Chandavarkar, Prem. Light as a Material. Bangalore: Musings on Architecture &...
Resurrecting here a short essay I wrote for The Times of India some years ago, but which I still hold to as significant to meWhen one is choosing materials for an architectural project, one tends to...
View ArticleMimmi, Luisa M.. "From informal to authorized electricity service in urban...
Based on a survey of 3000 households, covering both authorized and informal connections to electricity, the paper examines the key drivers of the demand for regulated electricity service in 4 slums of...
View ArticleShukla, Samir. I plead GUILTY for the Surat fire tragedy. Ahmedabad: Science...
I have set down to write very early today as it is a rare day where I couldn’t dare start my day with a newspaper. I don’t have to emotional strength to look at the images that will be plastered on the...
View ArticleMamatamayee, C.. "The Pastoralists of Kalibangan." Journal of Human Ecology...
The bester-gatherers who pioneered Kalimangan, gradually transformed to pastoralists. The pioneers interfiled sabering over hunting. Instead of killing, they rescued the animals trapped in river side...
View ArticleMamatamayee, C.. "Potteries of the Kalibangan Community." Journal of Human...
The potters of Kalibangan made domestic vessels for the changing requirements of the community. Shapes of the vessels was a legacy of their antecedent academic culture but they added new shapes in...
View ArticleMamatamayee, C.. "Pioneers of the Settlement at Kalibangan." Journal of Human...
Kalibangan was pioneered by hunters-gatherers who moved from upstream of the Ghaggar. They could hunt and lather on the way while seeking protection against inundation at riverside levees. The levee at...
View ArticleKhan, Imran, and Rajiv Sinha. "Discovering ‘buried’ channels of the...
The role of large rivers sustaining the civilizations across the world has long been debated. Mapping of palaeochannels using satellite images and the superimposition of known archaeological sites...
View ArticleDumka, Rakesh K., B.S. Kotlia, D. SuriBabu, Pratishtha Narain, and Sandip...
To understand the geodynamics in the vicinity of Dholavira, a Harappan Civilization Site (HCS), in Kachchh - western India, GPS data from 2009 to 2015 were processed and analyzed. Tectonically, this...
View ArticleSonawane, V. H.. "Harappan Shell Industry: An Overview." Indian Journal of...
The objective of this paper is to understand the Harappan shell working technology from some of the Harappan settlements in Gujarat, excavated by the Department of Archaeology and Ancient History of...
View ArticleShukla, Samir. Surat Fire: An open letter to Chairman RERA. Ahmedabad:...
Dear Sir,As I looked for the right authority to appeal to after Surat tragedy, I have picked RERA because I see it as a new thought and hence, sans legacy burden, you may be open enough to explore your...
View ArticleEndlaw, Rajiv Sahai. Raj Rewal vs Union of India and Ors on 28 May, 2019. New...
The requirements of urban planning outweigh the moral rights of an architect. Similarly, technical reasons to modify the building, economic reasons justifying modifications to the building and the...
View ArticleGirish Dariyav Karnawat, Kunjan Garg, Darshan Saraiya, Puneet Mehrotra, Abhay...
Union Carbide was a natural progression of the process of industrialization, and it was meant to alleviate some of the dangers posed to the agricultural economy. That we (humanity) paid a price in its...
View ArticleDELHI: Hills, Forests and a River. New Delhi: Landscape Foundation India, 2017.
In a fast growing city, the place of nature is very challenging. On one hand, it forms the core framework based on which the city develops while on the other hand, it faces serious challenges in the...
View ArticleRamanathan, Swaminathan. India’s urban moment: The pressing need for a new...
India’s emerging urban moment is caught between two realities: inadequate systems in public transportation, housing, waste management, and access to sanitation and health; and a burgeoning ecosystem of...
View ArticleKakadiya, Meet. A 'World-Class' CEPT University. Ahmedabad, 2019.
Yes, you heard it right, world class, that's the title which we are looking for. Now, let's hear our plan about how are we going to achieve that title. First of all, we will increase the fees for...
View ArticleShukla, Samir. With princes and princesses gone, our turn is next. Ahmedabad:...
I was recently invited for a dinner by a proud owner of a farmhouse located in the outskirts of the city. As it had been a sweltering day, I had my reservations about travelling and ending up getting...
View ArticleKanvinde, Achyut. Darpana Academy of Performing Arts. Kanvinde Rai &...
The project was designed for dancer Mrinalini Sarabhai, conceived with an objective to teach the arts and to propagate Indian art through performance.
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