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'Unity in diversity has helped us survive'

'The BJP is trying to change this mantra.' Photograph: ANI Photo On December 30, freedom fighter Dr G G Parikh, who was jailed during the 1942 Quit India movement and again during the Emergency,......

'Indian cities generate some of the most lethal forms of unsanitary living'

'Mumbai's corroding infrastructure, Delhi's pollution, Bangalore's rain water drainage, Kolkata's electricity -- these are all real and serious life threatening situations.' IMAGE: A resident......

Why Sabarimala pilgrimage is dangerous

Even as a debate is raging on the management of Sabarimala pilgrimage in the wake of the deadly stampede, a pictorial report prepared by eminent architect late Laurie Baker on creating essential......

A yen for India

For 20 years, Japanese architect Takeo Kamiya visited India like any ordinary tourist. He travelled the country, unnoticed by his Indian counterparts, meticulously photographing and documenting......

Remembering Charles Correa and his 'breathing' buildings

India's foremost architect and town planner was renowned as much for his 'breathing' spaces as for his irascible personality Obituaries can be hagiographic, at least in the immediate aftermath of......

A green house offers great savings

How much do you pay for your electricity bills? Let's assume an average of Rs 5,000 every month. What if you could cut it down by half? Over the life cycle of your building (50 years), the......

The man who made happy living spaces

Not a single person among all those who met him in the past 62 years of his life in India or spent a day in one of the homes designed and built by him, could describe or talk about Laurie Baker as......

Laurie Baker: The pioneer of low-cost housing

Laurence Wilfred (or Laurie) Baker, who died on Sunday a month after turning 90, is commonly hailed as the pioneer of low-cost housing although he should be remembered more holistically as the......

Alibag lures Mumbai's rich

One hundred and ten kilometres from the megalopolis that is Mumbai is Alibag, likened by some to Martha's Vineyard with its weekend homes for the privileged. You can drive for miles in Alibag (used......

The BEST FOREIGN Films of 2017

Aseem Chhabra gives us the top films that enriched his year. There was a lot of love in different shades in the films of 2017 that I liked -- from a mute woman falling in love with an alien, to a......

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'Unity in diversity has helped us survive'

'Indian cities generate some of the most lethal forms of unsanitary living'

Why Sabarimala pilgrimage is dangerous

A yen for India

Remembering Charles Correa and his 'breathing' buildings

A green house offers great savings

The man who made happy living spaces

Laurie Baker: The pioneer of low-cost housing

Alibag lures Mumbai's rich

The BEST FOREIGN Films of 2017

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