Samode Haveli
On a recent trip to Jaipur, I made stops at the Rambagh Palace, Sujan Ram Mahal, Bar Palladio, Cafe Palladio and Samode Palace--each beautiful in their own way, but the one that stood out for...
Travel
A Living Repository of the Past
In the markets of Mussoorie, Uttarakhand are stores and people that still live with an independence of thought. Take for instance this quaint store—an old jewellery shop that has retained most of its original design....
Not Just A Summer Home
Kilmarnock is not just a summer home. It’s a home that’s been loved and lived in for decades through Himalayan summers, springs and winters by Shivranjani Singh, a CAM practitioner and her family, descendants of...
Room 01
Jhunjhunu district of Rajasthan lies a bastion of heritage and handiwork—the Narain Niwas Palace. The owners, living simply, continue to reside in the sandstone fort--once a beacon of royal tradition and arts, it now ages...
Discovering Beauty by the Roadside in Rajasthan
Natural interior design has an elegance of remembrance; an almost forlorn, ageing beauty that stands out even in the starkest environments. Driving along a highway, when glass-clad and neon-lit buildings whizz past, we often find ourselves...
Lost Mountain Arts
In the peak of summer, one is always drawn to the cooling, calm embrace of the mountains. Tall pines, grand oak trees lopped by sturdy hill-women and the awe of snow peaks on the horizon....
Self-Contentment
I find myself constantly removed from the fast banter of city living and placed in remote towns, where a natural lifestyle has been practised, with few alterations, for centuries. Cities usually instill desire and the mountains for...
Orchha- Sunsets & Sandstone
A small town that became the hub of temples, palaces and stone chhatris or cenotaphs—Orchha is a wonder in stone by the humble banks of the Betwa river. It is said that there was a...
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...
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...