Of Home and Heart

Nur Kaoukji, the creative director of Jaipur-based lifestyle brand Ecru, traces the shared echoes of Indian and Arabic design histories in all her works as RAJASHREE BALARAM looks on.

- RAJASHREE BALARAM

Be it funerals or weddings, there used to be countless platters of food going in and out of our homes,” reminisces designer Nur Kaoukji of her childhood in Kuwait. “We’d leave the doors open all day so people could come in freely without feeling the need to knock. Such hearty hospitality has always been central to our communities, our gatherings, our very existence—in both the good and the bad. When I came to India, I was struck by how things are no different here.”