{"id":629372,"date":"2026-09-19T08:08:10","date_gmt":"2026-09-19T08:08:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/629372\/"},"modified":"2026-09-19T08:08:10","modified_gmt":"2026-09-19T08:08:10","slug":"anamika-khannas-sophisticated-kolkata-home-is-an-art-filled-homage-to-tropical-modernism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/629372\/","title":{"rendered":"Anamika Khanna&#8217;s sophisticated Kolkata home is an art-filled homage to tropical modernism"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Eclecticism has always been Anamika\u2019s forte, widely regarded among the country\u2019s finest couturiers\u2014with a client roster that goes from Sonam Kapoor to Kelly Rowland, from Ranveer Singh to Akash Ambani. The Anamika Khanna label, founded in the 1990s, stands out for its artisanally fuelled contemporary Indian style, conflating traditional embroidery and embellishments with art- and tribal-inspired motifs and graphics, surface engineering, draping techniques, and deconstructed tailoring. A daring vocabulary that echoes in AK-OK, the clothing brand she created in 2020 with her sons Viraj and Vishesh, which was acquired by Reliance Brands a year later.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Image may contain Architecture Building Furniture Indoors Living Room Room French Window Window Cup Door and Table\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"ResponsiveImageContainer-dkeESL cQPiWi responsive-image__image\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/DSCF9303(1).jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>This sculpture in the living room, composed of brass bells, is by Paresh Maity. Art and artisanal objects occupy every wall and corner of the home.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Image may contain Wood Hardwood Stained Wood Crowd Person Art Painting Indoors Interior Design and Furniture\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"ResponsiveImageContainer-dkeESL cQPiWi responsive-image__image\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/DSCF9271.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Signature fashion motifs from Anamika\u2019s label stand out on furnishings.<\/p>\n<p>At Anamika\u2019s home in South Kolkata\u2019s Alipore neighbourhood, her luxe idiosyncrasy and elaborate craftsmanship appear in measured doses. A trio of sheer ivory chikankari partitions greet visitors on entering through the front door; beige couches in the living room draw their shine from a set of cushions embroidered with dull silver. Embroidered panels adorn the walls on staircase landings, leading up to the terrace, each frame depicting part of a towering Tree of Life\u2014symbolic, notes the designer, of the life that thrives all around her.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Eclecticism has always been Anamika\u2019s forte, widely regarded among the country\u2019s finest couturiers\u2014with a client roster that goes&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":629373,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[267204,307,304,305,306,308,93,55809,61,60,22058,267205],"class_list":["post-629372","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arts-and-design","tag-anamika-khanna","tag-arts","tag-arts-and-design","tag-artsanddesign","tag-artsdesign","tag-design","tag-entertainment","tag-fashion-design","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-kolkata","tag-kolkata-homes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/629372","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=629372"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/629372\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/629373"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=629372"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=629372"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=629372"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}