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Natarajan
communication
This Ramzan , Hindu , Muslims to Fast Together in Uttar Pradesh Town…
At a time when controversy over performing yoga is on, a group of Hindus in Uttar Pradesh’s Mahoba district has decided to observe Roza with their Muslim neighbours during the holy month of Ramzan starting on Friday.
“We have decided to observe fast with our Muslim brothers from Friday at Udal Chowk crossing in Mahoba. We will be sitting in a group of about 60 persons including at least 25 Hindus and will attend ‘Sehri’ and ‘Iftar’…,” Tara Patkar, coordinator of Bundeli Samaj, said.
Patkar said that the move would serve dual purpose: On one hand it will spread the message of religious harmony and on the other it will boost their campaign for setting up of All India Institute of Medical Sciences in Mahoba.
“We want policy makers to acknowledge our unity and take a positive decision for setting up of AIIMS in the district as poor health services in this area affect all, irrespective of caste and creed,” he said.
“Though politics is going on over the issue of performing yoga on International Yoga Day (on June 21), we have invited politicians of all parties to show our unity for a cause,” he added.
He said that this would be part of their AIIMS-Mahoba campaign under which they wrote over one lakh letters to Prime Minister Narendra Modi in 18 languages.
“Under this campaign, Muslim youths and children wrote to the PM in Sanskrit while Hindus wrote in Urdu, besides in other languages like Sindhi, Punjabi and Malayalam.
“Camps were set up at many prominent places like railway stations, bus stops and hospitals to make the campaign a success. Even schools were involved in the campaign,” he said.
Explaining the logic behind the demand, Patkar said the district is situated at the heart of Bundelkhand and does not have proper health care facilities.
“Patients admitted to primary health centres are referred to Kanpur, Lucknow, Agra and to districts of neighbouring Madhya Pradesh. Setting up AIIMS will help the entire region spread over seven districts in UP and five of MP,” he said.
Patkar claimed that their voice had reached the Prime Minister’s Office, which sought details of their campaign.
Source….www.rediff.com
Natarajan
” Never Imagined My Son would come this far….” Thanks to Anand Kumar of Super 30 of Bihar…
Photographs: M I Khan
Yet another year, and yet another tale of success for Super 30, the scheme run by Anand Kumar in Bihar that tutors children from poor and modest backgrounds to gain entrance into the hallowed Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs).
Twenty-five out of the 30 students made the grade this year when the results of JEE-Advance were announced Thursday, June 18.
The mood at Anand Kumar’s residence, from where he runs Super 30, was upbeat. The successful students basked in the glory of their considerable achievements.
One of the Super 30 students got into the University of Tokyo this year and so did not take the JEE-Advance, and gave his place to another student.
Anand Kumar selects 30 meritorious students every year, mostly from poor families, and grooms them for the IIT entrance test. The students live with him for the duration, entirely at his expense.
The aim of the exercise is to ensure that anyone with the requisite ability can make it to the prestigious institutes.
Students whose fathers are daily wage earners, roadside vendors, and drivers have passed the test and ensured a bright future for themselves.
“Super 30 is just a big family for me. My wife, brother, mother and all my team members are attached to it. In today’s materialistic world, this is what gives me solace and strength to carry on,” says Anand Kumar, the remarkable man behind this successful venture.
Among the successful students this year is Dhananjay Kumar, whose father is unemployed. His mother runs a small shop in the village of Patori in Samastipur. He has just one pair of clothes that he wears all year round.
Another student is Sumit Kumar, a resident of Masaurhi. His father, Satyendra Kumar, is an agricultural labourer.
Abhinav Verma is from Nalanda. His father too is an agricultural labourer and the family is very badly off.
“Had it not been for Anand Sir’s Super 30, my son would not have been able to study at all. How can I afford all this? He was another father for my son,” said Yogeshwar Kumar, an agricultural labourer whose son Prem Pal made it to the JEE-Advance.
