Apr 06 2024 38 mins
Season 2: Design Media India '24 ed.
Ep. 06: The Mainstream, Shiny Verghese
Shiny Varghese talks about the status of the representation of built environment in the mainstream media in India today. Listen on to get important points on the entrypoints for the mainstream media in the country, and how she advices prospective candidates to approach the entrypoints.
Guest: Shiny Verghese
Designation: Senior Editor, The Indian Express
Bio: Shiny Varghese is Senior Editor at The Indian Express, New Delhi. In her 12 years, she has been following design and architecture in the country, lending her voice to urban issues and tracking new approaches to design.
Her stories have evaluated the relevance of design and promoted the need for thinking about it as a way of life. From interviews with architects to stories on new materials and experiments in practice, she has attempted to present the connect architecture has with people and society.
In her 18 years as a design journalist, she has developed a keen sense of design, asking the simple yet important question: ‘Is it necessary?’ She has helped edit books and journals on design and architecture for practices and organisations and has been on the jury of national design competitions.
In the past, she has worked with the India Today Lifestyle group, the Deccan Chronicle and Down To Earth.
Trained at the Asian College of Journalism, Bangalore, she completed her Masters in English at Stella Maris in Chennai, and her schooling from St Mary’s Convent, Mumbai, and Our Own English High School, Dubai. She lives and works in Delhi.
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