Bijoy Jain and Studio Mumbai!

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; line-height: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 20px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> An Indian Architect who inspires me to the core with his commitment to sustainibility practices is Mr Bijoy Jain.Mr Bijoy Jain creates a zen kind of atmosphere in any projects he does.The peace transpiring from each of these projects are ultimate.All his projects are simple and elegant and his designs let in the most amazing kind of sunlight:)-<span style="line-height: 1.6em;">He and his "Studio Mumbai" has worked at different levels across the country proving his manifestation to the commitment</span><span style="line-height: 1.6em;">.</span></span><br /><div style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 20px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; line-height: 24px;">Palmyra House, for example, was constructed with traditional building methods and all materials are locally sourced, from the foundation’s stone and sand to the joinery made from an Indian hardwood called ain wood and the ever-present palmyra louvers filtering the light and allowing rich air circulation.</span></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 20px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 24px;">As told to Guardian"</span><span style="line-height: 24px;">The palmyra palm is considered one of the most important trees on the subcontinent, with as many as 800 documented uses. Not only does it tolerate a variety of climatic conditions, but it provides fruit, medicine, weaving and writing materials, as well as a sturdy trunk for construction that may reach as long as 30 meters.</span></span></div><div style="line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1rem; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">As well, the house was built on a coconut plantation in a way that avoided the loss of income- and shade-generating trees. (While Western architects must struggle to bring light into a building, Jain’s challenge is frequently just the opposite, to cut the light.) It reflects Jain’s ethic of creating structures that deeply inhabit their environs – rather than seizing space from a landscape – a reflection of his belief that humans don’t enter a space from outside of nature but exist within the matrix.</span></div><div style="line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1rem; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">“When I’m referring to nature, I’m referring to man and nature as being reversible or part of the same entity,” he said. “It’s very personal.”</span></div><div style="line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1rem; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">There are other lessons to be found in the collaborative approach of Studio Mumbai.</span></div><div style="line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1rem; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Embracing change, for starters.</span></div><div style="line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1rem; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Architecture, according to Jain, must first of all “contain life”, and accomplish that in a way that recognizes that landscapes change, people change. Life itself stretches from before birth and reaches forward beyond death into decay.</span></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 20px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 1.6em;">Studio Mumbai  carefully develops projects through a process that draws from traditional skills, local building techniques, materials and an ingenuity that arises from limited resources. The essence of their work lies in the relationship between land and architecture. Studio Mumbai </span><span style="line-height: 1.6em;">describes themselves as being “inspired by real life conditions” as they understand complex relationships through the power of observation.</span></span></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 20px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">“The endeavor is to show the genuine possibility in creating buildings that emerge through a process of collective dialog, a face-to-face sharing of knowledge through imagination, intimacy, and modesty.”</span></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 20px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Projects from Studio Mumbai are Utsav House,House on Pali Hill,Copper House II , Belavali House, Leti 360,Tara House and Palmyra House,Trinity House</span><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">How  beautiful are these spaces..would love to build something closer to these homes..down south:)-fingers crossed!