“That’s the ideal meeting…once upon a time, only once, unexpectedly, then never again.” ― Helen Oyeyemi Last year when I came back from Hunza, my friend Minhaj Mujtaba made me talk to this wonderful woman Rae Hadley after seeing the spark I had for traveling solo. Rae was in Hunza at that time on her solo […]
Resurgence after Reflection
IT HAS BEEN 1 AND A HALF YEAR SINCE I WROTE A BLOG HERE, AT CIRCLING AROUND PLACES. This had to be in capital letters because I can’t believe it too. Also I feel like the old lady in titanic who started her story with a statement just like mine, and trust me when I […]
A Box full of Culture and Colours
“Imagination is the beginning of creation. You imagine what you desire, you will what you imagine and at last you create what you will.” ― George Bernard Shaw I, solemnly swear that I have the most creative friends in the entire world and, YES they make me want to prance around in excitement […]
Traveller’s Goodbye Gifts Exchange
“To say goodbye is to die a little.” ― Raymond Chandler, The Long Goodbye Every day we meet people, hang out with them and then say goodbye. I call them the ‘Wayfarers of life’. They are not entirely constants although they might change into one at any given time, but basically they are there for […]
Project Urbanities – Day One – The One With Iron Pipes And Truck Art
In November 2016, I signed up for a project, which I now consider to be one of the best experiences of my Architectural and photography journey. The Goethe Insitut hired me as a photographer for their Project called ‘Urbanities’. Although it started out as a photography assignment, but it turned out to be an exceptional architectural […]
Post Birthday Happiness
First of all, Happy New Years to all my readers! I hope your 2017 is better than your 2016. I hope this year brings you lots of happiness, love, success and ofcourse TRAVEL and money! I hope you are blessed with the best. To start off with this year, I’d like to dedicate a quote […]
The Art Of Words
Hey everyone! There has been a series of events that made me unable to write. YES. A gap of one month is very inconsistent. I agree. I had some family commitments and then lately I have been feeling very down. The reason I have been down is because I have not been clear about my […]
#ProjectMustakbil
Few weeks ago while I was scrolling down my instagram feed, I found this really cool initiative called ‘Project Mustakbil’. I messaged the owner to tell me the details, and turns out I was talking to my friend Sana Hameed. She was my batch mate in the architecture school. I had just met Sana a while […]
The Magical Faces By Hussain Khalid
There has always been a long debate on whether architecture was art or science. Honestly. Architects are the ‘jack of all, master of one’. Architects are engineers, artists, historians, sociologists, mathematicians, photographers, philosophers; in fact an architect is a ‘know-it-all’. It is important to be a know-it-all if you want to be an architect. Often […]
The Casa Studio By Mina Rizvi
From the last 4 months, I have been preaching ‘research based learning’ and ‘incorporation of daily practices’ that would help us grow mentally, socially, and economically. The more I got to know things, the more I realized I could design better, cost effective and socially responsible. This is probably something everyone knows, but once you […]