Modern Indian Architecture At Its Best

Modern Indian Architecture At Its Best

Contemporary Indian Houses publication InCITE’s +91 RESIDENCES exhibition on contemporary Indian architecture was first presented at Goethe-Institut/Max Mueller Bhavan, Bangalore in 2010. The exhibition showcased 91 architect-designed dwellings, 19 works-in progress and a model display of over 40 houses designed by over 75 architects in more than 25 cities and towns across India between the years […]

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Garments That ‘Heal’

Garments That ‘Heal’

House of Milk has launched a range of ‘healing garments’ and is reviving a 2000-year-old Indian craft with a collection at Wendell Rodricks Design Space in Goa. Wellness, luxury, purposeful design and the intention to revive and sustain cottage industry drive House of Milk, a boutique lifestyle brand founded by Reshma Merchant and Priyanka Kaul Lakdawala. […]

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The Woman Corbusier Envied

The Woman Corbusier Envied

Eileen Gray, was an Irish architect and furniture designer. Born in Ireland in 1878, Gray was from an aristocratic family; she became the nineteenth Baroness Gray in 1895. She attended the Slade School of Fine Art in London where she studied painting. In 1900 she went on her first visit to Paris and visited the Exposition Universelle, an international design […]

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Charles Correa: Cities are not just buildings and streets

Charles Correa: Cities are not just buildings and streets

Last year, over 100 Broadway stars, directors, producers, musicians, choreographers, designers and technicians gathered in front of the police station in Times Square, New York, while a poem titled ‘I Can’t Breathe‘ was rendered by Daniel J Watts. This was done to register a protest and start a conversation about police violence, which had claimed […]

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Poetry In Bamboo

Poetry In Bamboo

Beyond the obvious connotations of the politics of revolution, the name Lenin In Irish means, ‘lover.’ And the young man surrounded by many bamboo installations at the Shanthiroad Studio Gallery, calls himself Lenin for a very good reason. He loves the earth, the cycle of birth and decay and rejuvenation. He loves how nature’s palette changes with […]

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A Caravan Of Hope And Colour

A Caravan Of Hope And Colour

She calls herself Poornima Travelling Sukumar and for good reason. She is currently travelling with a cargo of goodwill to Kashmir in a lorry. This art caravan she says is called Winter on Wheels and is gathering warm clothing for the Kashmiris affected by the recent floods. At every stop, she and her co-traveller Akram Feroz also make […]

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Homestays Decoded

Homestays Decoded

Today, a ‘homestay’ is a much commonly used term than what it was 7-8 years back, when, I first opted for one on my travel to Kerala. Travellers are increasingly experimenting and looking for authentic and local ‘experiences’.  ** Back in 2007, a home-stay was not much heard of. In fact it was possible to […]

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