ABSTRACT
Kundoo was at crossroads after her twelfth standard exams and could not choose between fine arts and mathematics. So she underwent an aptitude test and was advised architecture. She joined Sir J. J. College of Architecture in Mumbai in 1984. Though the aesthetics of modernism appealed to Kundoo, its influence remained unconscious to her during her studies. After graduating in 1989, she worked in Mumbai for a year, self-supporting and living by herself. Having rejected the role of an interior designer or doing a commercial job, she chose to write for architectural magazines. Her mother was a homemaker, who did not pursue her own career after the children were born. Based on this experience and conversations with her, Kundoo has never glorified the importance of being a full-time mother.