</span></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 20px; padding: 0px;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh66EcG442zfj_PjZ0ouWn3tpgti8PvMGtlYVOBCZVLJeoXeaq27mPJSRUh5UymVRRA0bNwZC3H26TPYaFJ1mqHgVWb-H3Gi8orduuSB6xlI7S6TTdp4C1NYQOEIGEmXTur4N7lzSCGgDk/s1600/8160050171_4a8208198d_b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="506" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh66EcG442zfj_PjZ0ouWn3tpgti8PvMGtlYVOBCZVLJeoXeaq27mPJSRUh5UymVRRA0bNwZC3H26TPYaFJ1mqHgVWb-H3Gi8orduuSB6xlI7S6TTdp4C1NYQOEIGEmXTur4N7lzSCGgDk/s1600/8160050171_4a8208198d_b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQuShQLmGtqWhDzGqa0s5EfoFDfxtQjuWkgQeO2GG5YT2q2fPm4wd7aL9Ff1ZkcDRKmETLFkPOPxrYuyE1e-RUq-DWl-p8Cyig-oK2lR8P9dAy1csfBV8i8S_cTrI2YwZScbVLrKigyMk/s1600/8160050927_b1ef020bd0_b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="506" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQuShQLmGtqWhDzGqa0s5EfoFDfxtQjuWkgQeO2GG5YT2q2fPm4wd7aL9Ff1ZkcDRKmETLFkPOPxrYuyE1e-RUq-DWl-p8Cyig-oK2lR8P9dAy1csfBV8i8S_cTrI2YwZScbVLrKigyMk/s1600/8160050927_b1ef020bd0_b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkUzjo3WKQN1VuE_1AQiBUsjFhq6AttWgcj5VNviZOXULMUZSxL8FkrwZzSqID5SfRai8TM5YkueRTCCptdpri3Nq4Vp7r9diOhqOVXFNbQMp48GB0kfAaT6RuzLCp69o7SQAMdT5_4zw/s1600/8160051085_5d0ef5444e_b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="506" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkUzjo3WKQN1VuE_1AQiBUsjFhq6AttWgcj5VNviZOXULMUZSxL8FkrwZzSqID5SfRai8TM5YkueRTCCptdpri3Nq4Vp7r9diOhqOVXFNbQMp48GB0kfAaT6RuzLCp69o7SQAMdT5_4zw/s1600/8160051085_5d0ef5444e_b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd0dswzWG9itDeDQzhFCcwjtGJ1vPzNX45jsGIKAEzlU7NF_pxjncCRJDMnVzPgTDBYfhULv3QeNwWo22lE-GYl9SUyB4l7g81j3pWXYsFWGU1YeBnExQNv6_3RO3H8dLvku9p033Vvtc/s1600/8160051553_34a0ef8000_b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="506" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd0dswzWG9itDeDQzhFCcwjtGJ1vPzNX45jsGIKAEzlU7NF_pxjncCRJDMnVzPgTDBYfhULv3QeNwWo22lE-GYl9SUyB4l7g81j3pWXYsFWGU1YeBnExQNv6_3RO3H8dLvku9p033Vvtc/s1600/8160051553_34a0ef8000_b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSL8Y9DyJGr0UeCHwwM9olGxnpkoGJRCEXUdKB9vR4zzK2EUfwI-Q1WUJ2W6dchYqMGugD2GJlCmgHH-5-u7sPH2VB9Jv03IUsdS-8PcOuOfI1-sITpAar0p1_b0FzZfgF4MIU1tkFGQY/s1600/8160052007_d2489bf912_b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="506" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSL8Y9DyJGr0UeCHwwM9olGxnpkoGJRCEXUdKB9vR4zzK2EUfwI-Q1WUJ2W6dchYqMGugD2GJlCmgHH-5-u7sPH2VB9Jv03IUsdS-8PcOuOfI1-sITpAar0p1_b0FzZfgF4MIU1tkFGQY/s1600/8160052007_d2489bf912_b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUcuBK7UlCyNWooJ2R912NbmMd7Ak-eLDVXOjHTuzxBDO2aZlL5c6J3kESgSXZGcI4dQSK-L2EKg2Ub-JoLGGXx6y-RsJpr3Ch_LCyG11GNy4URJepElHGhUVzdyvL3C2gTyUq6P2mPk8/s1600/8160052973_6f5bc99915_b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="506" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUcuBK7UlCyNWooJ2R912NbmMd7Ak-eLDVXOjHTuzxBDO2aZlL5c6J3kESgSXZGcI4dQSK-L2EKg2Ub-JoLGGXx6y-RsJpr3Ch_LCyG11GNy4URJepElHGhUVzdyvL3C2gTyUq6P2mPk8/s1600/8160052973_6f5bc99915_b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYi_tzfqJKLKLmwwZqxIFZ9dfJ79ZGjICpdBS13cPTGIy1GtzuWcrXEC92kgItoZPkaBR3W0OFNSjlZMWXUGSewc6NBrT6sY3SxFANPsg7KR-_dzW-pd582DgFEyVQnosonC3svMuHcy0/s1600/8160054305_6d35aba2af_b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYi_tzfqJKLKLmwwZqxIFZ9dfJ79ZGjICpdBS13cPTGIy1GtzuWcrXEC92kgItoZPkaBR3W0OFNSjlZMWXUGSewc6NBrT6sY3SxFANPsg7KR-_dzW-pd582DgFEyVQnosonC3svMuHcy0/s1600/8160054305_6d35aba2af_b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAUPyg6nv6IB8uuh_LE4QfVX1JxHX_II1CiX4PeJpUESS1l_wn1GiKpdeqkmhJpfh8YlMGbM69m80FaTaxIhRO5IkGisw9VnlH_iTR7Am4Je0FQqUDqCfJecThoFbdrGcBi28-tzoG93o/s1600/8160054465_955c0c74c4_b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAUPyg6nv6IB8uuh_LE4QfVX1JxHX_II1CiX4PeJpUESS1l_wn1GiKpdeqkmhJpfh8YlMGbM69m80FaTaxIhRO5IkGisw9VnlH_iTR7Am4Je0FQqUDqCfJecThoFbdrGcBi28-tzoG93o/s1600/8160054465_955c0c74c4_b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPVBn1EJ5Fcy_dpLbx_VoJ9gJ5uKCb-kQYBu6psf40fK0Z3K5m2SatO6_r8P880zobOxjEOHq6JsXi1Fjjws3jY_RWN9dTWe1RmpSlCi7FERhkyb1NAJQsJEUikHCVrG9afadxwS706Bk/s1600/8160054611_75f9d73dc4_b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPVBn1EJ5Fcy_dpLbx_VoJ9gJ5uKCb-kQYBu6psf40fK0Z3K5m2SatO6_r8P880zobOxjEOHq6JsXi1Fjjws3jY_RWN9dTWe1RmpSlCi7FERhkyb1NAJQsJEUikHCVrG9afadxwS706Bk/s1600/8160054611_75f9d73dc4_b.jpg" width="634" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgvR3jkVKkNF6DaoRJX_ZPiHOp54LAkoDRoL87JRbPM3Zj4uIy7fyrg0W4p4Ta3wOJzlxHIGFMlJfjNuz7FYX-dq9V6AlPk9iPNC6lcbHTPKS-lxWnsz2QHBq2u1Ktlr609iyH90-PhV8/s1600/8160055565_38d5c0d860_b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="508" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgvR3jkVKkNF6DaoRJX_ZPiHOp54LAkoDRoL87JRbPM3Zj4uIy7fyrg0W4p4Ta3wOJzlxHIGFMlJfjNuz7FYX-dq9V6AlPk9iPNC6lcbHTPKS-lxWnsz2QHBq2u1Ktlr609iyH90-PhV8/s1600/8160055565_38d5c0d860_b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOSTigXXZCl6w-hSh4Nik_lrZNc8hiOjPpPxVyCKnMvykOuOHX5UG5NZT24LfH-F39nuYxn9dmDXnVN7kyLwbEjFchXxsM8-2NVW991VxDUNwXYu9gRXTetHThP21CgSyFpkZoarsq3X4/s1600/8160084562_9c3802935d_b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="630" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOSTigXXZCl6w-hSh4Nik_lrZNc8hiOjPpPxVyCKnMvykOuOHX5UG5NZT24LfH-F39nuYxn9dmDXnVN7kyLwbEjFchXxsM8-2NVW991VxDUNwXYu9gRXTetHThP21CgSyFpkZoarsq3X4/s1600/8160084562_9c3802935d_b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLUygsUT6Dr7XX52ORJ2CClJRwhMfKOahoy5mi2cwxHuLJu6r13LDKPBy4bdK6xLhVQZ5o-GCXXvXK6pw4SGW7CCDVHB1JEE-OO_WLay6x18G7YkDlHu5EsAHh5J_3p3B-0FmlZIF9LSw/s1600/8160084684_6cda09194b_b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="506" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLUygsUT6Dr7XX52ORJ2CClJRwhMfKOahoy5mi2cwxHuLJu6r13LDKPBy4bdK6xLhVQZ5o-GCXXvXK6pw4SGW7CCDVHB1JEE-OO_WLay6x18G7YkDlHu5EsAHh5J_3p3B-0FmlZIF9LSw/s1600/8160084684_6cda09194b_b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitUgbviU1FLdf2484q1UtAEOLG5B2MHzlz4C0tbwOzBHJ3KVUspltGIY4FS-cP-zm16OTTk4efCaL_PKuVUfJqFc9N95OU89UVwwXPokRg4WquYSjWqau1K6DWSg6xKHigdu_s7FL3lCI/s1600/8160085042_8cde1b6062_b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="506" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitUgbviU1FLdf2484q1UtAEOLG5B2MHzlz4C0tbwOzBHJ3KVUspltGIY4FS-cP-zm16OTTk4efCaL_PKuVUfJqFc9N95OU89UVwwXPokRg4WquYSjWqau1K6DWSg6xKHigdu_s7FL3lCI/s1600/8160085042_8cde1b6062_b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRcd-wcWGi7DyGt3SF8i1XyUpFxVmmGvdPujA0yMzLNlAfxpX-1CT0lhhM_FXotzqbP2yVi71WgD44aMpcKn_RLo07VC6Qq9VzWqcFZ6HrTsqypKfixHVB6GZflucBSfaMBK476UBu7OI/s1600/8160085136_657467957b_b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="506" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRcd-wcWGi7DyGt3SF8i1XyUpFxVmmGvdPujA0yMzLNlAfxpX-1CT0lhhM_FXotzqbP2yVi71WgD44aMpcKn_RLo07VC6Qq9VzWqcFZ6HrTsqypKfixHVB6GZflucBSfaMBK476UBu7OI/s1600/8160085136_657467957b_b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJqgT8llOlTbPXF9z-Wzrk_nvFDi3lS88VjQD8R_ER1pf7jfGfYoAnYzl4JLcc419Up47tfhK1Y0lAn5ZhqQPY7GoTsb9Ov065LDRDERd9IBJATub0c5mZ-QNB9voUhsYMk0b_3QYL3Aw/s1600/8160086366_cf4eaea566_b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJqgT8llOlTbPXF9z-Wzrk_nvFDi3lS88VjQD8R_ER1pf7jfGfYoAnYzl4JLcc419Up47tfhK1Y0lAn5ZhqQPY7GoTsb9Ov065LDRDERd9IBJATub0c5mZ-QNB9voUhsYMk0b_3QYL3Aw/s1600/8160086366_cf4eaea566_b.jpg" width="506" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN6MrT_HIA4Cy_R2XyA_oMbqBCNRQIJ-iEw23r0URPw1hOlYq-UHXIfGn4Ph7ZAmtzOwf3-8o0Q014xxY91_pBrc3nzLxo0B_X_jAXEkhBGOw2Ud92Jd_tzeFl4qW0Wm_lLLcXrKOIWWg/s1600/8160087844_1baf433615_b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="506" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN6MrT_HIA4Cy_R2XyA_oMbqBCNRQIJ-iEw23r0URPw1hOlYq-UHXIfGn4Ph7ZAmtzOwf3-8o0Q014xxY91_pBrc3nzLxo0B_X_jAXEkhBGOw2Ud92Jd_tzeFl4qW0Wm_lLLcXrKOIWWg/s1600/8160087844_1baf433615_b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCD2-wRDzAH7sj3V-hC7Wh7Tb3Gm-xK7zZlViIoXpuL4XqKPwUpCgpX7N43xVvjehU3I80yxVojqfHr3qGwkGinJpI__irCV3VYEQXZWElZ6IzgVtv8H5O7LVHUY6mT-cm2cnw54S-n0s/s1600/8160088182_419d0ea006_b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="506" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCD2-wRDzAH7sj3V-hC7Wh7Tb3Gm-xK7zZlViIoXpuL4XqKPwUpCgpX7N43xVvjehU3I80yxVojqfHr3qGwkGinJpI__irCV3VYEQXZWElZ6IzgVtv8H5O7LVHUY6mT-cm2cnw54S-n0s/s1600/8160088182_419d0ea006_b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtfGEYm2PQJtp63aqv2xrB6mm1DEnxR5Phqg4xI0-CnFII0nfKEk50DhYY3YNrjLxy081GjDr2KDEdEiPrBZGs7jOEUWmc6vraD0RC9f0eSX8L6sVLS51hEx1K3BJtd8bH9Khuc33L3WQ/s1600/8160088372_df082e19cc_b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="506" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtfGEYm2PQJtp63aqv2xrB6mm1DEnxR5Phqg4xI0-CnFII0nfKEk50DhYY3YNrjLxy081GjDr2KDEdEiPrBZGs7jOEUWmc6vraD0RC9f0eSX8L6sVLS51hEx1K3BJtd8bH9Khuc33L3WQ/s1600/8160088372_df082e19cc_b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjljGqnEAFP53aUYTRXqE-45evPr2MHMnINVz-low_lmrhBeZXX7i9lk6XFNQ_WeiHqHA85_e5BHzw9cXPeIcifprDrsfol7hSnj173DSWV59x3kRsaHtI704E3GUQ9LQpwCHsoU3OHjE8/s1600/8160088732_0059994eb1_b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="430" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjljGqnEAFP53aUYTRXqE-45evPr2MHMnINVz-low_lmrhBeZXX7i9lk6XFNQ_WeiHqHA85_e5BHzw9cXPeIcifprDrsfol7hSnj173DSWV59x3kRsaHtI704E3GUQ9LQpwCHsoU3OHjE8/s1600/8160088732_0059994eb1_b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhITQKjLAUfjHiLyi1oh41uSZAW0O_06ZDWkXoMmZ4F28j1SAaqlkEZ5Tyl542SXem6QsnTZn8EWPDOJxbMItvgB6_rWlJgihA3dagrwygL2Lr2ifoyu5JKREG8RFoma5YfjKA_qwUCT2M/s1600/8160090184_3dc4bf37fd_b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="502" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhITQKjLAUfjHiLyi1oh41uSZAW0O_06ZDWkXoMmZ4F28j1SAaqlkEZ5Tyl542SXem6QsnTZn8EWPDOJxbMItvgB6_rWlJgihA3dagrwygL2Lr2ifoyu5JKREG8RFoma5YfjKA_qwUCT2M/s1600/8160090184_3dc4bf37fd_b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHj6jbgzjTPDIWO9WVhXjZoXmV9QHB54CyACRgt57jTo2fTpZpUOuvvnUbcuiJd3n2OfcPhWxwyhFoWmAZZBKXDJ6va0KhSrf3hNpcAC-_KZfANPceq5iq6OjynesX6TivbFie7iKWLEc/s1600/8160130701_2ae6ffff9b_b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="508" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHj6jbgzjTPDIWO9WVhXjZoXmV9QHB54CyACRgt57jTo2fTpZpUOuvvnUbcuiJd3n2OfcPhWxwyhFoWmAZZBKXDJ6va0KhSrf3hNpcAC-_KZfANPceq5iq6OjynesX6TivbFie7iKWLEc/s1600/8160130701_2ae6ffff9b_b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpLv3dMe3IMvNAhRe5gaUs3NpfK0fpvtMGLPcJLZJcxMRWHhlnKwiUYH-SPLcl_z-04jClVCaGRpt5NFzKgu2r-6XXxJskUnfycrrf8eyGs_p9oMDszrfmobnNry1dYaY1HafGhLfH4FU/s1600/8160131093_f644bf15aa_b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="508" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpLv3dMe3IMvNAhRe5gaUs3NpfK0fpvtMGLPcJLZJcxMRWHhlnKwiUYH-SPLcl_z-04jClVCaGRpt5NFzKgu2r-6XXxJskUnfycrrf8eyGs_p9oMDszrfmobnNry1dYaY1HafGhLfH4FU/s1600/8160131093_f644bf15aa_b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFsLQNYWvYIb8Cm7vQhHJqe7scOBi9jqHL9iv-uaPqBZLL5ahMM5GcZiRMtpRBGbjUmEfZRYQVRID3A2Drq_VA4yL-_GCucUQwugg-buvmlaZ4wjvYOOndw4thd7c5cR4wepK1E7HfL3o/s1600/8160155411_7d6c6a9a62_b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="508" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFsLQNYWvYIb8Cm7vQhHJqe7scOBi9jqHL9iv-uaPqBZLL5ahMM5GcZiRMtpRBGbjUmEfZRYQVRID3A2Drq_VA4yL-_GCucUQwugg-buvmlaZ4wjvYOOndw4thd7c5cR4wepK1E7HfL3o/s1600/8160155411_7d6c6a9a62_b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ6kgrmLWCmc3GkyYLhiePwNBPgVW3NpEcczn2H4v8zx9zGcqa3DVvuEYrtXPw1zcN4mqAHIJbVOHuI1xsSp9wy-uzh51uAA-u5L50M6x2Uf2VFawL6ToUGE2S5jJfNcC3MRQ4poi3OFI/s1600/8160165452_7042aa41a5_b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="508" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ6kgrmLWCmc3GkyYLhiePwNBPgVW3NpEcczn2H4v8zx9zGcqa3DVvuEYrtXPw1zcN4mqAHIJbVOHuI1xsSp9wy-uzh51uAA-u5L50M6x2Uf2VFawL6ToUGE2S5jJfNcC3MRQ4poi3OFI/s1600/8160165452_7042aa41a5_b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO9aEQOWC7wONquqe0bNQa3nXDfQr_3rMl1_aBEJzZQAqPoDgGQWPtXhAVSDex9wZfhpQI9faRA4w5uwJoS8ffvexpYac-AgJKkKZxu4pkdxZny2s5HCZ-JKHwgiyGHQp1isXGpXA49p8/s1600/8160166390_22bf4c61b8_b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="508" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO9aEQOWC7wONquqe0bNQa3nXDfQr_3rMl1_aBEJzZQAqPoDgGQWPtXhAVSDex9wZfhpQI9faRA4w5uwJoS8ffvexpYac-AgJKkKZxu4pkdxZny2s5HCZ-JKHwgiyGHQp1isXGpXA49p8/s1600/8160166390_22bf4c61b8_b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnHUL1r-If2j7dO1QQgrkducvBtlkneO4ZXH7MdA1dCefT9uGUqfIek57lYkoCWRi2voeWMZkZ2lR1mBbR1zU3TLw09eLCxcBa0xxYSm4BZEu8VV_kQOZlY9vo25mrrjhPC2wS443vdAs/s1600/8160185470_8b0edea00c_b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="508" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnHUL1r-If2j7dO1QQgrkducvBtlkneO4ZXH7MdA1dCefT9uGUqfIek57lYkoCWRi2voeWMZkZ2lR1mBbR1zU3TLw09eLCxcBa0xxYSm4BZEu8VV_kQOZlY9vo25mrrjhPC2wS443vdAs/s1600/8160185470_8b0edea00c_b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzjD0nt7HvouZEpj_SOf_3rCNBDORyk5wcBVuMUn4hFRbGSkeLfknkgXQwJMpsS_wOs-9wvP6VEJ_OPvevbzFJmO6DFyVeozNCN5E1R5yt3EZjRfVSuBWykxArYThyphenhyphenVknq8prjqg8JAMM/s1600/92264faa-53e2-44ae-8160-c4082e8d66b3-1020x612.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="384" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzjD0nt7HvouZEpj_SOf_3rCNBDORyk5wcBVuMUn4hFRbGSkeLfknkgXQwJMpsS_wOs-9wvP6VEJ_OPvevbzFJmO6DFyVeozNCN5E1R5yt3EZjRfVSuBWykxArYThyphenhyphenVknq8prjqg8JAMM/s1600/92264faa-53e2-44ae-8160-c4082e8d66b3-1020x612.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivh1jCA3EKivCGLa5ubduchoZr4LlvU16K3zgTVhjVSA0-plGcQ1XbD09_9QHOoAr2XM2Y2rxee1WQOfV6vVZs_K14yNZc9cfHvVPe39zL0hZK4xzFQZNZKK4pbZhfcKnzjuRbAuDVzpg/s1600/e6e22714-8a99-45bc-8fdb-4f35cf619251-2060x1236+(1).jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="382" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivh1jCA3EKivCGLa5ubduchoZr4LlvU16K3zgTVhjVSA0-plGcQ1XbD09_9QHOoAr2XM2Y2rxee1WQOfV6vVZs_K14yNZc9cfHvVPe39zL0hZK4xzFQZNZKK4pbZhfcKnzjuRbAuDVzpg/s1600/e6e22714-8a99-45bc-8fdb-4f35cf619251-2060x1236+(1).jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 13.1999998092651px; line-height: 19.7999992370605px;">A</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 19.7999992370605px;">ll pictures courtesy <a href="http://www.studiomumbai.com/" sl-processed="1" style="border-bottom-style: none; color: #da1071; text-decoration: none !important; word-wrap: break-word;">Studio Mumbai</a>. Picture credit Helene Binet (Palmyra, Tara House), Fram Petit (Bungalow 8), Ryo Yung (Leti), Michael Freeman (Reading Room), Studio Mumbai (Leti, Pali Hill, Tara Baoli, Tara House)</span></div>

Bijoy Jain and Studio Mumbai!

 An Indian Architect who inspires me to the core with his commitment to sustainibility practices is Mr Bijoy Jain.Mr Bijoy Jain creates a ze...

