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This Side, That Side

In Search of Dariya Sagar might be about the Sindhi community’s Partition trauma, but with its questions of identity, communal baggage, fear and shame, it could well be the story of the human condition today.

The Subtle Art Of Influence

A walk through the architecture firm Mancini Enterprises brings with it not just the age-old charm of architecture but also questions of its influence within personal and societal narratives.

The Middle Ground

An applied artist by education, a print-maker at heart, Amit Kumar Jain always wanted to be an artist. It was only after two attempts at the National Institute of Design (Ahmedabad), one at the Faculty of Fine Arts (Vadodara), and three at the College of Art (New Delhi), that he could pursue his dream. Passionate about modern and contemporary art, as-well-as living traditions of India, he calls himself a middle-class collector, with a modest aim to “bust the notion that only big monies can buy art”. I met him at his Noida home, when he was in between jobs after leaving his role of Associate Vice President with Saffronart (the largest Indian auction house) to join the upcoming Museum of Art and Photography in Bengaluru as the Head of Exhibitions.

In Two Minds

From psychologically sensitive biopics to farcical comedies, cinema is forever engaged with the idea of fractured identities.

Mapping It Out

Maps divide, and put us in our place, literally. But they are also an integral part of our identity and can be a beautiful and peaceful study of lines, forms, textures and space.

Bridging The Gap

The G5A Foundation for Contemporary Culture situated in a reconstructed warehouse is more than just a venue; it is a space where innovation and collaboration come together to find expression.

Beyond The Wall

Prayaag Akbar’s debut novel Leila forces us to recognise the walls we’ve built, both in our minds and in our societies, and ask ourselves honest questions about why we guard them so tenaciously.

Following The Heart

THERE ARE PEOPLE OF NON-INDIAN ORIGIN WHO HAVE ADOPTED THE INDIAN PERFORMING ARTS AS THEIR OWN. WE TALK TO A FEW TO SEE WHAT DREW THEM TO IT, THE CHALLENGES IN PURSUING IT AND THE JOY THEY DERIVED FROM IT

A New Dimension To Shopping

FABINDIA LAUNCHES TWO EXPERIENCE CENTERS IN CHENNAI!

The Silence Of Our Gods

Silence is not only a passive condition but a creative opportunity to construct our space, our representations and ourselves.

The Demon's Tears: Water And Worship At Lonar

Formed due to the impact of a meteorite, the Lonar Lake — located in the Buldhana district of Maharashtra — is surrounded by numerous temples, a majority of them in ruins. These temples are probably a reminder of the eternal cycle of life and death, and of the essential sacredness of the site, over the lake itself.

Somaya & Kalappa Consultants It Campus For Tata Consultancy Services Indore, Madhya Pradesh

Designed with water bodies and plenty of green areas, an IT campus in Indore seeks inspiration from the river Narmada that flows through Madhya Pradesh.

Sen Kapadia Architect Bhavsar House Ahmedabad, Gujarat

The role of the architect as an artist and designer is very firmly yet weightlessly articulated in the almost sculptural design of a house.

Sen Kapadia Architect NID Post-Graduate Campus Gandhinagar, Gujarat

A project from the office of architect Sen Kapadia — a campus for an academic institution in Gandhinagar — aims for monumentality through enduring spatial values rather than exaggerated scale.

Le Corbusier's Journey To The East

Taking stock of a collection of letters, columns, and notes, a book on Le Corbusier records the iconic architect’s observations during his many peregrinations.

Robin Hood Gardens Disappearing Worlds

The film by Urban-Think Tank reminds us that the Smithsons’s ideas about the ties between buildings, users and architectural sites no longer have the value they once did.

Djibouti. Flexibility And Tribal Values

In the Horn of Africa, the idea of the home often takes the form of an open space; the house is a place of collective appropriation.

A Confluence Of Cultures

Spanning a period of over a million years, a recently concluded exhibition comprising over 200 invaluable objects chronicles the history of the Indian subcontinent against the backdrop of what was happening concurrently across the world. It encapsulates the idea of syncretism in the many stories shared by India with other nations through the predominant tropes of early civilisations, trade, faith, empires, and the quest for freedom, among others.

V&A Dundee Kengo Kuma

Kengo Kuma’s architecture creates relationships, flows and circulation. The V&A Dundee acts like a gate between river and city

Steven Holl Let's Start From Music

Architecture, like music, surrounds and engulfs us: it's an immersive, engrossing experience. A conversation between Steven Holl and Michele De Lucchi.

Renzo Piano Building Workshop GES-2, V-A-C Foundation Moscow

The institution devoted to contemporary Russian art has commissioned the Renzo Piano Building Workshop to convert a two-hectare urban site into a cultural centre. GES-2 is now an open-air building site. Forty years after the inauguration of Centre Georges Pompidou, how does one design a “non-museum”?

Harbingers Of Prosperity

There Is a Common, Mistaken Perception That Money Is a Man’s Game. However, Women Are Not Just Adept at Handling Their Individual or Home’s Finances, They Have the Ability to Stretch and Grow Scarce Resources and Use Them for the Greater Good

Between The Rangoli Lines

THE PRACTICE OF DRAWING ARTISTIC PATTERNS AT THE THRESHOLD OF THE HOUSE IS NOT MERELY A WOMEN- CENTRIC ACTIVITY BUT ALSO A PRACTICE THAT HOLDS WITHIN IT DEEPER LESSONS ABOUT AND FOR LIFE

Closing The Door To Hell

The Very Sight of the Six Bone Ornaments, Gifted to the Naropa, a Scholar/saint, Is Said to Confer Blessings So Great That the Doors to the Three Lower Realms – Animal, Hungry Ghost, and Hell – Are Closed. What Else Lies in Store at the Naropa Festival, Which Is Held in His Memory?

A Name For Every Relationship...

…AND EVERY RELATIONSHIP IN ITS RIGHTFUL NAME. INDIANS REGARD EVEN COUSINS AND AUNTS/UNCLES THRICE REMOVED AS PART OF THE ‘FAMILY’ AND, INSIST ON ACCORDING THEM THE NEEDED IMPORTANCE AND RESPECT. WHY IS INDIAN SOCIETY DRIVEN BY SUCH AN ELABORATE SYSTEM OF KINSHIP?

'Uncle' Nehru's Us Legacy

Jawaharlal Nehru Is Better Known for His Role in the Independence Movement and as Independent India’s First Prime Minister. However, His Love for Children – Which Is Less Known Outside the Country – Is the Reason Why India Celebrates November 14, His Birth Anniversary, as Children’s Day

Uncommon Ideas For The Common Man - A Commoner's Nest, Zidke, Maharashtra

Designed for a ‘common man’; a biology professor and landscape enthusiast, the Commoner’s Nest extracts extraordinariness from seemingly common means and technology. The project relooks the subjective ideas of luxury, common and uncommon and delivers a project that fits into the brackets proficiently.

Seeing A Collaborative Design Ethic For The Real World

Almost everywhere, one can see ardent walkers on the street vehemently talking, but to no one in particular.

The Pixelated Play Of Expansion And Contraction

For a structure located in a strategic urban corridor PN Architects and Interior Designers devise a ‘Frozen Form’ with interesting geometries that emerge from the concept of expansion and contraction.

Reimagining The Classics

Redesigning Guggenheim Museum, New York City: Prof. Percy Pithawala and his team bag the top honor at international ideas competition to redesign Guggenheim museum in New York City.