Nurturing Environment Conscious Architects: TSAP

  Mumbai and its (in) differences “The 'd' of diversity” Source: Wikimedia commons (Oct 2016)           The city of Mumbai holds dreams of people from miles away. The idea of setting afoot in a new identity to the whim of Mumbai city tops the list. A city where identities are not only spoken of but engraved on monuments collectively recognized. The emblems thus independent of speech have impacted community lives since the inception of this city. The idea of delivering a message to another non-verbally is the magic of an emblem. The emblem tells you a story of victory or display signs of faith. In a city that bites more than it can chew, has accommodated many emblems, with those come many stories.           The emblems thus become an important means of recognition within the community and representing it as a unit to another. Inscribed through generations, the emblem is of sentimental value and symbolic importance. While it ma...

 Heritage Tourism - The LayMan's Perspective Heritage & Tourism – The Lay-Man’s perspective   Keywords – Heritage, Tourism, perspective, vision/eye/grasp of the commoner, literately illiterate, ecological & economic friendly, interpretation, presentation of the Heritage.   Introduction & Preamble The festive season almost at its peak, like the Ganesh festival is almost over and Dusshera (Durga Pooja) is almost at the threshold of the beginning. The comeback of the josh, jallosh, scale & the enthusiasm of Ganesh Festival seemed to know no limits. Everyone wants to venture out, explore things, tangible, intangible, etc., with all these, there are new protocols, procedures, restrictions, new pattern of behavior, it was inevitable, after the long pandemic affect. People wanted and were waiting to come out from the virtual world (online) to the material/physical (offline) world.                    ...

• Why is 18th April World Heritage Day celebrated?

" At the Best, preservation engages the past in a conservation with the present over a mutual concern for the FuturE      - William Murtagh Shiv Temple at Ambernath                                                                                                                                                                     Measure Drawing of the ceiling of Sabha mandapa, Shiv Temple,  Int...