Read more »

Festival Season at home..Diwali time

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white;"></span><br /><div><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The fragrance filled the air</span></span></div><span style="background-color: white;"></span><br /><div><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The musky aroma of the dull oranges,at thy feet</span></span></span></div><span style="background-color: white;"></span><br /><div><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The bubble of warmth and the fragrance of the divine worship at Diwali</span></span></span></div><span style="background-color: white;"></span><br /><div><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #37404e; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Mornings moments fresh and fragrant at Diwali time</span></span></span></div><span style="background-color: white;"></span><br /><div><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Fresh garlands of seasonal flowers , vivid pink lotus buds,shimmering fabric that evoke the prayers</span></span></span></div><span style="background-color: white;"></span><br /><div><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #37404e; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 18px;">As Dusk slowly enveloped the house,the diwali evening was beautiful</span></span></div><span style="background-color: white;"></span><br /><div><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 18px;">Celebrate...and enjoy...as the house warms up for diwali!</span></span></div><span style="background-color: white;"></span><br /><div><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">A  Kaleidoscopic view of the festival season at our home</span></span></span></div><span style="background-color: white;"></span><div><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white;"><div>As I wait for another Diwali Morning:)-</div><div><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Loved these lines on" <b>A Diwali Morning"</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">On Diwali morning</span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">her childhood returns: de</span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">w </span><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">on the burnt grass, birds in flight </span><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">singing, pampering by her aunts, </span><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">the rustling of new dresses, </span><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">delectable meals and sweets </span></span><br /><div><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">Joy sugared the air, as bright </span><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">as firecrackers exploding.</span><br style="background-color: white;" /><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">On a November night </span><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">the festival would arrive: the perfect </span><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">opening notes of a symphony </span><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">that would decide the fate of the planet. </span><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">Each moment was alive: </span><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">it was like being washed in the geyser </span><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">of memory.</span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">(Charles Fishman)</span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></span></div><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"></span></span><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZdBMTORw_Nna-Bq0V_I1jg2EBo4b1W6bHiEDnNWNjcjn-Xg7o0F1frtBlcXkOmizB7UvesgXVsOVeIN6hErFRsXRuEtlbVOWvqT_-4pkH_wD8po3v6fK9qm9_Zrq4YgKhjFKV7KkcIFs/s1600/IMG_9539+copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZdBMTORw_Nna-Bq0V_I1jg2EBo4b1W6bHiEDnNWNjcjn-Xg7o0F1frtBlcXkOmizB7UvesgXVsOVeIN6hErFRsXRuEtlbVOWvqT_-4pkH_wD8po3v6fK9qm9_Zrq4YgKhjFKV7KkcIFs/s640/IMG_9539+copy.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"></span></span></div><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"></span></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span></div><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"></span></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"></span></span></div><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /> </span></span><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD7gdYroiGuCdM09PLT3t6sITPe2ym4bhjlqWryOafevQX6t4ZaWbXniSgRlUpDvctm6K4R5bxn2C23zik6K69bLShNlYxVGh_hjUEUOCraFFww2erNZ_8EPIHDSikic2wS5dL1ugsuE8/s1600/IMG_9269+copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD7gdYroiGuCdM09PLT3t6sITPe2ym4bhjlqWryOafevQX6t4ZaWbXniSgRlUpDvctm6K4R5bxn2C23zik6K69bLShNlYxVGh_hjUEUOCraFFww2erNZ_8EPIHDSikic2wS5dL1ugsuE8/s640/IMG_9269+copy.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;">Home stitched beauties as cushions,</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;">Small golden beads that got stitched on to the sides:)-</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"></span></span></div><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"> </span></span><br /><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; text-align: left;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"></span></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span></div><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"></span></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhertczuJYKdaRXgQXgLfMFv3Ter4Mvx7W9sOIcMk3Ao-uMFJKKjQlj1-JGD8AjBshxElq9l5CPPFpmW4HUcvgFMSo8euPhbaEk1pZyrBZjVGKDPH1vbUL9TTVhiXsdHYBCn6-VcDy9eqE/s1600/IMG_9546+copy.