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