10 objects that define Indian design

Editor’s Note: Jahnvi Lakhota Nandan is a writer and perfumer with a doctorate in architectural design from the University of Tsukuba, Japan. Shivani Gupta The exact origins of planter’s chairs are unknown, but the British administration is believed to have imported them to India from Sri Lanka, where they were widely used on tea plantations. They were later exported as “Indian chairs” to British colonies, and they remain an integral part of the landscape on India’s tea plantations. But the new meters also lacked something emotional – the driver couldn’t “feel” the start of his ride, which was always marked with a clockwise flick of the flag. Shivani Gupta After independence, the Indian military agreed to acquire 800 motorcycles from England’s Enfield Cycle Company – on the condition that they were manufactured indigenously.