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhertczuJYKdaRXgQXgLfMFv3Ter4Mvx7W9sOIcMk3Ao-uMFJKKjQlj1-JGD8AjBshxElq9l5CPPFpmW4HUcvgFMSo8euPhbaEk1pZyrBZjVGKDPH1vbUL9TTVhiXsdHYBCn6-VcDy9eqE/s640/IMG_9546+copy.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"></span></span></div><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"></span></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span></div><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"></span></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"></span></span></div><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6D9MVD76wnH0gS4RrjM01spzzN2JUOUXDAb_ArSHZC2yQMz0Dkdx8GdQ0oKexOfQ0zFHK4OImAxCn2a702uERJZLsIDMMb1qYNM2NN71XukjnOCiO13_h2rWlZpHPzjd1s8slD58FxJI/s1600/IMG_9282+copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6D9MVD76wnH0gS4RrjM01spzzN2JUOUXDAb_ArSHZC2yQMz0Dkdx8GdQ0oKexOfQ0zFHK4OImAxCn2a702uERJZLsIDMMb1qYNM2NN71XukjnOCiO13_h2rWlZpHPzjd1s8slD58FxJI/s640/IMG_9282+copy.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6zrQx7WYfZCHt93Mr0n_Fxh3Gy5l-huq_AMNrnN4EO2qn0kRq9nQmWjPTTsCAHrHylUs-AOoUbKZj4Uxq2uKZXPyJ-4oNOCXIEX9oPGmg0PbkmIPCHy4GLaAvkQglO7I_JrEuD4h39m0/s1600/IMG_9292+copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6zrQx7WYfZCHt93Mr0n_Fxh3Gy5l-huq_AMNrnN4EO2qn0kRq9nQmWjPTTsCAHrHylUs-AOoUbKZj4Uxq2uKZXPyJ-4oNOCXIEX9oPGmg0PbkmIPCHy4GLaAvkQglO7I_JrEuD4h39m0/s640/IMG_9292+copy.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpKRtw04uwl_NlBXu2Oc9GU3cbvgEjR5CjfMhJiX40d9WdCCAzBlTuo7LFECRfUlBXjol2giVC3jEhJ-2vcESkUIcU-dyL08xvBaqbJYhR4h7W4NTOujoIPCgB62Dft4SVMZxn6Pdmfdc/s1600/IMG_9293+copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpKRtw04uwl_NlBXu2Oc9GU3cbvgEjR5CjfMhJiX40d9WdCCAzBlTuo7LFECRfUlBXjol2giVC3jEhJ-2vcESkUIcU-dyL08xvBaqbJYhR4h7W4NTOujoIPCgB62Dft4SVMZxn6Pdmfdc/s640/IMG_9293+copy.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #37404e; font-size: small; line-height: 17.98611068725586px; text-align: left;">I never knew how to worship until I knew how to love(Henry ward)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxbdZ4MWAcx9afeHKnRH5F385MPJOb_uMdkFp1X9LR3-NSNFr1DsSCE-rlrD16IclRcsTMbxdFhbYmSQ-3kF2RemYrH6bWnVfGa8viFaTycHnvcDKYc4LB0ZXEwNulKzTUEcGCuTiIY5k/s1600/IMG_9296+copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxbdZ4MWAcx9afeHKnRH5F385MPJOb_uMdkFp1X9LR3-NSNFr1DsSCE-rlrD16IclRcsTMbxdFhbYmSQ-3kF2RemYrH6bWnVfGa8viFaTycHnvcDKYc4LB0ZXEwNulKzTUEcGCuTiIY5k/s640/IMG_9296+copy.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table></span></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span></div><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"></span></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOczQi-Krrh4q6LojyHyCpCmFVro40DktOVWU7O2HjpnBvR_BPKMqS5itZTD-ojI02P_6SkMk4o9TteivRXlPQoASO3ZXmeAHSG9XE1rHVrU9NW9pe1_tCISeK3jNdyPu3y-BXCWQOpOQ/s1600/IMG_9308+copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOczQi-Krrh4q6LojyHyCpCmFVro40DktOVWU7O2HjpnBvR_BPKMqS5itZTD-ojI02P_6SkMk4o9TteivRXlPQoASO3ZXmeAHSG9XE1rHVrU9NW9pe1_tCISeK3jNdyPu3y-BXCWQOpOQ/s640/IMG_9308+copy.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #37404e; font-size: small; line-height: 17.98611068725586px; text-align: left;">Worship is Divine..Everyday life has become my prayer(Sarah Ban)</span>d caption</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSmOseJd32dnVxV2Ciysp-R60-ebxRjZrYpkKzQUe49niqjlniR24wY3RT2RH8PkR2OYTta0UwBMiAvZuroCp14A75qbKcQlI0kT1CiUmtgtzWn81WRzrLfHttfIeOaY3LNjKxhc9A-Ec/s1600/IMG_9313+copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSmOseJd32dnVxV2Ciysp-R60-ebxRjZrYpkKzQUe49niqjlniR24wY3RT2RH8PkR2OYTta0UwBMiAvZuroCp14A75qbKcQlI0kT1CiUmtgtzWn81WRzrLfHttfIeOaY3LNjKxhc9A-Ec/s640/IMG_9313+copy.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table></span></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span></div><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDsN4omXYqBiJF_QSCnnLdgZ_nZk-TTo6hqhyFywpp5RwW6tj_jQwaL9YrLZnOC9bzF0hYqldvbJlNKLV0ORbU3-c64hyphenhyphenADXpeaM1Jfi31B4w_og3DTUcjKTQbUQhjHLMFxxyYzjQnJE0/s1600/IMG_9650+copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDsN4omXYqBiJF_QSCnnLdgZ_nZk-TTo6hqhyFywpp5RwW6tj_jQwaL9YrLZnOC9bzF0hYqldvbJlNKLV0ORbU3-c64hyphenhyphenADXpeaM1Jfi31B4w_og3DTUcjKTQbUQhjHLMFxxyYzjQnJE0/s640/IMG_9650+copy.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4rilC0iGmtW3KxsCmdu6OCZirNyxACUhRUUT2nGJhWJpk1Ok61IwPJojP3ug0WUYGSRa-0PIqe7P0kfktpx0JZiKhbI94kD8CqYDtTKejw0oILRlaIlJUMWISWTiJucDi1EoNhXwlCDI/s1600/IMG_9646+copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4rilC0iGmtW3KxsCmdu6OCZirNyxACUhRUUT2nGJhWJpk1Ok61IwPJojP3ug0WUYGSRa-0PIqe7P0kfktpx0JZiKhbI94kD8CqYDtTKejw0oILRlaIlJUMWISWTiJucDi1EoNhXwlCDI/s640/IMG_9646+copy.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN-DVbYa7X47NgzD2LwQiui52QliV5usRJTc9cXmrrMCMyoRy4cxUaI5aUGwaOvOc9ehquSMrxB6pThlbL77SI2e1aNHH77mYq8pkZ5htH66fBJVuxg9n5x9THCgFM-jVN5XB3OmTk3Ys/s1600/IMG_9645+copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN-DVbYa7X47NgzD2LwQiui52QliV5usRJTc9cXmrrMCMyoRy4cxUaI5aUGwaOvOc9ehquSMrxB6pThlbL77SI2e1aNHH77mYq8pkZ5htH66fBJVuxg9n5x9THCgFM-jVN5XB3OmTk3Ys/s640/IMG_9645+copy.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1c17M2F7V2XIlGdwhQkspTfGooa0LQf_esStYRpCRJuDRtPJvLmPrWLYOt-dckosOhTSKSWeGj1wTbj3oqU8O0sAc942IiHQrgJrRvRor0D8ZvfBwZ1jBXE94RCPlvJOCvmHQRQc3hzg/s1600/IMG_9438+copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1c17M2F7V2XIlGdwhQkspTfGooa0LQf_esStYRpCRJuDRtPJvLmPrWLYOt-dckosOhTSKSWeGj1wTbj3oqU8O0sAc942IiHQrgJrRvRor0D8ZvfBwZ1jBXE94RCPlvJOCvmHQRQc3hzg/s640/IMG_9438+copy.