Solitude: Some words tell stories without sentences. Like the crumbling mansion in the midst of high rise apartments; Lime plaster peeling, colours painted and re-painted to hide it's wrinkles. With the patio chairs so resolute in their standing, Moving them...
It's a cold, misty, grey day-- the kind that's perfect for bed. But, there's work to be done and calls to be taken, bills to be paid and mails to be written. So, harkening back...
No two mornings are the same, even here in the Himalayas where nothing seems to happen & where one day merges seamlessly into another. The day starts with a walk leading to explorations and forest...
Quietly he lives, quietly he dies, Amidst the wilderness -The Green Grass, U Soso Tham WRITTEN BY SUGANDHA DAS AND SHIVANI DOGRA. Smaller places with slower paces seem to disappear into the rural fog that occupies them in India....
In the Northern Indian plains, winter is the change we seek from the harsh winds of summer— the sultry breeze giving way to a frost-reminiscent lull in the air, the stark blue skies almost white from...
We are SO excited to have found a place on Design Sponge again! Featured is a space where the clients’ requirements and our design met halfway for a success project. As a designer, I've met a number of...
Before Delhi lost many of it's older homes with gardens in the front and back to the 'modern' wall to wall structures of the contemporary builder who cemented fertile land, people grew fruits and vegetables...
Since antiquity, green, in its myriad hues found in the outdoors, has soothed, exhilarated, calmed and excited human senses. From zestier shades of citrus green to more serious olives and soft fern inspired tints-- there's a...
It takes five hours to reach Ziro from Itanagar, the capital of Arunachal Pradesh. The calm, stillness of the valley after being shaken in a loud, reverberating diesel vehicle was particularly striking as we descended...
Intermittent rain has brought down temperatures, and Delhi looks like it’s had a 'somewhat' good wash. With the dust of summer cleaned off foliage, the greens looks brighter and more dense. So dense and so...
Summer in Delhi is best escaped. If you can't get away though, joy must be found where you are, which in our case is in the vicinity of the studio. Shades of ochre, mustard, pink,...
To find botanical inspiration in the chaos of an Indian metropolis can be a challenge but not impossible. It can also be surprisingly satisfying, as some discoveries are unexpected. These 'discoveries', spotted sometimes in the...