Do You Like It? Can machines be made to silently ‘learn’ our aesthetic preferences? Can we empirically decode our intuitive likes and dislikes? Can the game of numbers intrude upon the world of art? Can creativity, in turn, be mechanized?
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In May 2018, I conducted a heritage walk titled ‘The Hidden Tombs of the Sayyids and Lodis’, in collaboration with Sahapedia Walks and Talks. The walk was aimed at exploring and appreciating the architectural value of a few lesser known
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Rohit Raj and Chinmaya Maharana, along with myself formed the band Nomadic Three in 2016, and we had some real good fun jamming and performing over the past year. Recently, we decided to go in for our first recording session.
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Glimpses of the heritage walk titled ‘The Unsung Mosques of the Lodi Period’. The walk focused on three wonderful yet rarely visited Lodi period mosques – the Muhammad wali Masjid, the mosque of Darwesh Shah, and the Nili masjid. It
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On the 14th of Sepember 2016, we performed during the Onam celebrations at the CEPT University campus. We played three pieces: Improvisation on the Mausam and Escape theme, the Game of Thrones theme, and an improvisation on Pichle Saat Dino
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They said he was mad, That he was not fit for this world. Rarely did he speak, Little fellow, thin and meek, At whom many an abuse was hurled… They said he was dull, That he was not like
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On the 29th of October 2017, I conducted a heritage walk titled ‘Jahapanah: Exploring a Lost City’, in collaboration with Sahapedia Walks and Talks. The walk was aimed at rediscovering the lost glory of Jahapanah, one of the medieval cities
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I graduated as an architect from IIEST, Shibpur, and recently completed my M.Arch in Urban Design from CEPT Ahmedabad. Check out a selection of my work!
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The Tomb of Salim Shah Suri (Islam Shah): The glory that never was. “Hidden from the world, and little known even to the local residents of Sasaram, lies another tomb – a tomb that could well have surpassed the glory of
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The Tomb of Khan – i Jahan Tilangani The tomb of Khan i Jahan Tilangani, Prime Minister to Sultan Firoze Shah Tughlaq is of immense architectural importance as it is the first tomb to incorporate an octagonal plan form. It
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