Neeraj Kumar Jha from Madhubani got a good rank. His father, Bhagwan Jha is a driver in Kolkata. “I had never imagined that my son would come this far.
“He was bright, but I did not have the resources. It was sheer good fortune of my child that he got Anand Sir, who took the burden off me. Today, what he has done for my son is something I could have never imagined doing even for my closest relatives,” said an emotional Bhagwan Jha.
“We worked hard. We could seek any help from Anand Sir or other teachers at any time. He was always there. If any of us fell ill, he took personal care of us,” Neeraj Kumar said.
One of the students, Sujit Kumar, was doing the test again this year after failing last year.
“He was our 31st student as he wanted to appear for the JEE again, but could not do so by staying at home due to poverty. He stayed here and made it. His passion helped the other students too,” Anand Kumar said.
Bhagawan Jha said he heard of Super 30 from the newspapers. “Luckily, my son impressed Anand Sir and that was the turning point in his life.”
Satyam Kumar had to stop studies twice because there was no money to pay his fees.
“At Super 30, the only pressure was to study well. Everything else was taken care of. My parents did not have to bother about anything,” says Kumar who is happy with his performance.
At a time when government funding for education is meagre and the quality of education poor, children from disadvantaged backgrounds who have a concerned, caring mentor can truly count themselves blessed.
M I Khan in Patna
SOFIA at Sunset
” உங்க வீட்டுக்கு ம்ருத்யு வர மாட்டான் …தைர்யமா இருங்கோ ..”!!!
நெரூர் சதாசிவப் பிரும்மேந்திரர் அதிஷ்டானத்துக்கு, தரிசனத்துக்காகச் சென்றிருந்தார்கள், பெரியவாள்.
சதாசிவப் பிரும்மேந்திரரிடம், பெரியவாளுக்கு இருந்த பக்திக்கும், மரியாதைக்கும் எல்லையே காண முடியாது. பிரும்மேந்திரர் பெயரைச் சொன்னாலும், கேட்டாலும், உருகிப் போய்விடுவார்கள், பெரியவாள்.
அதிஷ்டானத்தில்,ஜபம் செய்வதற்கு உட்கார்ந்து விட்டார்கள், பெரியவாள். அதிஷ்டான அன்பர்களும், பெரியவாளுக்குக் கைங்கரியம் செய்யும் பணியாளர்களும், சற்றுத் தொலைவுக்குப் போய் நின்று கொண்டார்கள்.
பெரியவாள், அதிஷ்டானங்களுக்குள் சென்று ஜபம் செய்வதையோ, சந்யாஸ முறைப்படி வணங்குவதையோ யாரும் பார்க்கக்கூடாது என்பது,ஸ்ரீமடத்து சம்பிரதாயம். மானுட எல்லைகளுக்கு அப்பால் சென்று, தெய்வீகத்தின் நுழைவாயிலில் நிற்கும் அபூர்வ தருணங்கள், அவை.
இந்தக் கட்டுப்பாடு, பக்தர்களின் நலனை முன்னிட்டுத் தான் கடைப்பிடிக்கப்பட்டு வந்தது. நூறு வாட்ஸ் மின்விளக்கையே பார்த்துப் பழகிய கண்கள் எதிரில், லட்சம் வாட்ஸ் மின் ஒளியைப் பாய்ச்சினால், எப்படித் தாங்கமுடியும்? அந்தச் சமயம் பார்த்து வெகு அவசரமாக வந்தார். ஓர் அன்பர் – ரங்கசாமி. “பெரியவாளை உடனே தரிசனம் பண்ணனும். பிரசாதம் வாங்கிக்கொண்டு உடனே புறப்படணும்”. என்று, மனம் திறந்து தொண்டர்களிடம் முறையிட்டார்.
“சுவாமி, பெரியவாள், கதவை சார்த்திக்கொண்டு அதிஷ்டானத்துக்குள் ஜபம் செய்து கொண்டிருக்கா, இப்போ யாரும் அவாளைத் தரிசிக்க முடியாது. தியானம் கலைந்து பெரியவாள் தானாகவே வெளியே வந்தவுடன் முதன் முதலாக நீங்கள் தரிசனம் செய்து கொள்ளலாம்.”
