Making Delhi Livable: Architects in the national capital
At the center of India, Delhi is a city of markets and malls, monuments and historic places. A capital city with all facilities, and yet promises a green and sustainable...
BV Doshi’s Office, Ahmedabad
In the early 80s on a visit to Ahmedabad I had a chance encounter with architect BV Doshi who had just constructed his office ‘Sangath’, on the city outskirts. An...
An Anthropologist in New York
In the late twentieth and early twenty first century Polynesian anthropologists travelled to Europe and the United States and wrote vivid accounts of their encounters with strange cultures and practices....
AI, ChatGPT and the end of Intelligence:
When I began this article, it did cross my mind that I could have gotten Chat GPT to write the piece about itself. While it was busy piecing together a...
Thinking Small
A unique exercise in urban living, a Tokyo apartment today is made of a single room that incorporates living, dining, and a cupboard containing two sets of clothes and shoes;...
Confessions of a Failed Comic
If you examine the relationship between politics and stand-up comedy, the similarity is startling. In India, political decisions often lead to results which are a form of high comedy: what...
The Migrant as Citizen
For many years I lived as a temporary resident in a small American suburban town. Within the short ambit of my home there, I had easy access to recreation, sport...
Where Black Lives Don’t Matter
West Indian cricket captain, Darren Sammy recently pointed out that through the course of last year’s IPL matches he was often called the K word by Indian players. Kalu has...
Is Living without Laughter really living:
In 1934 during America’s Great Depression President Franklin Roosevelt initiated something called the Public Works of Art Project. At a time when millions were desperate, hungry and depressed, the program...
Making Delhi Livable: Architects in the national capital
March 26, 2024
BV Doshi’s Office, Ahmedabad
February 23, 2024An Anthropologist in New York
November 23, 2023
AI, ChatGPT and the end of Intelligence:
September 30, 2023
Thinking Small
September 2, 2023
Confessions of a Failed Comic
September 2, 2023