The 25Hours Hotel in Florence meticulously manifests the philosophy that travelling is a portal of endless discovery. A series of concept hotels in cities like Zurich, Paris, Berlin, Hamburg, Vienna, Munich, and Dubai, the 25Hours Hotels are designed in an individualistic way and exude a unique charm.
Following a flight, a car ride, a walk and then a chopper, we reached our destination. Jammu, a city mostly visited by spiritual travelers, is located in the western part of the northern most state of India, Jammu and Kashmir .A coolie whispers ‘ghode loge?’( “would you like a horse?”) in my ears and a most overpowering smell of horse poop fills my nose and then my face. I see sharp-jawed Himalayan men carrying people’s bags, taming horses and even lifting older men and women. There are many shops on both the sides of the road, all selling red netted fabric to offer to the goddess in a cave on top of the hill with coconuts and sweets in a jute bag.
Read MoreI visited a house that belonged to a Punjabi household in Delhi from 1991 ( no one lives here anymore) to investigate the residential interior design from the 90s. Some of the questions I had were -
How does design affect our idea of home? Does the familiar create comfort? Is there a sense of belonging in objects, visuals, materials?
Read MoreThis photo was taken in 1979, in Jammu during pilgrimage to Vaishno Devi.My father born in 1968 grew up in Bathinda, Punjab with four of his siblings and extended family of 19 cousins all living on the same street.
Read MoreI have a faded memory of getting out of a train early on a winter morning, around 5:am. I must have been 8 years old, layered in various sweaters and jackets. My sister was about 5 and my brother was 2 years old.
Read MoreLiving in the north of the country, most of our family holidays used to be in the Himalayas. I remember going to Manali, Shimla, Nainital, Mussoorie and Kathmandu with my family in the 90’s.
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