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Shreyank Khemalapure engages in a discussion with Vasudhendra Shroff about his book, ‘The Unforgiving City and other stories', which was published by the Penguin Vikingin 2021The book written by Vasundendra and translated by Mysore Nataraja

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Mar 11th, 2024 27m 4s

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Rajshree in conversation with Dr. Ghazala Jamil, on her book ‘Accumulation by Segregation: Muslim Localities in Delhi’, published by the Oxford University Press in 2017. The book explores the processes of creation and articulation of social i

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Sunaina Shah talks to Ebba Koch on the book titled ‘The Mughal Empire from Jahangir to Shah Jahan: Art, Architecture, Politics, Law and Literature’. The book is edited by Ebba in collaboration with Ali Anooshahr and published in 2019. It is a c

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Sunaina Shah talks to Ray Meekar, author and photographer of the book Building with Fire, published by the CEPT University Press. The book is a compilation of Meeker’s best studio ceramics, with some essays that accompanied his show catalogs. T

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Arul Paul talks to Tereza Kuldova and Mathew A. Varghese, editors of the book Urban Utopias: Excess and Expulsion in Neoliberal South Asia (Palgrave Studies in Urban Anthropology). The book brings together anthropologists and critical theorists

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Rajshree talks to Rahul Mehrotra about his latest book ‘Working in Mumbai, RMA Architects’ published this year in 2021, by the CEPT University Press. The book is a critical reflection on thirty years of practice of RMA Architects and is structu

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Arul Paul talks to Anshuman Gupta on his book ‘Celebrating Public Spaces in India’ co-authored with Archana Gupta. The book explores the architectural identity and socio-cultural-functional strength of urban public spaces by analysing fifty vi

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