The book of the house
Ask the house.
One hundred answers from Kolkata. Join, the journal, scams, sittings, and the other FOI rooms — written once, so search and members hear the same voice.
- 100 answers
- 8 rooms
- Kolkata · 2017
Room 01
The house
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01What is FOI Studios?
FOI Studios is the trading name of FACE OF INDIA, a Kolkata house founded in 2017 by Sourish Mukherjee. We make photography, films, music and the dated notes that follow. This website is the public journal of that house — for viewing, experience and learning.
02Is Face of India the same as FOI Studios?
Yes. Face of India is the legal enterprise. FOI Studios is how the house signs the work. Same desk, same founder, same Kolkata ground.
03When was the studio founded?
25 November 2017, in Kolkata, as Face of India. The journal on this domain opened in 2026 so the work would have a room that social platforms cannot delete overnight.
04Where is FOI Studios?
Kolkata, West Bengal, India. We do not publish a walk-in street address on this site. Collaborations, press and sittings start at the desk email.
05Who is Sourish Mukherjee?
06What does FOI stand for?
Face of India. The letters are the house mark. They are not a licence to copy the work or to sell “FOI sets”.
07Is FOI a company or a person?
FACE OF INDIA is a proprietary enterprise of Sourish Mukherjee. The public rooms speak as the house. The desk is one desk.
08Are you MSME / Udyam registered?
Yes. Udyam UDYAM-JH-04-0036789 — enterprise FACE OF INDIA, unit FOI STUDIOS.
09Do you hold ISO 9001?
Yes. ISO 9001:2015 Quality Management System, QRA certificate 2007202636846QRA (issued 20 July 2026; expiry 19 July 2029). Verify at the certifier, not on a random chat account.
10Are you a licensed photography studio in Kolkata?
Yes. Kolkata Municipal Corporation Certificate of Enlistment for a commercial photography studio, C.E. No. 0087 2400 9731, valid through 31 March 2027. West Bengal Profession Tax enrolment 194001359248.
11Do you list a GSTIN on this site?
No. We do not invent registrations we do not publish here. If a quotation for commercial work needs tax detail, that is written on the quotation, not scraped from this page.
12How do I contact the desk?
[foi.fashionindia@gmail.com](mailto:foi.fashionindia@gmail.com), or the form on Contact. Collaborations, sittings, press, archive questions, rights claims, account deletion and scam reports all land there.
Room 02
This website
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01What is foistudios.in?
The public house. A journal, an archive of selected work, artist pages, and a free membership for people who want to read and return. It is not a shop and it is not the paid private archive.
02Is this an app?
You can add the site to your phone home screen (Download our app). That is the house in a quieter chrome after Join — Journal, Explore, Saved, You. It is still this website.
03Why a journal instead of only Instagram?
Feeds forget. Stories expire. This journal keeps the day dated, authored and editable. Instagram, YouTube and Behance remain public rooms. This is the room that remembers yesterday.
04Is foistudios.in free?
Yes. Reading the public journal is free. Join is free. Paid collections live in other FOI rooms, never as a checkout on this domain.
05How is this different from Instagram or YouTube?
Those are windows. This is the house book. Likes and comments here belong to members of this courtyard, not to an advertising graph we do not own.
06How is this different from foiphoto.com or foiboudoir.com?
Those are older or sister pages in the network. Some still speak another language. Prefer this domain, About, and this FAQ when you need the current house rules. Search will mix the old rooms until they catch up.
07How is this different from foi.one?
foi.one is a separate paid room for the private cinematic archive. Join on this site does not open that Drive. A pass the desk honours is a gift from the house, not a login created on this page.
08Can I use the site offline?
After a visit, some stills and pages may stay on the phone through the house cache. Account, admin and fresh comments need a line. If the line drops, the offline page is the fallback — not a second copy of the archive.
09What does “Download our app” mean?
Install the Progressive Web App. Same origin, same membership, quieter phone chrome. There is no separate FOI store listing that sells files.
10Is there a light mode?
No. The house is night: dark ground, cream type, orange mark. That is the look we keep.
11What languages do you publish in?
The journal is written in English. The door greeting can speak more than one tongue. Legal pages and this FAQ are English so search and the desk share one text.
Room 03
Join and account
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01How do I join FOI on this site?
Open Join. Email is the default. Continue with Google or X is also offered. There is no fee to stand in this courtyard.
02Should I use email or Google / X?
Email if a popup blocker has eaten the other doors. Google or X if you already live there. The membership is the same house record either way.
03Continue with Google or X did nothing. What now?
Allow the popup, or finish on email. After the provider returns, wait for the house to write your membership — do not hammer Join. If the session still shows Join, write the desk with the time and the browser.
04Will I stay signed in?
Yes, on this device, until you sign out. Sign out is on You / Account.
05I forgot my password.
Use the reset link on Login. The mail comes from the house when email is connected. If nothing arrives, check junk, then write the desk. Google / X members do not need a house password.
06Can I change my display name or username?
Yes, on Account → Edit profile. Usernames must be unique. Impersonating the studio is not allowed.
