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Introduction Amor Towles’ A Gentleman in Moscow (2016) presents the story of Count Alexander Rostov, a Russian aristocra...
05/09/2025

Introduction Amor Towles’ A Gentleman in Moscow (2016) presents the story of Count Alexander Rostov, a Russian aristocrat sentenced to lifelong house arrest in Moscow’s Metropol Hotel in 1922. At first glance, the novel seems to dramatize the stripping away of freedom: Rostov is confined to a single building while the Soviet Union undergoes seismic political, cultural, and economic transformations outside its walls....

Introduction Amor Towles’ A Gentleman in Moscow (2016) presents the story of Count Alexander Rostov, a Russian aristocrat sentenced to lifelong house arrest in Moscow’s Metropol Hotel in 1922. At f…

My Year of Rest and Relaxation, written by Otessa Moshfegh, is a sardonic literary work that explores the themes of secl...
10/04/2023

My Year of Rest and Relaxation, written by Otessa Moshfegh, is a sardonic literary work that explores the themes of seclusion, despondency, and the extent to which a woman is willing to go to escape her life. The story follows an anonymous narrator, a young woman of affluence and beauty, residing in New York City in the year 2000, who decides to spend an entire year slumbering through her life by consuming a mix of prescription drugs....

My Year of Rest and Relaxation, written by Otessa Moshfegh, is a sardonic literary work that explores the themes of seclusion, despondency, and the extent to which a woman is willing to go to escap…

Introduction Tolstoy's "War and Peace" is a masterpiece of literature and one of the most influential novels of all time...
10/12/2022

Introduction Tolstoy's "War and Peace" is a masterpiece of literature and one of the most influential novels of all time. The story takes place during the Napoleonic Wars, a time period between 1805-1812 when Napoleon fought against other European countries to expand his empire. The novel tells the story of five families living in various places in Russia as Napoleon's army marches across Europe towards Moscow and eventually Russia itself....

Introduction Tolstoy’s “War and Peace” is a masterpiece of literature and one of the most influential novels of all time. The story takes place during the Napoleonic Wars, a time …

I met him in the dining room of a hermitage I was visiting. He was mopping the floor as I was waiting alone for my lunch...
09/01/2022

I met him in the dining room of a hermitage I was visiting. He was mopping the floor as I was waiting alone for my lunch. Sun was blazing outside, letting know all beings of its ominous presence. From where I was sitting, I could see across the green meadows, until my eyes hit the dry shrubs and mountains beyond. From inside, it was a hermit’s retreat....

I met him in the dining room of a hermitage I was visiting. He was mopping the floor as I was waiting alone for my lunch. Sun was blazing outside, letting know all beings of its ominous presence. F…

Architectural photographer Hélène Binet’s new book capturing her photographs of Suzhou Gardens of China, a UNESCO World ...
22/08/2021

Architectural photographer Hélène Binet’s new book capturing her photographs of Suzhou Gardens of China, a UNESCO World Heritage Site has portrayed something which very few photographs can convey- the transcendental meditative qualities of these gardens. While paging through the photographic essay, I found myself immersed in the tranquil nature of the gardens around the stucco walls, telling stories of yesteryears....

Architectural photographer Hélène Binet’s new book capturing her photographs of Suzhou Gardens of China, a UNESCO World Heritage Site has portrayed something which very few photographs can convey- …

There are things, some of them passing strange, what happens when one confronts a work of art: (i)unfolding of the heart...
06/04/2021

There are things, some of them passing strange, what happens when one confronts a work of art: (i)unfolding of the heart; (ii) its expansion; (iii) its agitation; and, finally, (iv) vibration. — from a reading of Kavyartha (Theory of Poetry) Introdution: Vincent van Gogh was a complete and utter failure in everything that seems important to his contemporaries. He was unable to start a family, earn his own living, or even keep his friends....

There are things, some of them passing strange, what happens when one confronts a work of art: (i)unfolding of the heart; (ii) its expansion; (iii) its agitation; and, finally, (iv) vibration. …

In a fictitious dialogue with Siegfrid Gideion, the famed Finnish architect Alvar Aalto said, “God created paper for arc...
01/11/2020

In a fictitious dialogue with Siegfrid Gideion, the famed Finnish architect Alvar Aalto said, “God created paper for architecture to be drawn on. Everything else is- at least to me- a misuse of paper.” In Aalto’s fictitious dialogue, he presents a prognosis of architecture as he foresaw it in the 1950s: “The horoscope of architecture today is one in which the words are negative- it does not make nice reading.” I, too, intend to read the horoscope of 21st-century architecture in a post-pandemic world from my own cultural and philosophical point of view. [ 1,283 more word ]

In a fictitious dialogue with Siegfrid Gideion, the famed Finnish architect Alvar Aalto said, “God created paper for architecture to be drawn on. Everything else is- at least to me- a misuse of pap…

When Covid 19 pandemic was upending our lives, I was thinking how green buildings can be helpful to prevent diseases. He...
27/10/2020

When Covid 19 pandemic was upending our lives, I was thinking how green buildings can be helpful to prevent diseases. Here are few tips that designers could be mindful of.

When Covid 19 pandemic was upending our lives, I was thinking how green buildings can be helpful to prevent diseases. Here are few tips that designers could be mindful of.

Autumn Sonata (1978) cuts deep into a woman, even if she recoils from it. We are all some mother’s daughter, whether we ...
25/10/2020

Autumn Sonata (1978) cuts deep into a woman, even if she recoils from it. We are all some mother’s daughter, whether we were cherished or abandoned, spoiled or abused. Both of the film’s stars, Liv Ullmann and Ingrid Bergman, had daughters as well as celebrated careers. But when Bergman left her husband for Roberto Rossellini, she went years without seeing her daughter from her first marriage. [ 2,209 more words ]

Autumn Sonata (1978) cuts deep into a woman, even if she recoils from it. We are all some mother’s daughter, whether we were cherished or abandoned, spoiled or abused. Both of the film’s stars, Liv…

250 things an Architect should know.
13/04/2020

250 things an Architect should know.

Michael Sorkin, the noted architectural critic and educator who passed away last month in covid-19 wrote about 250 things that an architect should know in his book What Goes Up . I have to admit th…

Giambattista Vico's New Science
03/03/2020

Giambattista Vico's New Science

For Vico, the neapolitan philosopher of early 18th century, wisdom of the poets- was the earliest wisdom of the mankind. It was unrationalized, as primitive men were not capable of abstract thought…

Peter Rich is an Australian architect whose sketches blows my mind. His sketches are manifestations of his travels and t...
16/02/2020

Peter Rich is an Australian architect whose sketches blows my mind. His sketches are manifestations of his travels and they are really special. [ 57 more words ]

Peter Rich is an Australian architect whose sketches blows my mind. His sketches are manifestations of his travels and they are really special. Series of sketches on Mandu : An ancient city of Madh…

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