A Different Kind of Dream
The Dupleix, where Piya conducted an interview for a story on modern bathrooms, was a much different approach to hotels. This is a modern heritage hotel, which is exactly how it sounds. Teak ceiling moldings from the home of Dupleix, governor general of the French Indian establishments back in the mid-1700s, are here paired with brushed glass walls and highly contemporary fixtures in the small, townhouse space. It's a new definition of luxury from a place like Kailash, and I was happy we were staying where we were - but the owner was very interesting, and I thought his objective of luxury fusion was pretty impressive. My favorite part of the hotel was an enormous mango tree that had not been moved during the building, which now springs up through the courtyard and into the view of all the hotel's interior-facing rooms. Apparently, the walls are so thick that in order to provide Internet connectivity, the wires have to be lashed to the grand tree itself!