An exercise to understand children’s perception of their city. Draw and Connect Children observe and connect with their environment in unique ways. Cars they look out of, buildings they cross, puppy around the street corner, parlor they buy ice-cream from and bench they sit to relish it; all collectively become their landscape. […]
‘Woo.. plastic spoon nahi chahiyae’ said an elegant voice, as the waiter bhaiya stood perplexed. We return back after a quick visit to the kitchen, our first stop on the Ramdan Food walk 2017 ,choking through the narrow gully into the Nayaab hotel. The waiters dance along in the narrow passage way with unspilt aromatic
Puzzles have always intrigued curious minds. CITY unFOLDED is a set of 27 designed cubes stringed together, as a part of the Tracing Narratives Expo – Hyderabad Stop. Inspired from the snake cube game, this was an attempt to connect the people of city with the different layers of Hyderabad’s Built Landscape from 1591 to
‘We cannot live better than in seeking to become better’ ‘Akarmaa Seek’ aspires school children to nurture their inner conscience towards mindful living. Imparting awareness through deep understanding of one’s action, we aspire children to become passionate, compassionate and thoughtful beings. Learning through doing has a deep impact in everyone, especially in children. However involving
‘என்னிடம் இருட்டைக் கொண்டு வா, நான் தான் அதை விலக்கினேன் என்று ஒப்புக்கொள்கிறேன் ‘ வெளிச்சம் கல்வியும் அறிதலும் நம் ஊரில் ஓர் சிறிய பட்டாம்பூச்சியின் சிறகின் அசைவால், வேறு எங்கோ ஓர் ஊரில் சூறாவளி ஏற்படும்- என்பது கயோஸ் கோட்பாடு.நம் அன்றாட வாழ்வில் செய்யும் அனைத்து வேலைகளின் எதிரொளியும் நாம் காண்பதில்லை. நாம் காண்பினும் அதை அறிவதில்லை. நம் இதிகாசங்களில் அடிமைத்தனம் என்றாலே ஆங்கிலேயர் ஆட்சிக் காலத்தை தான் குறிக்கும். அப்பொழுது விதைக்கப்பட்ட ஓர் விதை
The present era, the kali yuga according to the Hindu mythology, is believed to witness the last of the Dasavatharam of lord Vishnu. The trilinga-desam witnessed the construction of many Vaishnava temples during the Kakatiya Dynasty. In later years, several of them were ransacked by political invaders. During the mid 18th and 19th Century, Maharaja
Architecture & Dialogue 20161127 Date: 2016 November 27Place: Hyderabad “The city is not merely a repository of pleasures. It is the stage on which we fight our battles, where we act out the drama of our own lives. It can enhance or corrode our ability to cope with everyday challenges. It can steal our autonomy
Architecture & Dialogue 20161113 Date: 2016 November 13Place: Hyderabad “Heritage is our link to past cultures and societies, and this, by definition, involvescomplex interrelationships and phenomena.” – Maria Economou, A Companion to Heritage Studies, ch: Heritage in the Digital Age, For Facebook Post
Architecture & Dialogue 20160912 Date: 2016 September 12Place: Hyderabad “Architecture Presents the drama of construction silenced into matter and space;Architecture is the art of Petrified Silence.” – Juhani Pallasmaa, An Architecture of the Seven Senses. For Facebook Post
Architecture & Dialogue 20160904 Date: 2016 September 04Place: Hyderabad “The best kind of walk, and this applies to the plains as well as to the hills, is the one in which you have no particular destination when you set out.” – Ruskin Bond, Roads to Mussoorie For Facebook Post
