Code: WH_OH_005(i)_S1(C1)
Relationship, work involvement with Revathi Kamath & impressions
Summary:She talks about her long association with Revathi Kamath, first meeting in school and then at architecture college. She talks about losing touch but then again regaining connection over a college reunion. She talks about the inseparable threesome she was a part of in college which she fondly recalls was nicknamed ‘Teen Deviyan’. She recalls her academic perseverance and her focus in school while describing her detailed drawings and thesis for a rural project, which she remembers in awe. She moves on to detailing the early projects that she felt were very avant-garde. She also remembers going on trips with Revathi in the late 1980s and then notes how she soon became a recluse for many years after, failing to keep in touch with many friends. She goes through how her personality took a turn through various phases in her life.
She recalls talking about a landscape project she worked on in collaboration with her daughter who is a biologist. She speaks more about her office space and her home while describing her unconventional perspectives. Moving on to her lifestyle and the architectural explorations, she notes the impressions Revathi had on her, noting how it felt minimalist. She talks about the period during which she was very self-sustaining in caring for her ill husband. Furthermore, she talks about how she could not mince words and how she bluntly put her opinion forward which left its impressions. Moreover, she talks about her visible projects and the few later conversations they shared before she passed.
Revathi Kamath
Nina Chandavarkar
Ishita Shah
00.45.06
Offline
06/12/2021
English
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