Indian weddings are usually a big affair. A series of functions and rituals precede and proceed the wedding ceremony, the preparations for which start months ahead. Do not underestimate the amount of effort and planning that goes in preparing for these wedding events. Especially when you want to throw a great show and not spend […]
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Wedding dress shopping made easy
Planning a wedding is not an easy job. Especially when you want to throw a great show and not spend your parents’ lifetime savings on it. In my next few posts I plan to cover several aspects of wedding planning like – Budgeting, Invitations, Venues, Catering, Decorations & Photography. But today, let’s focus on: dream […]
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A thousand thoughts on marriage
Just a few years back, I was one of those people who always made fun of married people. I didn’t have a lot of faith in the institution of marriage. I was not at all excited about changing my whole life for one person. Especially in India, where the concept of an arranged marriage is […]
I have been a proud vegetarian all my life. And not just a vegetarian, but a Gujarati Jain! I have never used leather products or even tasted honey as those industries harmed animals. But I have always loved cheese, butter, paneer,dahi and chocolates. The roots of compassion were always there within me, but what was […]
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Work+Culture
How I luckily got the best job ever! November 2014, just 2 days after my thesis jury, I saw a mail for campus recruitment from Marathon developers. Usually, an architect doesn’t prefer working with developers as there isn’t enough design work, but, for me, this internship made a lot of sense as the location was […]
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Catching up on the last 5 years
Hi guys, So it’s been almost 5 years since my last post and a lot has happened in my life. I am no longer an architecture college student. I have started working as an architect, built a few really cool projects, turned vegan, opened Imagine – Mumbai’s first vegan restaurant , found the love of […]
Architecture college is always very frustrating in the beginning. At times one has to struggle to obtain passing marks. Initially, it becomes very overwhelming, to try and manage the intense studio hours, long after studio work hours, to familiarize with new skill sets, learn to explain and present oneself, learn to become more observant and […]
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Fundamental quirks of an architect
Comic strips are one of the best mediums to express an idea or explain a situation. Here is a compilation of few illustrations by famous illustratours on the peculiar character of typical architects along their journey through college as a student to the real professional world out there. When assignments put you in awkward socially humilating […]
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We preach, they practise.
I woke up today morning, planning to spend a lazy peaceful Sunday. Joining my family on the breakfast table, little did I know that the Sunday was not going to be that peaceful. My parents had the daily newspaper opened and were discussing the headlines which were about women harassment. They were discussing how walking […]
As I stood at the window sipping my cup of chilled coffee looking at those devil machines digging deeper and deeper into the Mother Earth, I thought about everyone around me in my neighbourhood who were excited above the 54 floor township which is about to completely change the image […]