India, Jan. 6 -- In the Korean bestseller I'm Not Lazy, I'm On Energy Saving Mode (translated by Clare Richards), Dancing Snail writes prose with the aim of making mental health struggles visible and legible. The text is punctuated by cutesy illustrations that outline the dichotomy of mental illness - the urge to simultaneously go out and stay at home, or the urge to be productive all while procrastinating. The illustrations, though charming, are frequently simplistic. Their origin on the author's Instagram - and subsequent compilation into book form - raises the question of whether the shift in medium has diluted their impact, or whether that impact was limited to begin with.

In the book, Dancing Snail talks plenty about mental health s...