Eesha Pethe is an architect/designer, from Mumbai whose primary interest is exploring the intersections between architecture and everyday social practices. Through her practice of designing, drawing, reading and mapping the every day of different urban landscapes, she intends to explore them further.
Articles
Reclaiming Streetwear - how a brand from Dharavi is celebrating the neighbourhood
Dharavi's young fashion entrepreneur, Rohan Mane, shares his challenging yet exciting journey of building a streetwear brand. Dharavi became the perfect ecosystem for his creative experimentation, offering everything from design and stitching to manufacturing, branding, and shipping, all in one place.
Pottering around in a Potter’s Colony - Six decades of a life lived in Kumbharwada
An afternoon rendezvous with Vasu Mama, as he narrates about his long-lived and rich life in Dharavi, his current routine post retirement, his values, ideas and opinions about Dharavi and its future.
Best of both worlds, the inescapable dual belonging of Mumbai's artisans
Pramod Vishwakarma, a carpenter working with the urbz team, talks to us about his connection to the dual places or worlds he belongs to and his indecisiveness over what 'home' truly means to him.