Pankaj Sultania...Pastels & Spaces!

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Pankaj Sultania...Pastels & Spaces!

Sunday, 24 January 2021 | Neha MR Aggarwal

Towards winding up the talk, of course in a plot of space done by him and his team, for the sake of including it here in this write up, I catechized him about the challenges twined with his work. He candidly replied, "None"! This 'none' pulled the conversation an hour longer which otherwise was a wrap.

Pankaj Sultania of Pankaj Sultania Design Studio, Kanke , Ranchi ; invites the sky inside as he believes less in walls and fences. This is clearly seeing and creating horizons.

Whilst his second name transports your thoughts to some Caspian land, he finds his roots in Jhunjhunu , Rajasthan. Born in Bihar and schooled in Darjeeling to be a graduate in Commerce from DU , Pankaj is a case study for those who do not relent to think out of the box at academics. All he did was something a lot fear... treading ones heart. He conveys the romance of celebrating life to his genes as it effortlessly came to him thro' his father.

So at 26, he began moulding wrought iron into furniture at Nagpur while Ranchi awaited him.

Ridhiman apartment at Kanke being his first project and Pankaj bhaiya is a sought after one now.

As you trust him with your space , the only need ever to alter it , would be when you'd wish so as his upholstery and textures won't fall out longer than longs.

How archaics amalgamate with the up to the minute detailing , explained a turquoise jharonkha on a veneered wall at one of his residential projects in Agra. And how you relate to where you belong when everything around is so concretingly grey ! There is this metal meld antelope ambushed in bamboo , ferns and that dragon trees.Another highbrow  Marwari home in Ranchi which smiles of his work where breeze cuts at right angles and sunlight pecking every corner as the joint family enjoys their 'gatte ki subzi' and 'daal baati' on a 10 seater majestic dining table.

His choice for fitments has him trot the globe , frequenting Milan and 'fcourse Delhi and Kolkata in our own Hindustan.

And what if I told you that jade-esque lantern and the green Tara black stone at one of the most talked about eateries in the town are handcrafted at Nagpur and Odisha respectively! So , the scheme is to mend walls and let life large, so the arch and many seating spots. Comfort doesn't need to stake style and speak such the couches which have travelled from anywhere in India or overseas as your pocket permits.

Double hung , awning , transom and bow !

Breezy and a sunlit space, they allow. Windows . As talked , walls are a barrier...to the forces of Nature and life itself , so in his work , you find windows tacking your own easy zone to the out.

Gung-ho about spaces and engineering them to wonders, he is sobriqued 'extravagant' , but when put to answer the same , he clearly keeps in the ambits of your account .

Now that the imprint of his soul on your haven is good as the plinth of your home or office and you become a star only to look down to be gazed at, leaving the budding architects and designers illuminating with ideas and courage , we wished each other to meet again over olives and adrak chai at the newest, our own local trattoria ; my next food-word...word-food !

(The writer is a lawyer by qualification and hails from Patiala, Punjab; now based in Ranchi)

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