Around Bandra
I travelled to Mumbai on work in March and chose to stay in Bandra. For the unacquainted, Bandra is a trendy, cosmopolitan coastal suburb in Mumbai and usually a convenient place to be based at. There...
Influences
Solitude
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...
More From Lucknow
Wandering through Lucknow en route to Palaces and Imambaras with a client, art, masonry & woodwork catch our attention. Their fading resplendence against lush green foliage makes the walk one to remember . We notice...
Lucknow- Fading Splendour
Lucknow is dotted with grand homes in varying states of disrepair. Fading beauties, once resplendent, they lie silently on the banks of the Gomti or stand lost in mazes of the old town. They’re usually...
Indian Winter Palettes
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...
Mornings, Natural Inspiration, Interiors
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...
Experiencing the Artistry of Geoffrey Bawa
Bawa makes interior design and external architecture come together in a manner that leaves one with a sense of belonging and yet also, a sense of wonder. As the father of tropical modernism, a term that...
Chettinad
Written by Sugandha Das and Shivani Dogra The Chettiars, ousted from their lands due to a tsunami, chose a dry place to call home. A merchant community, they were eager to build life in a...