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Nurturing Environment CONSCIOUS ARCHITECTS

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Sustainability and Environment responsive designs have been a subject of deliberation for over a few decades now. Building Construction Industry, is challenged to find competent Professionals capable of delivering quality Green solutions that address the demand for Environment and Energy Efficiency. The Green practices have been aimed at providing cost effective, Eco-friendly and Energy-efficient solution. An Environment Conscious approach to design is a ‘smarter’ way to provide solutions that go beyond the agenda of ‘Green Design’ while delving in to the nuances of ‘Complete Solution’ . The approach respects the uniqueness of each ‘Design Situation’ and aims to provide the most appropriate stakeholder centric solution. Environment Conscious Architects, exhibit competency to involve ‘innovative thinking, experimentation and creation of site specific solutions’ . It’s a ‘Research driven practice’ that keeps the ‘ user expectations and experiences’ at the heart of al...

Empathy in Educational setting

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  “Empathy is seeing with the eyes of another, listening with the ears of another and feeling with the heart of another.” - Alfred Adler  Have you ever had one of those days when you just needed someone to talk to, someone to really get how you were feeling? Have you ever felt totally misunderstood by your friends or teacher or family? Well, if you have, you were more than likely needing a dose of empathy . Feeling heard and understood is a human need. Everyone needs to feel understood.   So then, what is this empathy? & why is it so important to us?  Can empathy be taught? Does it has any role to play in education? To get answers to these questions, lets delve deeper into understanding empathy. Empathy- as a way of life Empathy is the ability to emotionally understand & share the feelings of another person . It is a choice, which each one of us could develop right from our early childhood days. It plays an important role in soc...

Traditional myths and science (logic) behind customs and rituals

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Traditions, customs and values are very integral part of human life which also adds an identity to the country he represents…  Every country has its own way of values as pillars on which the whole social and cultural life is balanced… generally it is observed that things are followed as routine but the reasons behind it are unknown…    (Image ref : https://in.pinterest.com/pin/408983209891952809/) दुर्लभं   भारते   जन्म -  We should be grateful that we got birth in a country like India having a rich diversity of value-based culture…  Indian culture and traditions have deep roots in the history of civilization… Since ages Indians are known to have strong followers of their traditions, customs and values… Having ten incarnations of God, India is known for its stout cultural and mythological background and intensified literature available to decode various beliefs and customs…    Indian culture and traditions are not like an op...