வந்தவர், இலேசுபட்டவர் அல்லர்; ரொம்பவும் அமுக்கமான பேர்வழி!.
தொண்டர்களின் பேச்சைக் கேட்டு சமாதானம் அடைந்துவிட்டாற்போல, பாவனை செய்து கொண்டிருந்தார்.
தொண்டர்களின் சுதந்திரமான வாய்வீச்சு, அடக்குவாரின்றி வெள்ளமாக ஓடிக்கொண்டிருந்தது. பேச்சு வெள்ளத்தில் மூழ்கித் திளைத்துக் கொண்டிருந்தார்கள் அவர்கள். கண்ணிமைக்கும் பொழுதில், புதிதாக வந்த அன்பர் ரங்கசாமி அதிஷ்டானத்தின் கதவுகளைத் திறந்து கொண்டு, உள்ளே சென்றுவிட்டார்!
இந்தத் தடாலடித் திட்டத்தை யாரும் எதிர்பார்க்காததால் எல்லோரும் குழம்பிப் போய் நின்றார்கள்.
அந்த நேரத்தில் அதிஷ்டானத்திலிருந்து பெரியவாளின் குரல், அதுவரையில் சிஷ்யர்கள் கேட்டறியாத ஒரு கம்பீரத்வனியில் தெளிவாகக் கேட்டது.
“நீங்கள் ம்ருத்யுஞ்ஜய ஜப-ஹோமம் செய்ய வேண்டாம். உங்கள் வீட்டுக்கு ம்ருத்யு வரமாட்டான்;திரும்பிப் போங்கள்” அன்பர் ரங்கசாமி கதவை மூடிவிட்டு, சட்டென்று வெளியே வந்தார். அணுக்கத் தொண்டர்கள் அவரை மொய்த்துக்கொண்டு விட்டார்கள். ரங்கசாமி ஒரு கதையே சொன்னார்.
அவருடைய நெருங்கிய உறவினருக்கு, திடீரென்று நெஞ்சுவலி. பரிசோதனை செய்த டாக்டர்கள், “நாற்பத்தெட்டு மணி நேரம் போனால்தான்,உறுதியாக சொல்ல முடியும்” என்று சொல்லி விட்டார்கள். ஜோசியர், “உடனே ம்ருத்யுஞ்ஜய ஹோமம் செய்யுங்கள்” என்றார். உடனே போய், பெரியவாளிடம் தெரிவித்துப் பிரசாதம் வாங்கிக் கொண்டு வந்தால் நல்லது என்று ஒருவர் ஆலோசனை; வயதான மூதாட்டி ஒருவர், “பெரியவா, இதோ பக்கத்திலே, நெரூர்லே தானே இருக்கார். அவாகிட்ட சொல்லிவிடுங்கோ,அவா பார்த்துப்பா” என்று சொன்னதை எல்லோரும் ஏற்றுக்கொண்டார்கள். அதன்படி தான், அன்பர் ரங்கசாமி அவ்வளவு அவசரப்பட்டிருக்கிறார்.
அவருடைய அதிர்ஷ்டம் தெய்வமே அவருக்கு அருள்வாக்குக் கூறிவிட்டது!
ரங்கசாமி வீட்டுக்குள் நுழைந்தபோது அந்த நோயாளி உறவினர், படுக்கையில் உட்கார்ந்து புன்முறுவலித்துக் கொண்டிருந்தார்.
“ஆமாம், இன்னும் ஒரு நூறாண்டு அவருக்கு காரண்டி”!