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisyYcaYgaZXpfMd2nFnzHl2Aa6Q0UjFv2VpgkR110zvbT1oIluWM9ZcT7A5zG9Vcor6KSbn5O0dOn9wdbifRPr8j83eGj2x86YQc7XfhKz2KgAcj-mLNB-e7yncSGiiCLW9Wwab8T11pU/s1600/IMG_9482+copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisyYcaYgaZXpfMd2nFnzHl2Aa6Q0UjFv2VpgkR110zvbT1oIluWM9ZcT7A5zG9Vcor6KSbn5O0dOn9wdbifRPr8j83eGj2x86YQc7XfhKz2KgAcj-mLNB-e7yncSGiiCLW9Wwab8T11pU/s640/IMG_9482+copy.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd3Zppu-T1KOaRpQXRkQqQ_pOZ7YHHEQ78T1WsI9t6YqEdg9tqLuZTe9EjkM6GyLYWRzm-hkKfuG0RynKjELK51uaBGYIXjdKOfmqcb88F-N4erJEtYtFK8bTQj3qQCBj_vpMQNnF9GCo/s1600/IMG_9507.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd3Zppu-T1KOaRpQXRkQqQ_pOZ7YHHEQ78T1WsI9t6YqEdg9tqLuZTe9EjkM6GyLYWRzm-hkKfuG0RynKjELK51uaBGYIXjdKOfmqcb88F-N4erJEtYtFK8bTQj3qQCBj_vpMQNnF9GCo/s640/IMG_9507.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKB6ED04IYu8G6LF5RLJqbAiWUBnt5vF6S1s1XYZLPcYDsvDv9gIgmbA0cT6MCF74EbGbzl96Gn8QVLAZEu5UD0sefPmAXyFqUU5LTS9Ly63Ah5sLjnkzUBSBDT0Hs6AyKHDbqSuNh1uw/s1600/IMG_9526+copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKB6ED04IYu8G6LF5RLJqbAiWUBnt5vF6S1s1XYZLPcYDsvDv9gIgmbA0cT6MCF74EbGbzl96Gn8QVLAZEu5UD0sefPmAXyFqUU5LTS9Ly63Ah5sLjnkzUBSBDT0Hs6AyKHDbqSuNh1uw/s640/IMG_9526+copy.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf9WJl9vm3kwjO6mjGrZS6FpawfK2KIWHJoTa62HuP-xixIIx-wKoL2iqeirvpQXYKn9nbMeuRHVREoce2TssFJfF3y_GN-ksLxJX-W7XSv-9U8GBEY7-bm_SmLWIZu5nFLJSdvzUQEvM/s1600/IMG_9484+copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf9WJl9vm3kwjO6mjGrZS6FpawfK2KIWHJoTa62HuP-xixIIx-wKoL2iqeirvpQXYKn9nbMeuRHVREoce2TssFJfF3y_GN-ksLxJX-W7XSv-9U8GBEY7-bm_SmLWIZu5nFLJSdvzUQEvM/s640/IMG_9484+copy.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-AHyjnT0tnybg8gJpfHOtFxtgG7xAngTOLhShSXJoQylYTH8qMLeBwij315MVS9_YqmKefbHAH1do_Yo9RLH3Kov5u8a_JLYOzBlHf2ErlTOmZYXOTyZMJTkZNdb3WHrA_kEwJRF2vG0/s1600/IMG_9623.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-AHyjnT0tnybg8gJpfHOtFxtgG7xAngTOLhShSXJoQylYTH8qMLeBwij315MVS9_YqmKefbHAH1do_Yo9RLH3Kov5u8a_JLYOzBlHf2ErlTOmZYXOTyZMJTkZNdb3WHrA_kEwJRF2vG0/s640/IMG_9623.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: small; line-height: 17.98611068725586px; text-align: left;">The bangles as votive holder</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMR2na9GhsHX5qW-HyeUW4gV9_hxwzZ8Ztt832xvCqCXrCou5OdOEMRHIJSqGNq3yCLwiIKjEAiChJzmgVTtrAXRAwuGoZCmgCD0imVLY3Z-yFPm8FpZJAElcfVrFOTbNXUe5otFVk5mo/s1600/IMG_9625.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMR2na9GhsHX5qW-HyeUW4gV9_hxwzZ8Ztt832xvCqCXrCou5OdOEMRHIJSqGNq3yCLwiIKjEAiChJzmgVTtrAXRAwuGoZCmgCD0imVLY3Z-yFPm8FpZJAElcfVrFOTbNXUe5otFVk5mo/s640/IMG_9625.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY0DeIeW9_T1VUqlG_d_3iL92U8VMApwNPeBzECP9YayE4tcocd2BK68yq5X9xCrn_NX4HDaTFsvERaZ4x-7ORCkhHwp855R3UlqlnfbvcOFnv8vIBQUl7jB4eD4UUnxziNRcsjmI2c2w/s1600/IMG_9724+copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY0DeIeW9_T1VUqlG_d_3iL92U8VMApwNPeBzECP9YayE4tcocd2BK68yq5X9xCrn_NX4HDaTFsvERaZ4x-7ORCkhHwp855R3UlqlnfbvcOFnv8vIBQUl7jB4eD4UUnxziNRcsjmI2c2w/s640/IMG_9724+copy.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small; text-align: left;"> As i wait for another Diwali Morning:)-</span></td></tr></tbody></table></span></span><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>All images and ideas Copyrighted to Lakshmi Arvind</div><div>Please ask permission before you use these images from the blog,unauthorised copying from the site and using it otherwise on any other site is prevented.</div></div>

Festival Season at home..Diwali time

The fragrance filled the air The musky aroma of the dull oranges,at thy feet The bubble of warmth and the fragrance of the divine worship at...

Read more »

David Hall @Fort Kochi

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">David Hall one of the beautiful buildings in Fortkochi, has always attracted me.Is it the wooden roofs,made of flat face rafters that had drawn me towards it or the architectural grandeur or the history.</span></div><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">It houses an art gallery and acts as a cultural centre to support young exponents of visual and performing art forms.</span><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">History</span></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">David Hall was built around 1695 by the Dutch East India Company. It was the residence of the renowned Dutch governor, Hendrick Adrian Van Rheede tot Drakestein. However, the building gets its name from a later occupant, a Jewish businessman called David Koder. Governor Drakestein initiated a pioneering study on the flora of Kerala that resulted in the 12-volume classic, the Hortus Malabaricus. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The three-foot wide walls and the four-column windows are the other characteristics of the building and they add to its elegance. A well-manicured garden and the old trees in the courtyard too help the David Hall retain its grace intact.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHnJMi7Nd_8WJplSCLmLRrPNYmD0llMZ4iaj2acZrp7mGK0YAugqq6K0a-d_KK7r_XQYpMoj0fizJSZ2Qx1r4wCk7bUypQpQtIhU8IW1v9GDvNT3DJ3Ey1EnxbOM7C4NzqKTmHlYyqMFU/s1600/cochin-rajakkad-jun12-vol2+203+copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHnJMi7Nd_8WJplSCLmLRrPNYmD0llMZ4iaj2acZrp7mGK0YAugqq6K0a-d_KK7r_XQYpMoj0fizJSZ2Qx1r4wCk7bUypQpQtIhU8IW1v9GDvNT3DJ3Ey1EnxbOM7C4NzqKTmHlYyqMFU/s640/cochin-rajakkad-jun12-vol2+203+copy.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRf5cd_vw6rDO8Hg0ogXiaAm-8ATizzpNjMcuiRyZhCp6AUa1UxnZlo0pOCq7co8wFsfV0mOz9qnnaCH02Ic6Zd4H3l78S038R0_yofnqnX8l0PwLOgKInjp7YvEER21AgWowuSJ7Z3Tw/s1600/cochin-rajakkad-jun12-vol2+205+copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRf5cd_vw6rDO8Hg0ogXiaAm-8ATizzpNjMcuiRyZhCp6AUa1UxnZlo0pOCq7co8wFsfV0mOz9qnnaCH02Ic6Zd4H3l78S038R0_yofnqnX8l0PwLOgKInjp7YvEER21AgWowuSJ7Z3Tw/s640/cochin-rajakkad-jun12-vol2+205+copy.