Monuments in Delhi: Safdarjung's Tomb

Architecture: Ahmedabad Textile Mills' Association Building

Another impressive structure from Le Corbusier...

GIFT City, Gujrat

'GIFT City' stands for 'Gujarat International Finance Tec-City', another ambitious project by Gujarat government to create a hi-tech CBD. GIFT City is spread over 900 acres of land approx. and is almost equi-distance from Ahmedabad and Gandhi Nagar. With an aim of creating a very high quality infrastructure to cater tech firms and to give an option to firms who are based in Mumbai or Gurgaon.

"To design a CBD that will serve as a paradigm for Next Class city in terms of quality of life, infrastructure and ambiance aiming to be high-density and high-rise, treating land as a precious resource."
This is what the concept behind it, as the official website says.

This is under construction and basic infrastructure is being built. While in Ahmedabad this time, I decided to have a look at the area as I was quite fascinated by the height restriction allowed here. The building heights here can go upto 410 meters... Really Impressive.
To be honest, that world-class feel of the GIFT city was quite prominent even while travelling from Ahmedabad. If I am not wrong, it is a 4-5 km diversion from Ahmedabad-Gandhi Nagar highway. Excellent roads and quality branding leads you to the GIFT City. The glimpses can be seen from the images above...

Sabarmati Ashram, Ahmedabad

After visiting this city of Ahmedabad so many times, finally managed to see the 'Gandhi Ashram' or 'Sabarmati Ashram'.

What a peaceful experience it was...

Dada Harir Ni Vav, Ahmedabad

'Vav' in gujrati means 'StepWell'. In search of some historic location in the city of Ahmedabad, I decided to start with this Baoli (StepWell) and it took me quite sometime on a Sunday afternoon to reach at this beautiful serene location. And not to mention, this 15th century structure was just stunning.

History says, this was built by King Sultan Bai Harir (locally known as Dada Harir) in 1485 AD. This stepwell is 5 level deep and is made of sand stone with beautiful carvings all around.

And it was a quite place to have some my-time... as I ended up with a self-portrait ;)

Surajkund International Crafts Mela 2015

Few glimpses from 29th Surajkund International Craft Mela, 2015.

This year the Surajkund Fair is on from 1st of Feb till 15th of Feb and theme state is Jharkhand. As usual the Fair is vibrant with rich colors of tradition and this time partner nation is Lebanon.

India Art Festival 2015, New Delhi

Few glimpses from the 'India Art Festival 2015'.

'Mumbai Local'

P.S. Unfortunately, I was there for an hour or so and was in a hurry. So I could not get/remember the details of the artists whose work are there in above photographs. Apologize.

Jodhpur Again...

December proved to be the busiest month of 2014 from the work front. The days were so crazy that we at office did not even realize that we have a scheduled travel to Jodhpur with tickets booked and meetings scheduled. New year eve to be spent in train is what we realised at around 5pm and before leaving office. So a quick decision, train tickets cancelled and we 4 from office were all set for another road trip to Jodhpur and to start another new year being on road... rescheduling a prior commitment there was not a big deal thankfully.

2015 It is...

Wow... Another new year and it is the 10th year on calendar since the start of this page. Really can not believe that the page started for fun has its existence online for a decade. Thanks everyone for your love and support all the time, though I am on and off or not being consistent with posts and all.

A big Thank You to everyone for all your good wishes and blessings. It really has been a wonderful journey and I am still looking forward to the path ahead.

And wish you all a brilliant year ahead :)