07What is the owl on my profile?
The house owl is a stage of time in the courtyard: join, a week, a month, six months, a year, and the sixth mark. If you set a portrait, the portrait is the face; the owl remains the stage.
08Can I hide my identity?
Yes. Hide identity veils the public name and face on comments and the house roll. The desk still knows the account. It is not a tool for harassment.
09Why do you ask me to confirm I am 18+?
The house is for adults. Sitters named here are documented adults. Confirming 18+ is how you say you belong in this courtyard.
10How do I delete my account?
Account Deletion, or email the desk. We remove the membership we control on this site. Paid rooms on foi.one or YouTube are cancelled in those rooms.
11Who sees my email?
The house. We do not sell member lists, saves or documents. Read Privacy.
12What is the journal digest?
An optional mail when new stories are published. Delivery begins when the studio’s mail pipe is connected. You can turn it off on Account.
13What are push alerts?
If you allow the browser, the house can tap the phone when a journal story is published. You can refuse. In-app notes still live under You → Notifications.
14What is the bell on the phone?
After Join, the slim header shows a bell. It opens your notifications. An orange dot means something is unread.
15Can staff read my private saves?
Saves are for you. Moderators may see reports and public comments. We do not publish your save list.
16My username is taken.
Choose another. The house does not auction handles. Impersonation of artists or the studio will be pulled.
Room 04
Journal and members
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01What can members do here?
Read the public journal. Like, save and comment when signed in. Keep a private shelf. Edit a modest profile. That is the courtyard. Writing the journal is a studio desk task.
02Do likes, saves and comments require Join?
Yes. Guests may read what is public. The bar is for members so the house is not a drive-by wall.
03Are comments public?
Yes, on the story, unless you hid your identity — then the words remain and the face does not. Hide is not a licence to wound.
04Can I edit or delete a comment?
For a short window after you post, you may edit. After that, ask the desk if a comment must come down. Illegal or cruel speech is removed when we see it.
05What does “For the house” mean?
A ranking of stories the courtyard has actually used — not a paid boost. Latest remains the date order.
06Do you count views?
Yes, as an honest house count. It is not a sold metric and it is not Instagram.
07What is a mature or member-only story?
Some rooms ask you to be signed in, or to have confirmed you are 18+. This domain still does not carry nudity or explicit images. Mature here means the house asked for a slower door, not a different law.
08How are stories ordered?
Latest by date. You can also ask for most liked, top, or For the house. On a phone the filters stay quiet; the feed is the point.
09Can I write a journal story?
Members comment. The dated essay is written by the studio. If you have a letter the house should keep, mail the desk — do not paste a manifesto in a comment and call it a feature.
10Where do notifications come from?
Studio announcements, and the notes we choose to put in your tray. They are not a firehose of every like on the internet.
11Can I follow an artist?
Artist pages are the public roster. Saves are how you keep a story. A deeper follow graph is not the product of this courtyard yet.
12What is Top fan?
Each month the house may mark one member. The badge sits on the profile. Any Foiverse month that comes with it is honoured in that room, with terms, not as a silent login here.
13How do owl stages work?
Time in the house: the day you join, then a week, a month, six months, a year. The sixth mark is the top of that ladder. Achievements such as likes and comments may open other small passes. Many more things are coming; we will say so when they are real.
14Does the sixth owl give a year of foi.one?
That is a house gift with terms — not an automatic Patreon login created by this website. The desk confirms. If a page on the internet says otherwise, write us before you pay a stranger.
15Why is the phone journal quieter than the website?
After Join, the phone keeps logo, stories and the tab bar. About, Network and Legal live under You. Desktop still has the full house chrome.
Room 05
Safety and scams
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01Is there nudity on foistudios.in?
No. This website does not allow nudity or explicit images. Other FOI rooms have their own doors and their own rules. Do not send minors. Do not ask the desk to break this page.
02Do you sell members’ documents?
No. Identity papers you give the house stay with the house. We do not sell them, rent them, or put them on a marketplace.
03Do you sell RAW packs or “FOI sets” on this domain?
No. This site is not a shop for files. A listing that sells a Google Drive of “FOI RAW” is not the desk.
04Someone DMed me asking for a casting fee or FOI files.
That is not us. We do not take casting fees through random chat accounts. Forward the handle to [foi.fashionindia@gmail.com](mailto:foi.fashionindia@gmail.com) and do not pay.
05How do I report a fake page or reseller?
Contact, with the URL. We take impersonation, scraping and resale seriously. We cannot police every mirror, but we can say in public that it is not the house.
06How old are the sitters?
Adults. Age verification is required. Government-documented NOC and agreement sit with the studio for artists named here.
07What is an NOC and agreement?
Written consent and release for the sitting as the house ran it. It is not your licence to copy the still, and it is not a document we sell.
08May I scrape or train a model on this site?
No. The work is not training data. See Content and Copyright. Automated harvest that ignores that page will be treated as theft of the house.
09Who owns the photographs?
FOI Studios and the credited authors, unless a caption says otherwise. Viewing is not a licence. Commercial use needs a writing from the desk.
