Talking Architecture: Raj Rewal in Conversation with Ramin Jahanbegloo

The fourth in the series of Ramin Jahanbegloo's interviews of prominent intellectuals who have influenced modern Indian thought, in Talking Architecture Jahanbegloo converses with Raj Rewal, one of India's leading contemporary architects. The book addresses issues encompassing the aesthetic foundations of Indian architecture, architecture in the twenty-first century, and Rewal's work, among others, to produce challenging ideas and provocative suggestions on the role of an Indian architect in a global context. The dialogue flows effortlessly from Rewal's descriptions of his early life in undivided India and his experiences in Europe to discussions on Indian architecture as well as on architecture in a globalized world. Recounting the life and ideas of Raj Rewal in his own words, this engaging volume includes a large number of visuals-photographs and drawings and sketches-to capture the essence of architecture.

Ramin Jahanbegloo, well-known Iranian philosopher, is currently associate professor at the University of Toronto. He is the author of Talking India: Ashis Nandy in Conversation with Ramin Jahanbegloo (OUP 2006), India Revisited: Conversations on Contemporary India (OUP 2007), and, most recently, India Analysed: Sudhir Kakar in Conversation with Ramin Jahanbegloo (OUP 2008). Raj Rewal is one of the leading contemporary architects in India. An Associate of the Royal Institute of British Architects, London, and Fellow of the Indian Institute of Architects, he was Professor, School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi, and has also taught at MIT, Boston.