The larger the scale, the more the square footage and finer the detailing. Here's why. When large volumes come into play people tend to either overfill or keep it so minimal that it looks banal and boring. However, architects and designers know there's a middle path that takes into account both form and functionality; and puts together a space that creates nothing short of magic. We had the privilege of meeting one such magician, architect Jaskaran Singh of Fab Studio, Delhi.
But first, let's start from the beginning. In 1976 Sarbjit Singh (Jaskaran's father) set up Fab Interiors. Over the next four decades, the firm grew to over hundred architects, did large scale projects across the globe and was unified and rebranded as Fab Studio. Not surprising, Jaskaran didn't know a time where he didn't want to be an architect. "I was associated with this line of work, maybe long before I knew the word architect or the word interior design. I think I felt some connection about doing something, creating something," he shares.
Even as a four-years-old, he was making some very crude drawings for his bedroom, complete with a bunk bed and a staircase instead of a ladder. In class nine he did an AutoCAD course on his own initiative. "So I was always working in this direction," he explains. Not surprisingly, when he grew up he only applied to architecture colleges; finally ending up in School of Planning and Architecture, Delhi.
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He gave the beat to the world
He would pick up the rhythms of each experience of mobility and weave them into his taals. Thus it was that he reflected joy and laughter in rhythmic cycles...such was the magic of Zakir's fingersText and photographs by Raghu Rai
KERALA TOURISM CAMPAIGN, 1989 - TICKETS TO PARADISE
All it took was a catchy tagline-'God's Own Country'-for the world to discover Kerala's wealth of natural beauty. It remains among the best tourism ad campaigns, earning the state a place among top 10 international destinations
SPIRITUALITY - THE GURUS OF COOL
Among the cult Indian gurus, no one had a bigger hold on western minds than 'Osho' Rajneesh. He's also perhaps the role model for the enterprise-building gurus of today
RETAIL SHOPPING - THE MALL MANIA
Shopping malls, a 1990s innovation in India, changed the way the Indian middle class shops. Their success now lies in being 'shoppertainment' destinations, offering something for everyone
CULINARY RENAISSANCE, 1978 - TANDOORI NIGHTS
ITC's Bukhara and Dum Pukht turned the world to tandoori cuisine and had an enormous impact on the F&B industry. Decades on, they are still a pit-stop for celebrities and heads of state visiting Delhi
INDIAN WRITING IN ENGLISH - REVENGE OF THE NATIVE
Rushdie lit the way but Indian writing in English has taken a life of its own in the past few decades, with translated Indian fiction most recently having its moment in the sun
INDIAN ART - A BRUSH WITH GOLD DUST
The 1990s economic liberalisation came as oxygen, lighting up the Indian art scene. Today, artworks by established masters routinely go for astronomical amounts
FESTIVAL OF INDIA, 1982 - CULTURE CAPITAL
The Festival of India grew into a symbol of our 'soft power', introducing our art and aesthetics to a global audience while also helping rebrand our domestic products
THE INDIPOP TREND - DISCO GOES DESI
For ages, the film song ruled. Nothing else was audible. Then came Nazia, charioteered by Biddu, and Indian ears went into a pleasant madness. Literally, Disco Deewane. A whole genre was born
SHOLAY 1975 - THE BIRTH OF THE FANDEMIC
India had seen hits before. But Sholay seared into its collective psyche like a badland bullet. The effect was on a scale never seen before- one film creating a new mass folk culture. And a trail of monster blockbusters that still continues