Source….www.periva.proboards.com
Natarajan
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Message for the Day…” You must Hold on to the Name of God Under any Circumstance …”
In the young-of-the-monkey type of devotion, the child must rely on its own strength to protect itself —wherever the mother jumps, the child must attach itself to its mother’s belly and hold on, even if pulled apart! So too, the devotee must stand the tests of the Lord and hold on to His name under all conditions, tirelessly, without the slightest trace of dislike or disgust, bearing the criticism and ridicule of the world and conquering the feelings of shame and defeat. An exemplary example of this type of devotion is Prahlada. In the second path, just as the kitten simply places all its burdens on the mother cat, so too, the devotee completely trusts the Lord and surrenders to Him. The mother cat holds the kitten in its mouth and transports it safely through even very narrow passages. Lakshmana is the example of this path. These two are sometimes referred to as devotion with effort (bhakthi) and self-surrender (prapatti). The former a hard path, while the latter a simple or safe path.
“Mumbai remains the most expensive city in India”….says a survey….
Mumbai has emerged as one of the costliest cities in the world due to increase in foods prices, home services and rentals, says a Mercer’s Cost of Living Survey 2015.
Mumbai has emerged as one of the most expensive cities to live in, according to a survey. Photograph: Reuters
Mumbai, the financial capital of the country, held its position as the most expensive city in India and is ranked above Dallas, Frankfurt and Vancouver, according to a recent survey
Image: Luanda is the world’s most expensive city to live in, according to a survey. Photograph: Reuters
Luanda, the capital of Angola, has been rated the world’s costliest city to live in, for third consecutive year, as per Mercer’s ‘Cost of Living Survey 2015’
Image: Hong Kong is the second most expensive city in the world for expats. Photograph: Scott Audette/Reuters
“India’s most expensive city, Mumbai (at 74th place), climbed 66 places in the ranking due to its rapid economic growth, inflation and services basket and a stable currency against the US dollar,” the survey has revealed.
Image: Zurich is the third most expensive city in the world, according to a survey. Photograph: Photograph: Arnd Wiegmann/Reuters
“It (Mumbai) has witnessed higher inflation over the last one year compared to other metro cities, higher cost of fuel, transportation, increased prices of food items, home services and rentals, impacting the cost of living,” it said.
The survey further said that Mumbai is ranked higher and more expensive than cities like Dallas (77), Munich (87), Luxembourg (94), Frankfurt (98) and Vancouver (119).
Image: Cost of living in Singapore is one of the highest in the world. Photograph: Clive Mason/Getty Images
Mumbai, the most populous city in the country, is followed by New Delhi (132nd place) and Chennai (157), which rose in the ranking by 25 and 28 spots, respectively.
Besides, Bengaluru (183) and Kolkata (193), the least expensive Indian cities, climbed in the ranking as well, it said.
Image: Rentals, food, travelling and related costs are very high in Geneva, says a survey. Photograph: Reuters
The survey includes 207 cities across five continents and measures the comparative cost of more than 200 items in each location, including housing, transportation, food, clothing, household goods and entertainment.
Asian cities dominate the top 10 costliest cities rankings along with major cities in Switzerland, it said. Hong Kong (2), Zurich (3), Singapore (4) and Geneva (5) top the list of most expensive cities for expatriates, while Bishkek (207),
Windhoek (206) and Karachi (205) are considered world’s least expensive cities for expatriates, according to the survey. Tel Aviv (18) continues to be the most expensive city in the Middle East for expatriates.
Source…..www.rediff.com
Natarajan
Meet Beno Zephine …India’s First Visually Challenged Person in IFS …Read about her Inspirational story…
The inspirational story of Beno Zephine!
Beno Zephine is 25 and she made history when she became India’s first 100 per cent visually challenged person to be inducted into the country’s elite Indian Foreign Service (IFS).
She secured 343rd rank in the 2013-14 Civil Service examination, but had to wait for a year for her appointment, as the government worked out the rules to accommodate her.
Smiling, confident, with strong views on everything, expressed in a strong voice, Beno Zephine is a probationary officer with the State Bank of India currently.
She lives with her father Luke Anthony Charles who works with the Railways and her mother, Mary Padmaja, a homemaker.
Her only brother, Bruno Xavier, works as an engineer in Canada.
