Kurula Varkey Memorial Lecture 2015

I was initially under the impression that I was to give an ordinary keynote speech. I was hoodwinked by the students. Because they later sent me a mail saying that I was to give the Kurula Varkey Memorial Lecture. And those who know Varkey will understand the level of responsibility that that entails. He was a person whom we knew for so many years and I propose that today’s talk will be more like a conversation with him. More like a reflection upon where we are, what the world around us is today, what is architecture today, what is education today.