more thoughts ....

aim for the stars, you reach the sky ....
but should you fall (on the way)
damn, you fall hard !

ornamentaion may have been a crime, but, minimalism is escapism.... !!

at what point does the urge to do well (pressure of the future) take over .. converting one into a workaholic?

what is by definition a workaholic?

does working hard to secure the future necessary means workaholic?

thoughts

was it over enthusiasm (more than curiosity) that killed the cat ?

why is contained enthusiasm perceived as boredom/dis-interest?

at what point does silence merge into the realm of disconnection ?

why does priority pose questions about involvement?

why does being in the herd rank above individuality and independence of the self?

are the answers to all these related to only ego? OR are they rooted in deeper stuff like self belief, prority, and principles?

at what point stands the horizon between ego and self-respect ?

scary shit ..

this artile along twith that ultratech cement ad... "maine kal ko dekha hai !" really scare me ...
i was really afraid of the plan for the city .. even if u have heard ht citys ad on radio ... about project mumbai ....

w a h o o ! !

its official !

the fia trophies were presented at monaco ...

schumi has been back behind the wheel for ferrari testing minus the traction controls ! we all know he ruled the race track !

also,

it gives me great joy to annonce that alonso is a spineless idiot !!

thought..

beginnings aren't so simple .....

...... sometimes .. goodbye is the only way ....

study tour ' 07

a very annoying place to be
why does everything have to emerge from visions ?

some of the words/phrases i choose to associate with it:

escapism
defiance
cowardice
utopia & hetrotopia
forgs in a well
philosophical bullcrap
the "mother" ( i mean no offence)
overly exaggereted
obcession
cantileverd staircases
solar passive!!!!!!!!!

and,
its a place where people happily deny the exisistance of the globe we call "earth"
its a utopia designed back in the 60s i guess.... and they are living in it today as well !
i mean come on !
50 years on they are still trying to realise th utopia as it it .. it hasnt changed/morphed with time
its supposed to be a city of 50,000 (correct me if i am wrong) and today half a century later its only 2000 strong
i wonder how people happily live/co-exisist in that huge jungle which they want to make a global city!!!

PART - 3

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... auroville! (aah..!!)

study de-tour ' 07 f1

after an evening of cricket, got to know that the iceman had won ... i jumped all over wanted to shout out loud ... was very happy .. saddened that i missed the race !!

part - 2a


... interlagos at maurai ...

study tour ' 07

madurai revealed itself in layers..

theres much more to the city than the iconic meenakshi temple itself

the city owes its exisistence to the temple as it grew as a temple city with layers of walls with taller gopurams and the fort wall enclosing the "temple" and a royal palace.

the newer parts of the city seem to be having a direction and an imagination for itself.

the city as a whole is not chaotic.

the newer strcuctures like the chettinad cement building ( last image) are damn nice ! discovered by ari n i on a late night walk, the building is quite cool, it says that it is a cement building, has a presence on the junction, it is much more than a monument.

PART - 2

.... madurai

study tour ' 07

a long journey awaited us .....

reaching madurai seemed far fetched while on-board the nagercoil express .. leaving all the construction, wd, etc. behind seemed very relaxing.

PART - 1


......the journey

ganpati bappa morya ! pudchya varshi laukar yaa....

this image was taken at the shop .. 15 days before ganesh chathirthi ..

the sop ios in charkop village n the make of the idol is a family run profeesion in satara, which i m guessing is pretty close to wai,nr mahabaleshwar.

seeing all the idols there, it looked like a lot of love,care and devotion of the family, had gone into each and every one of them.

Thanks a million mr.das !

after having seen an architectural solution to the "beautification of the JUHU beach ," by a "leading" architect ... i was quite shocked !
nothing that has been carried out according to me requires knowldege and experience in this discipline. it seems more of a random solution to exactly what the authority wanted , a thoughtless strategy done as charity ?
u must be wondering why i bring this up after such a long time .... wel it is after i read a news paper article which said that he wants 116 trees hacked at the gateway plaza .. ?? !! my god ! why doesnt he just clean the whole thing up so ppl driving by can see the monument !!

also i wonder how come he along with intch have been bagging all the beautification projects ...i read that he is re doing the dadar chowpatty also ... what will he do ... demolish the buildings and rehouse ppl so wen dribing on the trafficked caddell road u can see the beach !! @#$% !!!!!!

