Memoirs

(Disclaimer- Taking the conversation to an academia-oriented outlook, the column is an excerpt from the author’s work looking at cultural geographies and the role of...

Nothing speaks more about a city than its history and people. Connecting the population of an ever growing metropolitan, the city’s temples are symbols of...

Local sightseeing is mostly you showing your relatives from out of town, the so to say “touristy places worth seeing “in one’s own city.  But...

Madhav Bagh, a heritage residence in the city of Vadodara, has an interesting story to tell. Located in the centre of the city, opposite ONGC...

Padmashri Dr. M.H. Mehta (Chairman – Community Science Centre and President of the National Bioshield Society, India) was kind enough to share his thoughts on...

A place or location becomes synonymous with buildings and sites that people can identify and are well aware of. The banyan tree is an example...

I came to Baroda in 1969 to study architecture. It was a five year course at the Department of Architecture, M S University of Baroda...

Stepwells are wells or ponds in which water is reached by descending a set of steps. They may be multi-storied, with the use of a...