Gargi Gupta

Stories by Gargi Gupta

Meet India's biggest collector of banknotes

Meet India's biggest collector of banknotes

Rediff.com   23 Sep 2010

Rezwan Razack, a real estate developer, is opening the country's first museum of banknotes printed in India since 1770s

What makes this TV show such a hit with Indians?

What makes this TV show such a hit with Indians?

Rediff.com   27 Jul 2010

The plot-lines are simple, often simplistic, the characters are plastic, and the production values basic -- so what makes C.I.D, the crime thriller on Sony, such a hit?

Bhopal: 'Hindus piled on pyres, Muslims in graves'

Bhopal: 'Hindus piled on pyres, Muslims in graves'

Rediff.com   28 Jun 2010

Many photographers descended on Bhopal after December 3, 1984, but the work of Raghu Rai and Pablo Bartholomew define, for most people in India and the world, the unspeakable horrors of the 'worst industrial disaster ever'. Their photograph of a lifeless infant, nothing but his face visible against the backdrop of a mass grave, has become the definitive image of the disaster.

The man behind The Japanese Wife

The man behind The Japanese Wife

Rediff.com   7 Apr 2010

Meet Kunal Basu, the novelist of the book which is turned into a movie by Aparna Sen starring Rahul Bose, Raima Sen and a Japanese actress.

Endometriosis: What women should know

Endometriosis: What women should know

Rediff.com   7 Jan 2010

Indian women continue to suffer endometriosis while Padma Lakshmi is its celebrity face.

The Leela reflects Gurgaon's rise

The Leela reflects Gurgaon's rise

Rediff.com   4 Jan 2010

The interiors of The Leela Kempinski, Gurgaon have been carefully designed to reflect the city's evolution.

The art of designing modern homes

The art of designing modern homes

Rediff.com   9 Aug 2008

Anjana Bhargav fashions a modern home that's at once plush and comfortable.

India's first solar housing complex

India's first solar housing complex

Rediff.com   2 Aug 2008

This is Rabi Rashmi Abasan, India's first "solar housing complex". Piloted by the West Bengal Renewable Energy Development Authority (WBREDA), the 26 villas in this complex are a showcase for the exciting possibilities that BIPV - building integrated photovoltaic - technology offers for residential projects of a similar nature.

My home, my castle

My home, my castle

Rediff.com   7 Jun 2008

From sussing out exclusive addresses to doing up the interiors - Casa Forma is a one-stop property services outfit for the uber rich

The 'ugly' cup of joy

The 'ugly' cup of joy

Rediff.com   7 Jun 2008

Designed in-house by Orra, a jewellery house that specialises in diamonds, the IPL trophy is pure bling.

Bringing nature home, inexpensively

Bringing nature home, inexpensively

Rediff.com   10 May 2008

Wildlife filmmaker Mike Pandey's house is an interesting space where inexpensive materials have been used to create expressive environs. Concern for the environment, for maintaining harmony between the built area and surrounding nature, and respect for all life forms is evident everywhere in the Pandey house. Most of the articles around the house have been salvaged from other places and everything is ecologically recycled. This is one house where every member has space.

Now, apartments go the eco-friendly way

Now, apartments go the eco-friendly way

Rediff.com   3 May 2008

Move over swimming pools and health clubs - eco-friendly is the new must-have in the high-end residential sector.

The 'new' in Indian architecture

The 'new' in Indian architecture

Rediff.com   29 Mar 2008

Jagan Shah, architect and historian, picks on 20 mid-career architects and calls them the new moderns. He believes these architects define the contemporary Indian style of building. But contemporary is not an architectural style that merely tacks on Indian motifs or symbols to the structure, or mimics vernacular architecture. Shah picks on multidisciplinary insights and a widening of agendas to include concerns about climate ecology and gender, going beyond national identity.

How's the interior decor in retail stores

How's the interior decor in retail stores

Rediff.com   9 Feb 2008

Indians have evolved as consumers...but retail design hasn't exactly kept pace. Except for a few stores

Can Chennai overcome urbanisation woes?

Can Chennai overcome urbanisation woes?

Rediff.com   12 Jan 2008

Will the second master plan and MAP Chennai Region help the city overcome the problems of rapid urbanisation?

Trends in India's booming realty market

Trends in India's booming realty market

Rediff.com   29 Dec 2007

The other trend is towards the big and bigger, especially in the retail sector. Take The Great India Place in Noida, Unitech's 15 lakh sq ft "shoppertainment" destination which opened earlier this year.

Blending buildings with nature

Blending buildings with nature

Rediff.com   8 Dec 2007

Architects Anupam Bansal and Rajesh Dongre find interesting ways to blend their buildings with the surrounding landscape.

Indians go for expensive bed linen

Indians go for expensive bed linen

Rediff.com   8 Dec 2007

Bedding is becoming a major buy for spendthrift Indians. Many luxury bed linen brands are entering the market.

Dreams of a good life

Dreams of a good life

Rediff.com   24 Nov 2007

Golf Course Road in Gurgaon symbolises smart new India like almost everything does in this Haryana boom-town. Swish, glass-cladded IT, ITeS offices; big, and bigger, malls; and a series of premium, gated residential complexes along the broad, dusty avenues here -- DLF BelAir, Parsvanath PrideAsia, EmaarMGF's Palm Springs, etcetera, etcetera. It is thus only fitting that something called "Street of Dreams" should be located along this road.

Indian realtors eye projects abroad

Indian realtors eye projects abroad

Rediff.com   15 Oct 2007

In a notice to the stock exchanges a few days ago, DLF declared that it was going to consider international acquisitions and investments in development projects abroad. Ansals API tied up with Malaysia's UEM Group to form a 60:40 joint venture company, Ansal Api-UEM Contracts Pvt Ltd, which could bid for government projects in Malaysia, as also projects worldwide.