDICINE

When my allopathy doctor prescribed the medication, I asked the question I had asked for years:

“What about my diet?”

He said,
“You can eat anything.”

HOW I had waited to hear those words.

For years, diet had been the hardest part of this journey. I fought it, resisted it, and even called it my “prison diet.” I made endless doodles about it.

Back then, all I wanted was freedom. And now… I finally had it.

But something felt different.

After everything I had learned — the elimination diets, the trial and error, understanding what caused inflammation and what helped — I just couldn’t go back.

My first thought was:
No, I can’t.

Somewhere along the way, I had changed.

I wasn’t rebelling anymore.
I was aware.

I understood my body.
And I actually cared for it.

So I made a new kind of choice.
At home, I continue to eat clean, simple, and mindful.
(Though yes, I did sneak Amul butter back into my life after ten years — I had missed it!)

And when I go out, I allow myself some freedom.

Not mindless. Not restrictive.

Just balanced.

Funny how the thing that once felt like a prison…
became something I now choose for myself.

2024:When my allopathy doctor prescribed the medication, I asked the question I had asked for years:“What about my diet?...
08/05/2026

2024:
When my allopathy doctor prescribed the medication, I asked the question I had asked for years:

“What about my diet?”

He said,
“You can eat anything.”

HOW I had waited to hear those words.

For years, diet had been the hardest part of this journey. I fought it, resisted it, and even called it my “prison diet.” I made endless doodles about it.

Back then, all I wanted was freedom. And now… I finally had it.

But something felt different.

After everything I had learned — the elimination diets, the trial and error, understanding what caused inflammation and what helped — I just couldn’t go back.

My first thought was:
No, I can’t.

Somewhere along the way, I had changed.

I wasn’t rebelling anymore.
I was aware.

I understood my body.
And I actually cared for it.

So I made a new kind of choice.
At home, I continue to eat clean, simple, and mindful.
(Though yes, I did sneak Amul butter back into my life after ten years — I had missed it!)

And when I go out, I allow myself some freedom.

Not mindless. Not restrictive.

Just balanced.

Funny how the thing that once felt like a prison…
became something I now choose for myself.

Life update - 
Part 6: — 2024/25Say hello to Stripy 2.0!After months of adjusting to the medication, something slowly be...
22/04/2026

Life update - 
Part 6: — 2024/25

Say hello to Stripy 2.0!

After months of adjusting to the medication, something slowly began to shift.
My body was stabilizing. The pain was easing.

For the first time in a long while, I felt like I could breathe again.

Living with rheumatoid arthritis during a flare isn’t just about pain. It slowly takes away the simplest parts of life.

At my worst, even holding a glass of water or picking up a pen felt difficult. Movement became slow and cautious.

So when my body finally began responding to treatment, getting my life back felt extraordinary.

I could travel again.
I could work again.
I could go to concerts, dance, jump, and move freely again.

I could finally do all the little things without pain.
And for the first time in a long while, I could truly feel my body again.

What a journey it has been.

It took patience, discipline, and a lot of resilience. But it also reminded me how powerful the body can be when given the right support.

Today I feel strong, stable, and deeply grateful.

Stripy 2.0 is officially back. 💛

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