Vaishnavi Nayel Talawadekar

2 weeks ago | architecturaldigest.in | Vaishnavi Nayel Talawadekar

If there was one thing COVID taught Rohit Dwarakanath, it was that life is better outside the office. “And by that, I don’t mean working from home,” guffaws the forty‑something, Hyderabad‑based entrepreneur, who quit his IT job after the pandemic to follow his heart. “Around this time, I started an off‑the‑grid IT consultancy,” continues Dwarakanath, an avid biker.

2 weeks ago | flipboard.com | Vaishnavi Nayel Talawadekar

3 hours agoC Raja Mohan writes: Pakistan’s Asim Munir has made a gamble at Pahalgam. India must not let it succeedAncient Chinese strategist Sun Tzu said: “If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know …1 hour agoMangaluru mob lynching: 36-year-old Kerala man identified as victim, 20 arrestedMangaluru Police Commissioner Anupam Agrawal said the motive behind the brutal attack is still under investigation.

2 weeks ago | architecturaldigest.in | Vaishnavi Nayel Talawadekar

Architect Dhiya Anna Charley isn't the tardy type, but there was hardly a day last summer when she didn’t arrive at The Lofts, Kochi, to find her client already settled comfortably on the sofa. “Liya would usually arrive a little early and quietly settle into one of the living room setups,” she says of the Kochi furniture store—formerly a residence—which she had designed in 2020 and where, in the following months, she would come to know Liya George.

2 weeks ago | architecturaldigest.com | Vaishnavi Nayel Talawadekar |Douglas Friedman

Randall Mays, businessman, investor, and philanthropist, knows how to throw a good party—if your idea of a party involves meditating on grass under open skies (the kind you sit on, not smoke). Interior designer Christina Simon of her eponymous Austin studio can attest to Mays’s definition, having had a hand in transforming his circa-1915 bungalow in Travis Heights, Austin, into a space that’s grandpa-chic by day and trippy by night.

3 weeks ago | architecturaldigest.in | Vaishnavi Nayel Talawadekar

If cats have nine lives, Jil Salia and Harsh Shah’s clients’ kitties might never want to transition into their next. “They’re pretty content in this life,” confirms architect Jil Salia of the twin felines whose domestic escapades could put Garfield to shame. “It’s true—especially when they’re nesting in the tunnels or commandeering the couch like it’s their personal throne,” she jokes.