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Temples for water: the stepwells of western India were a magnificent architectural solution to the seasonality of the water supply
For all of recorded history the land that is now western India has been seasonally arid. The western monsoon sharply divides the annual cycle into wet ......(Continue Reading) Israel in India: developing traditional craft techniques, a group of Israeli architects helped restore focus to a devastated Indian community - who gave
Kutch was devastated by the earthquake of January 2001 which caused havoc in much of north-west India. Traditionally a very poor desert area, Bhopani ......(Continue Reading)A 4-week trip through South India - The Discerning Traveler
The following is a Continuation of excerpts from my daily journal during our 4-week trip to South India, December 2002-January 2003. In this installment ......(Continue Reading)In India Project Nashta - Column
1981. Samadhan is just an idea. In Delhi's low-income resettlement colonies, residents are a heterogeneous mix of different cultures, religions, languages ......(Continue Reading)Disasters Emergency Committee - raises 6.5 million pounds aids Gujarat, India - Brief Article
[pound]6.5m: the amount of money raised by the Disasters Emergency Committee for the earthquake in India's Gujarat region, the worst to hit the country ......(Continue Reading)
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