This is the inspiring story of how NL Beno Zephine became an IFS officer.
Choosing an unusual name
My parents deliberated a lot on a name for me. Beno means daughter of God and Zephine means hidden treasure.
It’s an unusual name. I thought people would be curious and ask me what it meant, but not many have asked me. I like my name a lot.
A normal, happy childhood
No one in my family made a big fuss about my disability, so it was not a big thing for me.
My first memory is of going to school for the first time. I was very excited. I went to the Little Flower Convent for the Blind.
I had a very happy school life as my teachers encouraged me to do whatever I wanted to.
Public speaking as a UKG student
I was a talkative girl then and I am a talkative woman now.
I gave my first public speech when I was in upper KG; I spoke about Jawaharlal Nehru and won my first prize as a speaker – it was a steel plate.
After that, there was no stopping me. Instead of wishing me good luck, my teachers used to tell me, ‘we know you are going to bring the cup to the school’.
They were that confident about my oratorical skill and I thoroughly enjoyed speaking.
The encouragement from my teachers and their confidence in me led to my success in public speaking.
In the early days, I used to write down what I had to say and then learn it by heart. From the sixth standard onwards, I started speaking extempore. I enjoy it more than preparing a speech and I fared better.
From Jawarharlal to environmental and social issues
I would speak about conservation of wildlife, cancer, etc. My Dad used to get me books and my Mom used to read them out to me and that’s how I prepared for the speeches.
In college I was often made Master of Ceremonies and I loved it.
I enjoyed studies as much as I enjoyed speaking. I enjoyed all the subjects.
Academics wasn’t a burden, it was something I enjoyed. I had no favourites; every subject and every book was my favourite.
Studying English literature in college
After school, I joined Stella Maris College to do my degree in English literature.
I did my post graduation in English literature from Loyola College.
I enjoyed college too. I had no difficulty moving from a blind school to a normal college because at home and outside, no one treated me differently.
That gave me the confidence to face life like any other person.
Probationary Officer with the State Bank of India
As soon as I completed my MA, in 2013, I got a job as a probationary officer with SBI.
I felt empowered and independent. With my first salary, I bought a gold chain for my father and earrings for my mother.
Suddenly I felt I had grown up. That made me happy, but I also felt scared at the responsibility. But, then, that is an inevitable part of life.
I was happy that I was given the important task of NPA (Non performing assets) recovery. I managed to deliver and was called Vasool Rani!
I don’t know why but people think I am very strict. I don’t compromise on the way things have to be done. I assert myself and I value my dignity and also others’.
Wanted to be a civil servant when in the 11th standard
Till I was in tenth standard, my ambition was to become a lawyer or a lecturer.
In the eleventh standard, my dream was to be a civil servant, even though I didn’t know what it could offer me. It was just that I was interested in society and any service that was associated with society interested me.
I didn’t like people wasting water — I used to make a big fuss when someone wasted water. People made fun of me, saying, ‘Here comes the collector.’ That was one of the factors that made me interested in the civil service.
Listening to the radio and reading newspapers
I used to listen to the 9 o’clock news on All India Radio as a child. I would say it helped a lot in my success in the Civil Service Examination.
I was interested in news pertaining to the country. I was interested in economics because I was interested in whatever had a connection to the country.
Water conservation, nature, wildlife, anything that has any relevance to society interests me.
Preparing for the Civil Service Examination
I would scan the books I had to read and then put it into the computer to read. It was not possible to scan each and every book, as you have to read so many books when you prepare for the Civil Service. So my Mom used to read the books to me.
I started preparing for the examination when I was an undergraduate and made my first attempt when I was in my first year of postgraduate study, in 2012.
I couldn’t clear the Mains in my first attempt, though I thought I would.
I was disappointed for a couple of days because I was expecting a lot, but I was not demotivated.
Clearing with a good rank in the second attempt
The next time, I didn’t prepare too much as the foundation I got in the first attempt helped me.
I was not nervous or tense when the results were to be announced. I was curious to know the marks and rank.
