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Nov 11, 2024 | 
homegrown.co.in | A Child |Meera Ganapathi
[This article was first published by Meera Ganapathi on Soup and has been republished here with permission.]We spoke to librarians from Bombay’s oldest libraries to its more contemporary ones to find out what it takes to keep books and reading alive today. Bombay’s libraries are like the city’s soul. The constitution was drafted by Dr Ambedkar, in the 151 year old David Sassoon Library.
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Sep 29, 2024 | 
architecturaldigest.in | Meera Ganapathi |Hannah Starauschek |Ritupriya Basu |Alisha Lad
Colour is making a serious comeback, bringing with it the joy and whimsy that home interiors have lacked for some time now. Culled from the AD archives, here are 5 home interiors that are abundant in colour and exuberance. A 20-Something Artist Turned Her Mumbai Rental Into A Colourful CocoonLiving in rented apartments in your twenties in the city of eternal adjustment, Mumbai, is an agreement with compromise.
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Mar 24, 2024 | 
flipboard.com | Meera Ganapathi
Pratik Gandhi 1 hour ago Madgaon Express Box Office: Kunal Kemmu’s Directorial Debut Sees Growth on Day 2, Film Earns Rs 4.35 Crore In India LatestLY - Team Latestly • 1h Madgaon Express, produced under the banner of Excel Entertainment, features Divyenndu, Pratik Gandhi, Avinash Tiwary and Nora Fatehi in important … India 13 hours ago Kunal Kemmu on directorial debut 'Madgaon Express': No one knew I was writing it Indiatimes - PTI • 13h Mumbai, Actor Kunal Kemmu says he had set out to test...
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Mar 24, 2024 | 
architecturaldigest.in | Meera Ganapathi
Since the beginning of the pandemic Goa has absorbed an endless exodus of settlers, visitors and tourists into the state. Idyllic villages like Parra and even Aldona, are however being splintered by construction and over consumption, as gated communities grow like weeds within disappearing thickets of coconut trees. Even as the rich hack down trees for a ‘view’ and careless tourists accumulate mountains of Bisleris, both parties remain oblivious to the slowly growing contempt amongst locals.
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Jan 11, 2024 | 
vogue.in | Meera Ganapathi
The most outrageous gossip I’ve heard is a ’90s rumour about Richard Gere and a gerbil. No one can confirm or deny the veracity of this story (that he had to be rushed to the emergency room to have the rodent removed from his rectum). All we know is that the intention behind it was undoubtedly spiteful. Malicious intent is possibly why most people view gossip as an unsavoury activity.
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Sep 2, 2023 | 
architecturaldigest.in | Alisha Lad |divya Thakur |Marni Elyse Katz |Meera Ganapathi
This is not just a story about architecture and design. It is a tale of two brothers with a sprinkle of Indian tradition. Courts, courtyards and verandahs have been staples of Indian architecture, but with this Chhattisgarh villa, Varun Goyal, principal architect at Atelier Varun Goyal, attempts a fresh take.
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Sep 2, 2023 | 
architecturaldigest.in | Elizabeth Stamp |divya Thakur |Marni Elyse Katz |Meera Ganapathi
Sacred architecture tends not to conjure visions of a modern church, but Gothic cathedrals with flying buttresses or Baroque churches with ornate ceiling paintings. And though they may feature modern materials or sleeker styles, contemporary churches can inspire as much wonder as their centuries-old counterparts. Architects around the world have taken the traditional elements of church architecture and reinterpreted them within present-day buildings.
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Aug 30, 2023 | 
architecturaldigest.in | Meera Ganapathi |Aditi Shah-Bhimjyani |Ashna Lulla
Living in rented apartments in your twenties in the city of eternal adjustment, Mumbai, is an agreement with compromise. Somewhere within the endless loop of shifting homes and neighbourhoods, you begin to feign blindness to garish golden walls and velveteen beds (if there are beds at all), happy to settle for a tree outside your window, no visible seepage, and neighbours who don’t hate your cat. Which is why designer Mehek Malhotra’s vibrant apartment is especially charming.
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Aug 18, 2023 | 
architecturaldigest.in | Rashmi Haralalka |Ashna Lulla |Meera Ganapathi |Michelle Mastro
In a world grappling with critical climate change, it is the moral responsibility of architects to minimise carbon footprint and bring in eco-friendly practices. For Deep Sakhare, principal architect of Barakhadee Studio, this was the driving ideology and core client brief to design a Pune home rooted in tradition and yet timeless design. Located at Singhgad Road, Pune, Maharashtra, this building was originally the space for a functional gym.
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May 21, 2023 | 
enthucutlet.com | Meera Ganapathi
Heat as a rite of passage in the kitchen. Around the age of twelve, I expressed a desire to learn cooking. “Want to learn to cook?”asked my mother, as she handed me a damp yellow kitchen cloth. “Start with learning how to clean.” I held the cloth like it was radioactive and wiped the kitchen counter with such disgust that I didn’t graduate beyond cleaning duties for the next decade. For a long time, my mother’s kitchen was a place of authority and rigid control.