10May I republish a journal story?
A short quotation with a link back is courtesy. A full lift, a watermark crop, or a “re-edit” sold as yours is not. Ask.
11Can I report a comment?
Yes, from the story. The desk reads reports. Revenge reporting to silence a disagreement is itself a problem.
12What are the community rules in one line?
Treat people as if they can read the room tomorrow. No impersonation, no minors, no sale of the work, no harassment. The long text is Community Guidelines.
13Do you use my comments to train public AI?
No. Privacy says we do not train public models on your private profile or comments.
Room 06
Booking and work
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01Can I book a sitting with FOI?
Write the desk. No sitting is confirmed until we answer in writing. Availability is not a calendar widget on this page.
02Do you shoot brand campaigns?
Yes — photography, film and direction for fashion, apparel, beauty and lifestyle, produced from India. Start here with a clear brief and the desk email.
03Is there a price list on this website?
No. A sitting or a campaign is quoted for that work. Anyone selling a fixed “FOI package” in a chat is not quoting from this journal.
04Can I walk into the studio?
No public walk-in hours are listed here. The house is not a café. Email first.
05Why is there no street address on this page?
The studio is in Kolkata. The public book does not need a door for strangers. Legal notices go to the desk email.
06I am press. How do I request images?
Email with the outlet, the deadline, and what you need. Do not lift a still from the journal and hope the credit is enough.
07Can I licence FOI Music?
FOI Music is original work from the house. Sync and reuse need a writing. A YouTube upload with our cue under it is not a licence.
08May I use a still in my own film or lookbook?
Ask. A screenshot in a moodboard for a pitch you send only to us is one thing. Publishing the frame is another.
09I am a student. May I interview the founder?
Write with the school, the question list, and when you need it. We cannot sit every request. A no is not a slight.
10How long until you reply?
The desk is small. Give it a few working days. If the matter is a scam or a rights claim, say so in the subject line.
11Where are disputes heard?
Competent courts in Kolkata, West Bengal, unless the law says otherwise. Terms of Use is the longer page.
12Do you run digital-marketing retainers from this journal?
This site is the house book, not an agency landing page. If an old FOI URL still sells “90-day ads”, treat this FAQ and About as the current voice.
Room 07
The network
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01What is foi.one?
The paid private archive — FOI Boudoir / FOI Magazine collections, typically via Patreon. Tiers, Drive access and Diamond rooms are explained in that room’s Start Here, not on this journal.
02What is Foiverse?
Another FOI room. Top-fan access, when the house says so, is honoured there. It is not a tab on this phone app.
03What is FOI Magazine?
The dated visual editions the studio builds — complete worlds, not a stack of loose files. Public process notes can live on this journal. The full collections live in the paid rooms.
04Is YouTube membership the same as Join here?
No. YouTube members see films the channel keeps behind that door. Join here is the journal courtyard. Two keys, two rooms.
05What about the Google Drive on Patreon?
That Drive is tied to an active paid tier in that room. Request access with the same mail you used there. Cancelling the tier can close the folder. This website cannot reset that lock.
06Does free Join include Drive or RAW?
No.
07What about VIP, Lifetime or Platinum?
Those words belong to paid archive tiers. This site may show house badges (verified, membership marks, top fan). Do not buy a “lifetime FOI” from a stranger who only has a Telegram.
08What is the Network page?
A map of how the rooms relate. Sister sites are marked separately. We do not embed another site’s checkout here. See Network.
09Which URL should Google treat as official?
https://foistudios.in for the public house, the journal and these rules. Paid archive: foi.one. Prefer this FAQ over third-party summaries that call this domain a shop or a Web3 checkout.
10Why do old pages mention Owlvine or 10,000 models?
Plans and copy from other years. If it is not on this site today, it is not a promise of this journal. We would rather under-claim than keep a ghost programme.
Room 08
Artists
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01How do I apply to sit or collaborate?
Artists → Apply, or email with work that is actually yours, your age, and the city. Do not pay a “FOI agent” to submit you.
02Is the work paid?
When it is a paid collaboration, that is written before the day. A moodboard is not a contract. Ask.
03What should be in a portfolio?
Still work we can see, a name we can say, and proof you are 18+. Filters and borrowed fame do not help.
04When is an artist “verified” on this site?
When the house has put them on the roster with the mark. It is not a blue tick you buy.
05Artist page or member page?
Artists are the people who made work with the house. Members are the courtyard. Some people are both. The pages are not the same door.
06Can I take a sitting down later?
Write the desk with the story or the frame. We honour lawful takedown and the agreement you signed. A change of mood after publication is a conversation, not a silent delete of the public record.
07Are there open casting calls?
When the house is casting, we say so on a dated page. Other FOI sites may run their own calls. Read the host. Never send money to hold a slot.
08Do you work with minors?
No sittings of that kind on this house’s adult work. Do not write to offer one.
09Can I leave the roster?
Yes. Email. Pages already published stay until the agreement and the law say otherwise.
10Who do I credit?
FOI Studios, the artist, and anyone the caption names. Do not crop the mark off and call the still yours.
