Chandigarh: The Modernist Utopia

Following the partition of India and Pakistan in 1947, Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru commissioned famed architect Le Corbusier to design the city of Chandigarh, to signal India’s rise on the world stage. But the city’s architecture and design has become known more for its Western modernist roots, and less as a symbol of Indian nationalism, and furniture that had been intended for the masses are now being auctioned off as high art pieces that wind up in Kourtney Kardashian’s dining room. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Chandigarh: The Modernist Utopia is an episode from Nice Try! by Vox Media Podcast Network.

This episode is 37:41 long.

This episode was published on Jun 6, 2019.

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