Lockdown Reading
On the evening before the second lockdown in Delhi I bought Forgotten Masters, Indian Painting for the East India Company for some easy lockdown reading. The book features the work of Indian artists who were...
Heritage
Unexpected Inspiration
Inspiration can be found everywhere in India -- in the frenetic pace of Delhi, the quiet of the Himalayas and in the landscape of Rajasthan. It is often in the unexpected that inspiration in an...
Little Boxes
Class cannot be bought; it has to be practiced and inspired into elegant interiors and lifestyle. It is no cause for surprise that some of the most elegant Indian interior design today is inspired from...
Colour in the Thar
A humble bastion of history, almost victorious in its sparse, dry lands—Shekawati inspires modesty within the realm of its sublime architecture. Each place in India, especially smaller, historic towns, has its own energy throbbing through...
An Afternoon at The Figueiredo Mansion
On top of the itinerary of a week long visit to Goa was to discover as much of its cultural and biodiversity heritage as seven days would allow. We set out to explore the old...
Stillness
The mountains give solace, to nurture the imagination and to explore stillness—everything that is overwhelmed by urban living. In the quietude of cemeteries, churches and gardens—bookmarks of the Raj in India, often one is able to...
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...
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...