purvimody
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‘Perhaps home is not a place but simply an irrevocable condition.’ —James Baldwin, Giovanni’s Room What is a home? Merriam-Webster’s dictionary defines it as the place (such as a house or apartment) where a person lives. “Right now his home is a small apartment. People are concerned about protecting their homes.” The psychology of home… Read more
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A research paper I had written for the Hyderabad-based NGO, ‘Levellers Foundation’~ ~~~ With the advent of times and over the course of the pandemic, we have seen tremendous changes in our lives, not to mention our job roles. We have started viewing all aspects of existence with an introspective lens and it has given… Read more
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How our cities take us places, and why we remain stationary. A piece I had written for a competition. The brief required us to imagine emerging urbanscapes in corroboration with 21st century India.~~~ This essay is pieced together by fascination, amazement and the irony I see in developing transport infrastructure in 21st century India. A… Read more
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Young designers vs. COVID-19 pandemic A piece I had written for the 25th edition of IIID-HRC’s Insider magazine. ~~~ Life comes at you fast, and we got the best example of this in March 2020. A whirlwind of a month changed our lives as we know it and we were made to take it in… Read more
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A piece I had written as an assignment for a writing class, where we were asked to render an image from Steve McDonald’s colouring book ‘Fantastic Cities’, as per our liking and write a 50 word note. I was inspired by the graphic from New York city’s Manhattan and made it my own… When one… Read more
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7:45PM, 17 December 2018, Coomaraswamy Hall, Bombay Hearts pounding with the excitement, mostly of leaving work early, my colleagues and I boarded the Western Line to take us down South to Fort. The train ride there was us contemplating what the talk would be about and to perhaps, gain some wisdom from the renowned architect… Read more
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