INTERVIEWS

Bablu’s tryst with destiny

In the interview Bablu Ganguly, founder of Timbaktu Collective relates a story about Timbaktu’s bold experiment. A story about a storm that rose in activists’ minds and settled on a 32-acre plot of land. Bablu believes this land is magical and has been protecting the people living there. From a Young India Project activist to the founder of Timbaktu Collective, Bablu’s journey has indeed been very long and eventful.

In this interview Bablu talks about:

  • The birth of Timbaktu
  • The acid test- trying to rejuvenate a completely dry and denuded piece of land
  • The buildings in Timbaktu; how each building was an experiment- buildings made from stone and mud to bamboo, lime slurry and cement
  • Children’s space in Timbaktu
  • Dharma to protect the land which is always open for like-minded people

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Interview with Dr R T Doshi

Dr R.T. Doshi experimented with an innovative package of workable farming practices  that enables city dwellers to grow their own food on every available square inch of urban space, including terraces and balconies. Dr Doshi narrates his interesting journey into growing vegetables and fruits in the “Doshi” way.


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Interview with R L Kumar, a philosopher, an architect with passion for the earth

-Kumar reflects on his attempt to build houses differently. On a journey with Kumar where he explains how it all started-

  • The birth of Center for Vernacular Architecture
  • Housing Rights and Policies
  • Mainstream Architecture and Vernacular Architecture
  • On why he objects his style of architecture being called unconventional
  • On projects undertaken by CIEDS
  • Anecdote
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