Prasad Ramamurthy

2 months ago | architecturaldigest.in | Prasad Ramamurthy

Down the road from where the explorer Vasco da Gama reportedly lived in Fort Kochi, two alluring white structures linked by a Bauhausian grey iron bridge house Kara, a quaint boutique hotel that is among the newest additions to the local art scene. In the 1960s, the two buildings, which were once part of the Portuguese East India Company’s mint, were acquired by Bengaluru-based art collector Abhishek Poddar’s family from the English, who, in turn, had acquired these from the Dutch.

2 months ago | architecturaldigest.in | Prasad Ramamurthy

On a crisp November evening last year, a young actor in a canary yellow sari sat on a scarlet, lip-shaped couch, placed in the corner of a football field-sized stage inside Gwalior’s majestic hilltop fort township. Around her a mix of Indian and international performers—trumpeteers, Rajasthani folk musicians, experimental dancers in tutus, more actors—criss-crossed the field in a choreographed swirl of activity. A partially-lit, centuries-old structure formed the backdrop.

Feb 25, 2025 | gqindia.com | Prasad Ramamurthy

The morning had started with perfectly poached eggs on fluffy croissant buns, served with a classic hollandaise sauce. A drizzle of coconut chilli oil and a sprinkle of curry leaf powder had given the dish a surprisingly elevated finish. Lunch had taken the form of a sumptuous thali with home-style coconut-accented preparations and a crisp fillet of fried fish.

Feb 25, 2025 | flipboard.com | Prasad Ramamurthy

The story of a royal kitchen and its push to place Sawantwadi on India’s food map.

Jan 29, 2025 | gqindia.com | Prasad Ramamurthy

My first memories of Yuvraj Yeshwant Holkar, of the storied Indore royal family, are from a 2012 impromptu electronic dance-off at his family’s 14th-century fort-palace in Maheshwar, Madhya Pradesh. The crowd included leading members of Mumbai’s social set, through whom I was introduced to Yeshwant. Over a decade later, sitting in a courtyard of that very fort-palace, above the Narmada river, I remind him of the evening. “That seems like a different lifetime!” he says with a wide smile.