its disgustiing .........

what is more ... the architectural solution for the juhu beach .. with a so called food court .. has left that portion of the beach even dirtier !!
since the stall owners have no place to conduct their affairs the seat their customers outside and wash utensils there ...

is this the brain child of a respected individual ..... hmm... with the banning of street food in delhi .. i fear the same for mumbai .... no more bhaiyyaji ... n no more awesome pulav at dalal street !! is this the solution ... ???????

and please ....pray .. i hope he doesnt get the permission to hack 116 very old well nurtured trees ......

you are what your deep driving desire is...

as your desire is so is your will...

as your will is so is your deed...

as ur deed is so is ur destiny

photos : yeh bhi mumbai

ever seen these symmetrical , mirror twins opposite regal ??

a first in 20 yrs ....

internship

work has exposed me to a new side of mumbai

until i started walkin all over the 1/7th of town we are doin .. i thought i had seen all of mumbai !!

these are parts i had seen but never observed

n some i dint knw exisisted !!!!

photos coming soon ....

jokes ..

read below : do not curse me if u do not happen to like them

all the jokes below have been made by me most while studying chemistry...


with what disease would you associate people who have lots food?
APPETITUS

why could santa not deliver gifts on christmas eve?
because he had "CLAUS"TROPHOBIA

kya aap ke pass cd pe songs hai ? thought proving they can climb!
(just in case u dint get it- cd=ladder )

where do cows go for a holiday?
MOO YORK!

which cell phone companys handsets do horny people use?
SONY Erection !

why did the gray hounds not run the race?
because they were DOG TIRED from practise !

which day of the week is a nightmare for people who observe a strict diet ?
FRYDAY !

an ant once had a very bad stomach ache...what did the doctor prescribe?
ANTACID

once a few sardars went for a holiday to a town called pushkar and while over there they attended a fair...and ..started to push people out of the way ...when asked why they said... that they were at pushkar mela !!

what is the difference between u (dear reader) and i ?
j,k,l,m,n,o,p,q,r,s&t

ITS GOOD TO HAVE AN END TO JOURNEY TOWARDS ,

BUT, IN THE END ,

ITS THE JOURNEY THAT MATTERS........

i havent had breakfast...

" u all have a walk through jury.. its cut throat competetion... your sheets should speak for themselves... you all will not make it to a final round of jury ..... "
some or all of the criteria for the drawings atleast were met by the class...
in comes our faculty... 5 strong heads ... 2 wanting to do it their "way" and the hungry juror his ....
so everyone is standing at their places as instructed ... and a faculty member ( cool dude wearing heels !!) who hardly ever shows up in college is marking the whole class internally ...
in comes the jury ... a hungry fellow ... all he says ( i mean the intelligent stuff relevant to what he was doing in college ) the cappucino is great .. boss aur ek cup milega ? then , staring at a plate of upma.... " i havent had breakfast " !!! wtf ??

thats that ...

i discover amongst the jury is a lady who has been told not to contradict herself by an outsider on more that one occassion ( once myself too !!)
one guy reminds me of kaiwan ... and another lady i do not know...
and off course the hungry guy ..

the walk through jury is reduced to design critts .. just like what we get on the table with our respective guides .... the only (seemingly ? ) intelligent guy is busy eating or just walking coz he has been told its a walk thru ..
and the self explanatory sheets start speaking a language that is alien to the fantastic four !!

what re ... we are asked to explain things tht are already there thru models and/or drawings ...

at the end of the day 2 comments wrapped up the jury for me ... i felt disgusted at the end of what had just occured...
1. you should have spend more time in making ur building look good, and less in design delevopment

2. you have no process.. i would have failed you if your building wasnt as nice ...

both by the hungry guy .....
the hungry guy dint read the brief .. and doesnt know wat the aims of the studio are : " its not just making beautiful buildings .... things have changed since u left col .. "

i would like to say thanx to all the faculty ........
and...
hungry guy get some food and a practice if possible !!

"yeh hai mumbai - meri jaan..." i love this place .. everything about it ... these are a few pictures of one of the most peaceful places around, and others .. sitting here with feet dangling over the masonnry work .. the tetrapods seperating the vast arabian sea over which the city sits gives promise and hope....