As far back as lighting designers Prateek Jain and Gau-tam Seth, the co-founders of Klove Studio, can re-member, Goa has been a dream—a shared fantasy, where they would go and live by the sun and sand someday. Their reasoning was simple—everything seemed perfect, the beaches had their own story and there was always good food cooking in some alley or the other. “It was a milestone. We thought if we owned a house in Goa, we’ve made it in life,” says Jain. And finally, in 2018, it happened. The year of the pandemic ensured that the duo split their time between two bubbles, their home and studio in Delhi and their second home, in Goa.
“We all see Goa as a place where we can let go of ourselves,” he continues. “I’ve done all of that and some more. Some days I might be feeling particularly hedonistic and some days I might not. But Goa is also the mecca of healers, practitioners of alternative medicine and yogic gurus. And from the safe vantage point of my home, I want the best of both worlds,” adds Jain, who, with Seth, has created a loving space to let go even as they rest and recuperate from their hectic city lives.
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