Wednesday, September 12, 2012

NOSTALGIA

I am home now after completing the five long years of my architecture studies and I must say if feels great to be back and more so because I came back with much more wisdom and maturity and great experiences for life. I have accomplished a great deal in past five years not just academically but personally as well and now when I am back and look back at the last five years I spent away from home I realize life in a hostel teaches you more about world than any other thing and this is something every one should experience. You have loads of  fun at college, you learn loads and most of all have experiences of a lifetime. 

When I was away I used to regret going to hostel but now I think that was the best thing that happened to me and although I still am not good at not getting cheated by so called friends still I have atleast  learned enough not to get hurt too much by the cold behavior of "FRIENDS". 

I have also learnt one very important thing that wherever you to study you always find atleast one teacher who will believe in you and your potentials and be teacher for you in true sense, so never stop looking out for  a good teacher.

I do miss the college life I have left behind forever and although I love to be back home there is a part of my me who dosen't want to leave that college girl behind and hopefully I will get to meet that irresponsible college girl in me very soon.

I guess this is what actually life is always wanting what you have left behind and never appreciating what you have. When I was in school I wanted to be a little kid again and when I was a kid I wanted to be a big girl then when I was in college I wanted to go back to school and now when I am finished with college I don't want to leave that time behind.

But for now i guess I am just happy to be home.

Friday, March 2, 2012

MY WORLD: ALL ABOUT ARCHITECTURE






It's been a very long time since I last posted, so this post is going to be a long one ;)..... I am about to leave college in about 2 months and finally I get to do something I love CONSERVATION...that's right this is my thesis topic and this is the reason I chose architecture to study conservation..So my exact topic is "CONSERAVTION AND ADAPTIVE RE-USE OF THE RANTHAMBHORE FORT". It is a fort in the Sawai Madhopur district of Rajasthan and has a great history, it is in the middle of the ranthambhore tiger park. It is considered to be the IMPREGNABLE fortress. Nobody could invade the fort unless there was help from inside. Anyways my main aim is to conserve the fort to its former glory and design a heritage hotel in one of the MAHAL's of the fort and I have chosen Badal Mahal as my proposed site.














I love conservation as I am a great enthusiast of heritage buildings. I have always loved history and conserving the history through conservation of heritage buildings was why I chose architecture in the first place.
 I basically very strongly believe that you can never go ahead if you destroy your history...your traditions and culture...and so here I am conserving the history and glory of past.
And people let me tell you I have enjoyed this year of y thesis like anything I have loved researching about construction techniques and  about the rich history of the RANTHAMBORE FORT. Its great and I think everybody should do their part in conserving the heritage.
 I JUST LOVE CONSERVATION :)