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Ep. 08: The Comicverse, Anuj Kale

Anuj Kale gets candid while discussing his journey in architecture and comic making. Listen to the episode to hear his thoughts on simplifying stories for the common folks, running a business, and a lot more!

Guest: Anuj Kale

Designation: Founder, Leewardists

Bio: Anuj is an architect and an urban designer who prefers to write and draw about the profession rather than talk about it. Anuj has been writing and illustrating comics for the past nine years and has conducted over 150+ workshops in colleges across India in collaboration with his partner, Shreya. He has been part of making comics at Leewardists which caters to 3 lakh + viewers across the globe.

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Ep. 06: Strategic Communications, Tanya Khanna

Tanya Khanna talks about strategic communications in the built environment in this episode of the talks. Listen on to know her views on how content has evolved in the AEC sector and to know her views on a lot of the contemporary issues of the media sector in the architecture industry.

Guest: Tanya Khanna

Designation: Founder, Epistle Communications

Bio: Indian Architect and Curator, Tanya Khanna has committed herself to Democratising Architecture –– giving a global voice to design and to all those who practice, influence, or experience it. She is the founder of Epistle, the first and largest communications consultancy for architects and designers in South Asia. Through her work with more than 150 leading architects, design practitioners, real estate developers, artists and design brands, Tanya has been passionately advocating good design for over 16 years. Trained as an architect in India and London, Khanna brings with her an intrinsic understanding of what businesses in the design and AEC domains need to Be Known.

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Ep. 06: The Mainstream, Shiny Verghese

Shiny Varghese talks about the status of the representation of built environment in the mainstream media in India today. Listen on to get important points on the entrypoints for the mainstream media in the country, and how she advices prospective candidates to approach the entrypoints.

Guest: Shiny Verghese

Designation: Senior Editor, The Indian Express

Bio: Shiny Varghese is Senior Editor at The Indian Express, New Delhi. In her 12 years, she has been following design and architecture in the country, lending her voice to urban issues and tracking new approaches to design.

Her stories have evaluated the relevance of design and promoted the need for thinking about it as a way of life. From interviews with architects to stories on new materials and experiments in practice, she has attempted to present the connect architecture has with people and society.

In her 18 years as a design journalist, she has developed a keen sense of design, asking the simple yet important question: ‘Is it necessary?’ She has helped edit books and journals on design and architecture for practices and organisations and has been on the jury of national design competitions.

In the past, she has worked with the India Today Lifestyle group, the Deccan Chronicle and Down To Earth.

Trained at the Asian College of Journalism, Bangalore, she completed her Masters in English at Stella Maris in Chennai, and her schooling from St Mary’s Convent, Mumbai, and Our Own English High School, Dubai. She lives and works in Delhi.



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Ep. 05: Writing Architecture, Apurva Bose Dutta

Apurva Bose Dutta lays out architectural writing in the current context for my audience. Listen to the episode to know why she expresses the need for fluidity in 'design media' while reminding the fraternity to be mindful of what content it produces and call it 'architecture journalism'.

Guest: Apurva Bose Dutta

Designation: Author, Architectural Journalist, Curator, Editor, Educator

Bio: Ar. Apurva Bose Dutta is an Indian author, award-winning architectural journalist, curator, editor, and educator based in Bengaluru. An alumna of the Chandigarh College of Architecture (2005), Apurva's professional journey of 18+ years has seen global collaborations with architecture-design multimedia publication houses, firms, organizations, and institutions.

Recognized for her pioneering initiatives in architectural design writing in India, Apurva works at the intersection of architectural design writing, curation, critique, discourse, communications and thinking. She is passionate about writing, curating architecture-design content and discourses, professional speaking, offering training initiatives in architectural writing, and consulting for academic and professional platforms. 

Apurva has been invited by the Australian and Finland Governments to represent the Indian delegation at the International Media Visits of Architectural Writers in Melbourne (2016) and Helsinki (2018). Author of Architectural Inheritance and Evolution of India (2023) and Architectural Voices of India (2017), Apurva is widely published and holds advisory positions with several renowned global architectural and design platforms.

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Ep. 04: Simple Narratives, Mahafuj Ali

Mahafuj Ali gets candid about the power of simplicity and small actions. He isn't someone who minces with his words. Or, his cartoons! Listen to learn about how he focuses on simplicity when making his pieces and how simple narratives can do wonders!

Guest: Mahafuj Ali

Designation: Landscape architect & Cartoonist

Bio: Mahafuj Ali, better known as MAli is a self-taught cartoonist, illustrator, and landscape architect by profession. Presently based in Newcastle, Australia for the past few years and working as a landscape architect. He was born and raised primarily in Krishnanagar, India. He studied Architecture at BESU Shibpur and Landscape Architecture at CEPT Ahmedabad. He has been awarded various cartoon and architectural awards both on Indian & International platforms.

He has been awarded one of the top four cartoonists of India by the Times of India in 2017.

Over the past few years - MAli, as he is lovingly called by his friends & followers, has evolved into a creator of innumerable viral trends on virtual platforms, currently popular in India and reaching about 2 million people every month. He is a regular contributor to the cartoon section of AARO ANANDA, a digital version of Anandabazar Patrika.

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Ep. 03: Keep Writing!, Rahul Saini

Rahul spills the beans on how to approach life as a writer as a designer/architect and shares some sweet and hard truths. He also sheds light on how the various mediums are evolving in today's context, along with other relevant pointers on how the entire media industry in the ACED sector is functioning in the present times.

Guest: Rahul Saini

Designation: Architect & Novelist

Bio: Rahul Saini is an architect from one of the finest architecture colleges in India and also holds a master’s degree in English Literature. His book Those Small Little Things was translated in Hindi and won the award for best translation by The Federation of Indian Publishers in 2011. Paperback Dreams won the A3 Foundation Award for Best Satire in 2019. He has authored seven books and his latest, The Part I Left With You is winning readers’ hearts across the country. Apart from writing, he teaches creative writing and mentors students for Scholastic Writers Academy. He also runs a YouTube channel called Writing Rahul where he talks about book, movies, music and more.

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