I cleared the exam and scored a rank of 343/1022. I was happy.
Getting IFS but not immediately
My choice was the Indian Foreign Service. I was told that the IFS did not accept anyone who was 100 per cent blind.
They had to make some changes in the rules to offer me a position. I don’t know the technicalities, but that was why the procedural delay of one year happened.
Call from the Ministry of External Affairs
When I got the call from the under secretary in the ministry of external affairs to tell me that I had been selected to the IFS, I didn’t jump up and down or break into tears.
I felt responsible. I am happy that I am an emotionally balanced person.
It is good that I have become India’s first 100 per cent visually challenged person to be in the Indian Foreign Service. It gives me responsibility.
I am ready to do anything for my country. I am just clay and the Foreign Service can mould me whichever way they want.
No celebration yet
I haven’t had time to celebrate my selection yet. My friends are angry that I am only speaking to the media for the last four days.
Once all the interviews are over, I will go out with my friends to a restaurant.
Yes, I am a foodie and I love all kinds of food. Though my mother taught me to cook when I joined college, I don’t do any cooking these days. I have become lazy and I don’t get any time to cook, but I would love to cook when I get time.
Want to meet the Prime Minister
I am planning to fax a letter to the Prime Minister thanking him and requesting a meeting with him. I want to take his blessings.
Motivational speaker
Once I joined the State Bank of India and after I passed the Civil Service examination, many schools and colleges started calling me to speak to their students and motivate them.
Generally I tell students that everyone should have a goal in life but I say it differently at different places. I think I do motivate them as people love listening to me.
Do I talk about my disability and tell them that I achieved this despite my disability? It depends on the audience. If they are small children, I don’t talk about my disability at all as they will not understand it. To college students, I definitely talk about my disability.
It is not a matter of liking or not liking my disability to be referred to. It is just a fact.
I never think about my disability at all; I talk about it randomly.
At home, I was never treated as a disabled person; I am like any other person.
I don’t like being treated as a disabled person. Those who are close to me know that I don’t like sympathy.
I like to be treated like any other human being.
I talk to people quite normally and generally people respond quite normally and not with sympathy.
I am often asked what challenges I have faced in life. I can’t think of any huge challenge. Maybe I am blessed.
Thoughts on India
I look at India quite positively. We had to overcome several challenges because of the population and we have achieved so much despite all the problems.
We have this habit of looking only at the negative things. We are patriotic only when we watch cricket or when Pakistani forces are on the border.
We are not patriotic when we throw paper on the road or exploit the resources of the country.
Instead of pointing to this problem and that problem, every single person has to realise that the problem is within one self.
I don’t think changes can come overnight; they will come gradually.
It took hundreds of years for America to be what it is now. Why is it that everybody wants everything to be so good in India in such a short span of time?
Message to youngsters
Instead of moaning about what you do not have, use the resources we have. Then, those resources will create further resources.
Challenges do come, but face them and devise your own strategies.
Understand your strengths and weaknesses, only then will you be able to strengthen your strength and weaken your weakness.
It is very important to read newspapers and understand what your country is doing. If you do not do that, you do not have the right to criticise the country.
Dreams
I am a very positive person. My dreams are short term.
I create dreams and fulfil them and move on.
If there is an opportunity, I will be the first person to take it.
I don’t have any dream for myself now, but my dream for my country is to see India developing, and I see it happening.
Credits…Photographs: Sreeram Selvaraj
Shobha Warrier / Rediff.com
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Natarajan
Charles Correa… India’s Greatest Architect…
Over the centuries, a sense of the sky has affected profoundly our relationship to builtform. This is why in Asia, the symbol of education has never been the Little Red Schoolhouse of North America, but the guru sitting under the tree. – Charles Correa
One of India’s greatest contemporary architects, Charles Correa passed away at 11.45pm on Tuesday in Mumbai at the age of 84. He has made some remarkable contribution in the field of architecture post independence, and has been an influential urban planner and activist. But there are so many people who don’t know about him and his career. Hence, here are few points you need to know about Charles Correa.
