Amidst our multicultural multicolored world, what is it that we call heritage? Is it the monuments that are a photographer’s delight? Or the sensory overload of cuisines? Or the old…
Progress consists not in destroying yesterday but preserving its essence, which had the strength to create the better today. — Ortega Y Gasset Introduction With the onset of rapid and…
Heritage sites are a reflection of the history and conservation is nothing but palimpsest of history. Incredible facts that the heritage sites provide, contribute to the cultural and social environment…
The sacred fresh water spring tank, at the heart of the City of Mumbai, is a perfect example of the term ‘cultural continuum’. A precinct that has a multi-layered history…
‘Cock-a-doodle-doo’, a rooster disrupted my sound sleep. As I rubbed my eyes in utter dismay, I immersed myself under the quaint chants of the Gayatri mantra followed by a distant…
And just like that the city that we loved crumbled to the ground, never to be found again… Along with it many more things were lost. We lost the memory…
What is the basis of the built surroundings around us today? Is it based on people’s believes, values and their culture or it is the groundwork on social, ethnic or…
“India always absorbed new things that came upon her unbidden and then used them for her own ends.” (Gast, 2007) Historically one of the first architectural structures of India goes…
Ek roz apni rooh se poocha, Dilli kya hai?, to yun jawab mein keh gaye: yeh duniya maano jism hai aur Dilli uski jaan (One day I asked my soul,…
