SPACES Sept issue 2017

ARCHITECTURE
“SO MANY OF THE FONDEST
MEMORIES OF MY LIFE ARE
ATTACHED TO THIS HOUSE. I
WAS BORN AND GREW UP HERE.
EACH OF MY 7 SISTERS WERE
MARRIED IN THE COURTYARD
OF THIS HOUSE AND SO MANY
OF MY NEPHEWS HAD THEIR
BARTAMAN THERE. FOR ME IT IS
NOT JUST PERSONAL BUT ALSO
A PROFESSIONAL ATTACHMENT.
INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL, WHICH
I STARTED WITH MY SISTERS,
WAS IN THIS HOUSE FOR
DECADES AND I SPENT MOST OF
MY CAREER TEACHING YOUNG
CHILDREN TO READ AND LEARN
HERE. I WAS SAD TO SEE THE
COLORS, CEILINGS AND OTHER
DESIGNS THAT I GREW UP WITH
BEING CHANGED. BUT I AM ALSO
HAPPY THAT MY CHILDREN HAVE
GIVEN THIS HOUSE A NEW LIFE. I
UNDERSTAND THAT WITH ME THE
HOUSE HAS A HISTORY BUT WITH
THEM IT ALSO HAS A FUTURE.”
- PRAFULLA PUDASAINI: THE
MOTHER, WHO WAS BORN IN
THE HOUSE AND RAN A SCHOOL
THERE FOR 46 YEARS.
32 / SPACES SEPTEMBER 2017