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Taj Mahal: Multiple Narratives presents a new perspective on the Taj Mahal and Agra. The city and its iconic monuments have often been written about, exclusive of each other. Many stories from Agra form the pillars on which the Taj Mahal was built. Pleasure gardens or a dusty township of the Middle Ages, Agra has many dimensions. The book looks at global events, national events and showcase contemporary buildings and subsequent events which transformed it from a ...
The volume presents the comprehensive research findings and includes city maps, aerial images, analytical drawings and photographs of this spectacular Ephemeral Mega City for the Kumbh Mela. Kumbh Mela is the largest religious celebration on earth and the biggest public gathering in the world. The resulting settlement is a virtual mega city!
The Kumbh Mela deploys its own roads, pontoon bridges as well as tents serving as residences and venues for spiritual ...
Architecture In India Since 1990 charts the complexity of India's contemporary architectural scene over a crucial period marked by economic liberalisation and the contradictions, glamour and displacement wrought by globalisation. In twenty-first-century India, hybridity, pluralism and fusion reign over singular identities, the restultant architecture mirroring the socio-economic and political fabric of one of the world's largest and most populous nation states. ...
Mumbai's Metropolitan Region covers over 4,000 sq km and is home to over 22 million people. The dynamics of the Metropolitan Regionthe spatial and economic relations between its different neighborhoodsremain in flux. For instance, over one million people commute to Navi Mumbai everydaya phenomenon that could not have been predicted as recently as ten years ago. Thus, this points to the responsibility of architects, landscape architects, and planners ...