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The Thing to be Known Grows with the Knowing: Walking in the Western Ghats from Ignorance to Intimacy.
“The Thing to Be Known Grows with the Knowing” reflects on my experiences walking in the rich and fragile environment of India’s Western Ghats propelled by the question: What does it mean to be a guest, a good guest, in an unfamiliar place?
• 10 Art Deco Buildings to See in Mumbai: A Simple Guide for Your Next Walk
Mumbai’s old cinemas, sea-facing homes and soft pastel façades still hold the quiet rhythm of the 1930s. As the Art Deco Alive! festival wraps up, these 10 buildings offer a gentle reminder to pause, look up and let the city’s design stories guide your next walk. Source: 10 Art Deco Buildings to See in Mumbai:
• Bazaars of Mysore
Bazaars of Mysore is a walk through the city that showcases the growth of the markets in the region through different epochs that enabled it to adopt architectural styles of different times and marry it to the traditional systems of the land.
Bengaluru walkers sketch ‘JAI HIND’ on streets with GPS tracking
The initiative was led by Vikas Ruparelia, 53, Director of a private company and a GPS art enthusiast who has earlier created digital artworks in London, Barcelona, Vienna, Mumbai, and Ahmedabad. Calling it one of his most fulfilling projects, he said: “It took me nearly 30 days to plan the route. Executing it on Independence
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Walking Through a Songline Highlights Australia’s Indigenous Heritage – The Sunday Guardian Live
The immersive multimedia installation ‘Walking Through a Songline’ in New Delhi, organized by the Australian High Commission and KNMA, showcases Source: Walking Through a Songline Highlights Australia’s Indigenous Heritage – The Sunday Guardian Live
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Infinity rooms, walking tours, and glass-blowing : A guide to Mumbai’s most unique experiences | Architectural Digest India
From Yayoi Kusama’s Infinity rooms to guided Art Deco tours, AD India has curated a list of diverse, unique experiences for you to indulge in. Source: Infinity rooms, walking tours, and glass-blowing : A guide to Mumbai’s most unique experiences | Architectural Digest India
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Rediscovering India’s lost queer icons: a tour of Old Delhi’s secret history | Global development | The Guardian
The queen who dressed as a man and the eunuch who built a mosque are just two highlights of a journey through 800 years of India’s rich LGBTQ+ heritage Source: Rediscovering India’s lost queer icons: a tour of Old Delhi’s secret history | Global development | The Guardian
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Walking on art: How a pair of custom sneakers explains India’s newest cultural obsession – BusinessToday
Here’s a review of the Nike Court Vision x Red Cartoon, a custom sneaker by a homegrown brand called Knickgasm, and how this company is shaping India’s custom sneaker market. Source: Walking on art: How a pair of custom sneakers explains India’s newest cultural obsession – BusinessToday
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A walk to reclaim the night — women go on Delhi trail of roads named after other women
‘Women Walk at Midnight’ is a group that organises walks for women across the city of Delhi to give them a chance to feel safe in public spaces at night. Leaving stickers at places along the way ….. Source: A walk to reclaim the night — women go on Delhi trail of roads named after other
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Walk economy
Far from disappearing, pedlars have a pervasive presence in cities—around busy intersections such as traffic signals, metro stations, tourist spots, bus terminals, railway stations, religious places, public parks and monuments; within residential localities, neighbourhood markets and industrial areas; outside office complexes, educational institutions, hospitals, shopping centres and even malls and supermarkets. They ply an entire gamut of trades from knife-sharpening, shoe polishing, miracle cures and ear-cleaning to providing chai and snacks, as also a wide range of commodities. This essay is a response to the images captured by Gopal in his city Mumbai, from the location of my interest as an anthropologist in forms of walking in the city as well as the associational life of streets around the locus of economic activities.… Continue reading Walk economy →
The future in Delhi’s present
Different parts of the city hold different meanings for those who come to live in it. The footpath to a bus stop in East Delhi, the view of Purana Qila from a mudrika, the first ice cream at India Gate, a market, a park, a housing colony, a route or a stop accumulate to make the city for us, and in strange and invisible ways also make us. Yet, we continue to exist in ourselves and in cities in this constant play of the visible and ever-changing present, jousting constantly with our memories and our present navigating through a place. … Continue reading The future in Delhi’s present →
My Teacher, Sunil Kumar
This piece is the first in a series of reflections on and conversations with interpreters who have embedded themselves in the city they translate to others. Their imageries and imaginations provide ways of seeing the past and present of the city as also forms of caring about the city to future generations of interpreters.… Continue reading My Teacher, Sunil Kumar →
An untitled journey
Vasu was off to a great start today. She was ready for office, well in advance to relish a steaming cup of chai and eat two parathas at an appreciate-each-morsel pace. On most days, breakfast was a paratha–jam roll, gobbled on the march to the bus stop. Today she had fifteen opulent minutes to reach the bus stop instead of the usual eight minutes that commanded dusty shortcuts, hasty footsteps and frantic waving to stop the bus. If only any of that had made a difference.… Continue reading An untitled journey →
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