This April, I will be leading a tour to learn photographing the landscapes of Munnar. Read on for more details. Lush greenery dominates every inch of the rolling hills that surround the small town of Munnar. The emerald hues of neatly trimmed tea-estates and the thick jungles hugging (more…)
This month’s calendar is a photograph from Bangalore’ Lalbagh. Download 1336×768, 1280×800 or 1024×768 as your wallpaper. (more…)
I went out early in the morning yesterday and came back with this and the pictures below of a black kite getting ready for its day. (more…)
Melukote has an old-world charm, with its ancient temples, traditionally attired priests and Sanskrit Academy staff, the ageing population left behind by the younger generation that has fled to the cities, the slow pace of life and a generally relaxed atmosphere. Pilgrims and religious (more…)
On an unusually warm winter afternoon when the plains of Mysore were as hot as a summer day, a groaning bus carried me slowly up the winding roads from Kushalanagar to Madikeri. Through the huge windows, I watched the packed streets of the town make way to green and open spaces. Kaveri (more…)
More than 600 Network Rail employees have volunteered to become Travel Champions for London 2012 enthusiastically supporting visitors travelling through London railway stations during the Olympic and Paralympic Games this year.Network Rail acknowledge that inheriting the railway infrastructure (more…)
Universal design, which employs design to encourage health and wellness and other quality-of-life improvements, may be poised to become the next mainstream endeavor in architecture and planning, according to two leading experts in the field.Edward Steinfeld, director of UB’s Center… (more…)
From Universal Design.com:The effort to create voluntary worldwide universal design standards for the built environment and products was launched May 30 at the Global Universal Design Commission (GUDC) meeting in Syracuse, NY.Among the 40 people in attendance at the… (more…)
Reprinted from Channel 4 News a contribution to No Go Britain found at facebook.com/nogobritain and youtube.com/nogobritain:As young people from Whizz-Kidz set out to test London’s buses, trains and boats for disabled users in Olympic year, its Kidz Board delivers a… (more…)
Desde Inmodiario: El director general de Obras Públicas, Proyectos Urbanos y Vivienda de la Generalitat Valenciana, Vicente Dómine, ha afirmado que “la Conselleria de Infraestructuras, Territorio y Medio Ambiente tiene un firme compromiso por hacer que la acción pública llegue… (more…)