*”Why, sometimes I’ve believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast,” said the Queen*
the cost of being green or organic or such
lately, someone announced that according to a recent survey ,people or perhaps Finns are willing to pay more for products that are ecologically sound. I wonder what kind of demograph has agreed to it.Is it the well-off who can afford it or the urban poor?I realized...
look what grew in my garden
well to be fair, I am only baby-sitting the garden. 😉 but i am thrilled as hell!!!
Megapolis 2024
Megapolis is an event conducted by the environmental activism organisation Dodo, in Helsinki. It tok place on 26 September 2009 at the Old Student House, city centre, Helsinki. The series of the talks were pretty eclectic in selection: ranging from researchers,to...
India and climate change
India stands at an awkward position when it comes to climate change- it doesn't seem to have one!!! Now, climate change as we all know is the in-thing to talk about but it has been going on for ages----remember ice age??? well, whats so different about this one???...
independence
i was watching a documentary on Indian independence on TV today. It nudged some corner of my soul to see the price of independence, the partition and what we are left with, but what gets me is Nehru's speech:after all India's reality, whatever good or bad, is the...
sustainable universal housing
The creation of my Master thesis on the idea of Sustainable Universal Housing was born out of an intense brainstorming session. I worked broadly on these ideas giving me a base on what universal design could be. This is what I learnt from my stint with Idiom design:...
time with SEOS
A chance meeting with SEOS at the Design Factory, Helsinki, got me all interested in them. They are a start-up design firm with the word 'Sustainability' as a default setting in their designs. I came across their presentations in sustainable design.I think one of the...
disgruntled architecta
My frustration at being an UNEMPLOYED architect/writer/designer/researcher just grows day by day. In a world where one is prized at being so different, I wonder what is so special about me. The economic recession doesn't help where amongst professions architects seem...
sunday evening with co(te)lette
My stomach is yet to recover from churning motion-a response to what my visual senses experienced upon viewing Co(te)llete. The piece consisted of three female dancers in minimal attire-each of different body types:skinny, athletic and wholesome. There seems to be no...
travelling around in helsinki
well, you have many options on how one would want to travel in Helsinki. In terms of public transport,you have:-tram-buses-metro-ferry-bicycleThere is flat rate for travelling on these services of 2.5oEuros-which is pricey, but it allows you to travel on any of these...
Move to Helsinki
I moved to Helsinki on 18th August 2009. The continuing impressions of what a European city feels like dawns on this newcomer. For one, it is smaller than the city I came from in terms of density and population-though it seems to have a wider spread.Have joined TAIK...
Life is back
Its been a while since I posted and have been firguring out for a long time what this blog should be about. I have been rediscovering myself