Book Cover of “A Queer Reading of Nawabi Architecture and the Colonial Archive - Lucknow Queerscapes.” By Sonal Mithal and Arul Paul (1)

Book Announcement | A Queer Reading of Nawabi Architecture and the Colonial Archive: Lucknow Queerscapes, by Sonal Mithal, and Arul Paul

July 1, 2025 No Comments

A Queer Reading of Nawabi Architecture and the Colonial Archive, by Sonal Mithal and Arul Paul, explores the architectural production of nawabs Asaf-ud-Daula and Wajid Ali Shah and reveals the colonial bias against queer expression. It offers methods of using queer strategies to read archival evidence against the grain and rewrite erased, overlooked, and suppressed histories.

Sonal Mithal - Architectural Heritage in India

“Our role begins when people approach us, identifying something as their heritage and wanting help to preserve it, promote it, or extend its life.” – Sonal Mithal

August 1, 2024 No Comments

The second conversation of “Architectural Heritage in India” series with Dr. Sonal Mithal focuses on the challenges in architectural heritage conservation, emphasising the need to balance preservation with development, involve communities, and make heritage accessible and relevant to contemporary needs.

Patterns of Mylapore. Photography by Vinoth Chandar

“There are no experts who can define conservation and how things should be done because heritage has very much to do with society.” – A.G.K. Menon

August 22, 2024 1 Comment

Architectural Heritage in India series features a conversation with A.G.K. Menon, delving deep into the meaning of heritage and the challenges in the field.

Narratives between old and new – Deeksha Somaiya

January 16, 2023 No Comments

Deeksha Somaiya talks about Contemporary Indian Approaches to Adaptive Reuse.

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Book Announcement | A Queer Reading of Nawabi Architecture and the Colonial Archive: Lucknow Queerscapes, by Sonal Mithal, and Arul Paul

“Our role begins when people approach us, identifying something as their heritage and wanting help to preserve it, promote it, or extend its life.” – Sonal Mithal

THE NASIK PROJECT | Conversation on India’s Small Cities

THE NASIK PROJECT | Conversation on India’s Small Cities

“Heritage without people or cultures has no meaning.” – Gurmeet Sangha Rai

“There are no experts who can define conservation and how things should be done because heritage has very much to do with society.” – A.G.K. Menon

Narratives between old and new – Deeksha Somaiya

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Search Results for: Sonal Mithal

Book Announcement | A Queer Reading of Nawabi Architecture and the Colonial Archive: Lucknow Queerscapes, by Sonal Mithal, and Arul Paul

“Our role begins when people approach us, identifying something as their heritage and wanting help to preserve it, promote it, or extend its life.” – Sonal Mithal

THE NASIK PROJECT | Conversation on India’s Small Cities

THE NASIK PROJECT | Conversation on India’s Small Cities

“Heritage without people or cultures has no meaning.” – Gurmeet Sangha Rai

“There are no experts who can define conservation and how things should be done because heritage has very much to do with society.” – A.G.K. Menon

Narratives between old and new – Deeksha Somaiya

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