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Placemaking
- Jul 8, 2016
- 1 min
People Called Ahmedabad: Postcards #1
By the very talented Krittika Bhattarcharjee: Series 1
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Saylee Soundalgekar
- May 8, 2016
- 2 min
At the 'happy' street
I arrived at Ahmedabad only to be welcomed by the strong smell of the signature 'chai'. The modern city that was burning at 40 degree...
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Vishankha Gandhi
- Apr 29, 2016
- 3 min
The Mumbaikar with Multiple Personality Syndrome
It is 6.30 am on a Sunday morning and as expected, the Juhu beach is brimming with people; an ideal condition for a game of 'what’s their...
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Saylee Soundalgekar, Narrated by: Suresh Kambli
- Apr 22, 2016
- 2 min
Food for a better living
Reva and Suresh were resting on the sands of Juhu beach slurping the green, pink, orange juice of the ‘gola’. Neha, their eight year old...
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Vishankha Gandhi, Narrated By: Mira Mamnani
- Apr 15, 2016
- 3 min
Sanskaar Express from Karachi to Carter Road
Imagine a stage without performers, without an audience, without the chaos of the back stage, without the animating effects, nothing,...
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Saylee Soundalgekar
- Apr 9, 2016
- 3 min
The Golden Allure
The ferry left the docks with the squealing children, energized families and popular Bollywood music playing in the background. Some...
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Sriram Natrajan
- Apr 5, 2016
- 4 min
Ahmedabad Encounter: Experiences of the City (Day 5-8)
Day 5: The next day I was lucky to meet Hamid Raj, who is currently faculty at Cept University. Hamid was born and raised in the old...
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Sriram Natrajan
- Apr 2, 2016
- 4 min
Ahmedabad Encounter: Experiences of the City (Day 1- 4)
March had been a busy month. Let me share some field notes from one of our authors: Sriram Natrajan While doing research on a city,...
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Vishankha Gandhi
- Apr 1, 2016
- 3 min
In clasp of the sea
Clank, clank, clink. The sound of conch shells rapidly clanking against each other and clinking on a wooden surface sharply resonates in...
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Saylee Soundalgekar, Narrated By: Sachin Sharma
- Mar 25, 2016
- 3 min
Tagging Bombay
Laid back on a couch on his twenty feet long hall of this office, Sachin Sharma re-counts his decade in Mumbai. The founder member and...
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Placemaking
- Mar 20, 2016
- 1 min
Authors onboard!
As I continue to summarise the notes, let me introduce you our authors on board as well: - Ipshita Karmakar & Shivani Mehta- currently...
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Vishankha Gandhi, Narrated By: Fawan a.k.a. Amaze
- Mar 18, 2016
- 3 min
"Brother, you rap!"
"Basically it's a long story," says Fawan a.k.a. Amaze, a professional rap artist, in reference to his music journey. Doning a military...
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Saylee Soundalgekar, Narrated by: Mrs. Mahadeshwar
- Mar 11, 2016
- 3 min
Once upon a time...
Mrs Mahadeshwar tottered her way through the freshly moistened red soil of the ground in front of the Taraporewala aquarium with a group...
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Placemaking
- Mar 10, 2016
- 2 min
Discovering Ahmedabad
The panel discussion was extremely useful for the team. There were a bunch of things we gathered from all the conversations. But here are...
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Vishanka Gandhi
- Mar 5, 2016
- 4 min
The circumstantial coach
Two-thousand five hundred feet above sea level, a mountainous region covered with wild forests and acres of spice plantation, with...
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Vishanka Gandhi, Narrated by: Hesh
- Feb 26, 2016
- 4 min
The blue reel
Miracles By Walt Whitman 1819-1892 Why, who makes much of a miracle? As to me I know of nothing else but miracles, Whether I walk the...
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Placemaking
- Feb 24, 2016
- 2 min
Discovering Ahmedabad
February 13, 2016 Hutheesingh Visual Art Centre Our flight landed and a pleasant breeze kissed our faces as we stepped out. It was a...
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Saylee Soundalgekar, Narrated by: Clince Varghese
- Feb 19, 2016
- 3 min
Into the depths
Swarming along the sands, untainted waves broke themselves along the shore. The sky was filled with a riot of orange, yellow, pink,...
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