Join us at Arthshila Ahmedabad for the Panel Discussion ‘Between Memory, Make-Believe, and Reality’ with Palash Vaswani, Pamaljeet Singh, moderated by Sweety Taur.

DETAILS:
Date: 26 July 2025 | Saturday
Time: 6.30 pm onwards

This panel brings together perspectives on Indian domestic life in film and architecture to discuss invisible negotiations, memories and materialities of how homes are lived and imagined. Unpacking film, architecture and curation as acts of worldbuilding, the discussion explores how memory becomes material, and how these mediums influence the way people imagine & make homes. We will reflect on everyday design intelligence, cultural specificity, and slow evolution of home life depicted through films and architecture while critically engaging with questions of authorship, representation and ethical responsibilities of shaping the narratives about domestic life. The conversation invites deliberation on ways in which homes can be civic spaces, how films and buildings might act as living archives and how creative practitioners can stay close to truths, frictions and futures embedded in places we call home.

Palash Vaswani is the acclaimed director of Gullak Seasons 2 & 3, both Filmfare OTT winners for Best Series. Known for his deep grasp of real Indian life and its quiet complexities, Palash brings warmth and authenticity to every story he tells. With a strong storytelling vision and an eye for the everyday, he has now directed Bada Naam Karenge, for Rajshri Productions. A former Executive Creative Director at TVF, Palash began his OTT journey with Permanent Roommates Season 2 and went on to direct audience favorites like Awkward Conversations and Cheesecake. An IIT Bombay alumnus, he started his career in advertising at Lowe Lintas and now works independently as a director and creator.

Pamaljeet Singh is Principal Architect & Co‑Founder of “tubb”, an architecture practice dedicated to creating spaces that are relevant and responsive to human needs, culture, and nature. He believes the design should allow us to celebrate the nuances of everyday life—resource-efficient creations that appeal to all the senses and carry the essence of our culture.

He also serves as Senior Designer at Studio Pallavi, which aims to produce thoughtful, handcrafted products.

Together with his partner Srishti, he also runs a passion-driven initiative called the Chandigarh Architecture Lab, which focuses on documenting and promoting Chandigarh’s architectural legacy in its purest form. Pamaljeet studied architecture at MNIT Jaipur, earned a Master’s in Furniture Design from NID Ahmedabad, and completed a semester in Innovation Design at UNIFE, Italy.

Sweety Taur is a designer, curator, and academic working across ethical design, social histories, crafts, and earth building. She is Co-Founder of the Dehradun-based Prolog Collective, creating immersive learning experiences, narratives, and objects. She specializes in home and hospitality furniture and lifestyle products, and is a former faculty member at the National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad’s Furniture and Interior Design department.

Venue: Arthshila Ahmedabad
2-G, Opposite Ahmedabad Management Association, Panjrapol, Ambawadi – 380015.