1. He was an alumni of Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Charles Correa completed his schooling in Mumbai from St. Xavier’s College, University of Bombay with science stream. After that he did his Bachelors in Architecture from University of Michigan and masters form the prestigious Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
2. He has won over 10 national and international awards including Padma Vibhushan, the second highest civilian honour
His talent and hard work had won him many laurels and prestigious titles. Some of them are Padma Vibhushan, Padma Shri, Chicago Architecture Award, The Premium Imperial from Japan Society of Arts, gold medal by Royal Institutes of British Architects etc.
3. He was the chief architect of Navi Mumbai
The new city which was built across the harbour is now an urban growth center of 2 million people in extended part of Mumbai with superb planning and architecture. Correa is responsible for the entire layout and meticulous planning of the entire region which is now one of the most expensive real estates in the country. It’s is a beautiful city and he designed it.
4. He was always considerate to the needs of the urban poor and came up with a lot of low cost housing designs like ‘Tube House’
The “tube” house was first prize winner in an All-India competition for low-cost housing organised by the Gujarat Housing Board. These row-houses provided the same density -and larger living space per family. The area is formed so that the hot air rises and getaways structure at top, setting up a convection streams of characteristic ventilation. Inside the units there are no entryways; security being made by the different levels themselves, and security by the pergola-network over the inward patio. A narrow house form designed to conserve energy!
5. He was the first chairman of National Commission of Urbanization
His work was noted for his use of traditional techniques in his designs. In 1985, Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi appointed him as the Chairman of the commission.
6. He believed in sustainable source of development and cared for the environment
In 1984, he founded the Urban Design Research Institute in Bombay, dedicated to the protection of the built environment and improvement of urban communities. In the course of the most recent four decades, Correa has done spearheading work in urban issues and minimal cost shelter in the Third World.
7. He was pro ‘open to sky spaces’
He utilized the significance of open-to-sky spaces to exploit the hotter atmosphere outsider toward the west. His utilization of the chhatri, or overhead covering, makes negligible safe house from the sun in the most blazing piece of the day, while permitting clients to appreciate being under the open sky.
The utilization of this component is found in his most praised early work, the Gandhi Smarak Sangrahalaya, a remembrance exhibition hall to Mahatma Gandhi in the Sabarmati Ashram in Ahmedabad that was finished in 1963. A measured building made up of 6 x 6 meter units, the modules are masterminded to exchange between those that are shut off by pyramidal rooftops and those that are interested in the sky. Without glass, the units are characterized by dividers and open spaces, making sections between them to lead starting with one presentation space then onto the next. The materials are those of the encompassing structures of the ashram: block dividers, stone floors and tiled rooftops. The spaces are gathered around a focal water court to cool the structures in the bone-dry warmth.
8. He was given the title of ‘India’s Greatest Architect’
Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) billed him as “India’s greatest architect” when it mounted an exhibition on him in 2013.
9. Some of his Indian designs
Mahatma Gandhi Memorial at the Sabarmati Ashram, Jawahar Kala Kendra in Jaipur, British Council in Delhi, Kanchenjunga Apartments in Mumbai, Bharat Bhavan in Bhopal, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Stadium in Ahmedabad, Salt Lake City in Kolkata are few of his many spectacular creations.
10. Some of his international designs
The Champalimaud Centre in Lisbon, Aga Khan Museum in Toronto etc. are few legendary buildings he has designed.
India lost a valuable gem. May his soul rest in peace.
source….www.storypick.com
Natarajan
Image of the Day…Tropical Storm Bill from ISS…
Tropical Storm Bill From the International Space Station
NASA astronaut Scott Kelly (@StationCDRKelly), currently on a one-year mission to the International Space Station, took this photograph of Tropical Storm Bill in the Gulf of Mexico as it approached the coast of Texas, on June 15, 2015. Kelly wrote, “Concerned for all in its path including family, friends & colleagues.”
Image Credit: NASA
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