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">the patina gives a warm welcome</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO5X3uCR1EesZtJDqrLGQUvb_fEKG6RJPQkeRk0zVax5uyWagpgx0qHrHW33LXLHH_EtQ8oZUltvw26Cgtzsh2hXgr7mG5Py4xzoxtpL0va2kLMqBY4Kpt7kHBKmR2mB7-pbwrUQmLLrY/s1600/cochin-rajakkad-jun12-vol2+206+copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><img border="0" height="394" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO5X3uCR1EesZtJDqrLGQUvb_fEKG6RJPQkeRk0zVax5uyWagpgx0qHrHW33LXLHH_EtQ8oZUltvw26Cgtzsh2hXgr7mG5Py4xzoxtpL0va2kLMqBY4Kpt7kHBKmR2mB7-pbwrUQmLLrY/s640/cochin-rajakkad-jun12-vol2+206+copy.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO0HNDo4D-o4LKbFopYpgq-vFQaQJoQBFGwsLaDWFxwxXF0D5LYshfWyMFGyg494fNfjHGNmHR53bwK4E0bkChz_14bpLv0J8gcG3FOHHv-EiVm_5eGai1Lli7w2fPJNkZnAIihZ9FCJ4/s1600/cochin-rajakkad-jun12-vol2+208+copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO0HNDo4D-o4LKbFopYpgq-vFQaQJoQBFGwsLaDWFxwxXF0D5LYshfWyMFGyg494fNfjHGNmHR53bwK4E0bkChz_14bpLv0J8gcG3FOHHv-EiVm_5eGai1Lli7w2fPJNkZnAIihZ9FCJ4/s640/cochin-rajakkad-jun12-vol2+208+copy.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">the colocasia leaves...and the black small gate</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgguOa9j_QNNwsqvvF8DpgLWIuX7va8iVPKyofdaQpl9m3ds8N6A4eCj7UINY-hfT-DasAu3LATUuYQYe3I9JoqOGdSa8bQuBcq0W4oT37JWEFDflurXoZj2Sci01b-gze68iNSz5zcl_0/s1600/cochin-rajakkad-jun12-vol2+211+copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgguOa9j_QNNwsqvvF8DpgLWIuX7va8iVPKyofdaQpl9m3ds8N6A4eCj7UINY-hfT-DasAu3LATUuYQYe3I9JoqOGdSa8bQuBcq0W4oT37JWEFDflurXoZj2Sci01b-gze68iNSz5zcl_0/s640/cochin-rajakkad-jun12-vol2+211+copy.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">there is a gallery cafe too</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWBxz-d7iv0XJOOAQI4OribKTeb3y9XNHrPuAnBpGAs-lHbOytIJjlmo5SJT4bq6akQb0QmWyC_dC90uwjXVTY9fqXgN5Ol9hyphenhyphen68cQrssm_gX0tq4Kld1IMNEY1xzG3QOfURWb84AgZl8/s1600/cochin-rajakkad-jun12-vol2+212+copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWBxz-d7iv0XJOOAQI4OribKTeb3y9XNHrPuAnBpGAs-lHbOytIJjlmo5SJT4bq6akQb0QmWyC_dC90uwjXVTY9fqXgN5Ol9hyphenhyphen68cQrssm_gX0tq4Kld1IMNEY1xzG3QOfURWb84AgZl8/s640/cochin-rajakkad-jun12-vol2+212+copy.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">the warm interiors</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBJpYJIhyphenhyphenjTCofAZCi7IfDs71J-W605v7CDL9QZs3eJO9f3g3o1cvdykNcsJ-DM9LQ_SokJhpRDF-i8YJm17W4eFRFhwDt40RI3aZ99ZAE1Z_if0zHBHYvf-uZiAYvLt67LVJI130DjIg/s1600/cochin-rajakkad-jun12-vol2+213+copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBJpYJIhyphenhyphenjTCofAZCi7IfDs71J-W605v7CDL9QZs3eJO9f3g3o1cvdykNcsJ-DM9LQ_SokJhpRDF-i8YJm17W4eFRFhwDt40RI3aZ99ZAE1Z_if0zHBHYvf-uZiAYvLt67LVJI130DjIg/s640/cochin-rajakkad-jun12-vol2+213+copy.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiEFaChxBNTWRU9Yw7FHxHUJJKC6owg_UGlUTNnoDiSDNwc2uXqGcPt4kN4Y8eW9A9JF3bj8Tmxax_XN3plnU20e7u9LwiU6RQqGs4poTZvzvfZjUj_mxxnEgxpwfXPtpqvOlTr1Zm-uo/s1600/cochin-rajakkad-jun12-vol2+216+copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiEFaChxBNTWRU9Yw7FHxHUJJKC6owg_UGlUTNnoDiSDNwc2uXqGcPt4kN4Y8eW9A9JF3bj8Tmxax_XN3plnU20e7u9LwiU6RQqGs4poTZvzvfZjUj_mxxnEgxpwfXPtpqvOlTr1Zm-uo/s640/cochin-rajakkad-jun12-vol2+216+copy.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5k5o9YBBnIaaL2EdAYyHSVzjQo9jEy2k1sAuHG_S7fPtqz9b_9IqnnfcJrw0wh7mZz3FOolywKApOaEs7MaYplhSVM2D1LotcDZMAJs-H-tOp6xEIc_6KS3WcTNmVIBNRSNKdLiTFoZc/s1600/cochin-rajakkad-jun12-vol2+217+copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5k5o9YBBnIaaL2EdAYyHSVzjQo9jEy2k1sAuHG_S7fPtqz9b_9IqnnfcJrw0wh7mZz3FOolywKApOaEs7MaYplhSVM2D1LotcDZMAJs-H-tOp6xEIc_6KS3WcTNmVIBNRSNKdLiTFoZc/s640/cochin-rajakkad-jun12-vol2+217+copy.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">striking gond colours</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZxITa_5bQzA2cn8bQ7w3c1DKOHflSEhYB4nYPAf9RmyZh634kdRLrE-WoQikkh1fs1p9bVbZpGroGn8vGcqHuCUFfFu71f5KJIRLMMeaMt6YZQbcxpLesTTthdBPsdEj5MgDWu36kh3w/s1600/cochin-rajakkad-jun12-vol2+224+copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZxITa_5bQzA2cn8bQ7w3c1DKOHflSEhYB4nYPAf9RmyZh634kdRLrE-WoQikkh1fs1p9bVbZpGroGn8vGcqHuCUFfFu71f5KJIRLMMeaMt6YZQbcxpLesTTthdBPsdEj5MgDWu36kh3w/s640/cochin-rajakkad-jun12-vol2+224+copy.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2Z_nwFtD8Co3QvUbYP1eByj1C3d-CzgR5EpmZId1VmC38h4Ygl-cyNL9gdU94ylWCxmzi78mseR2_gePzbq2EE8So2tREClwBvM1-p-nLMuU5rTDhxrl6hWZe1AfEYfGfUtgVj_1W34U/s1600/cochin-rajakkad-jun12-vol2+226+copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2Z_nwFtD8Co3QvUbYP1eByj1C3d-CzgR5EpmZId1VmC38h4Ygl-cyNL9gdU94ylWCxmzi78mseR2_gePzbq2EE8So2tREClwBvM1-p-nLMuU5rTDhxrl6hWZe1AfEYfGfUtgVj_1W34U/s640/cochin-rajakkad-jun12-vol2+226+copy.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXRNyU2Fh0EblTWBS7m7JSwl4om2Aqz6FYoscktmHgo8sPiQrwz22RFhc8m7iV0aOgGsraipmCPEaf-EIRF8Fd67p7V4UD-uJJU4pbrm6VN-TjIk-6FzeCC4bsOUcpaQjlLxTFaGCnZmg/s1600/cochin-rajakkad-jun12-vol2+229+copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXRNyU2Fh0EblTWBS7m7JSwl4om2Aqz6FYoscktmHgo8sPiQrwz22RFhc8m7iV0aOgGsraipmCPEaf-EIRF8Fd67p7V4UD-uJJU4pbrm6VN-TjIk-6FzeCC4bsOUcpaQjlLxTFaGCnZmg/s640/cochin-rajakkad-jun12-vol2+229+copy.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfma3QK6IflRamlQW1aV-LhLtSHUmf6emqr0Xs7iDv29OpgZOfR4n7bjqWgVusuWrrjrhwQNXQEVXmlU90qoiZnQtnjrNS6MRNwsj8T_iIVX8JTeGLHsIPi6z3kK2cHMdfRzwA4C3sD-I/s1600/cochin-rajakkad-jun12-vol2+231+copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfma3QK6IflRamlQW1aV-LhLtSHUmf6emqr0Xs7iDv29OpgZOfR4n7bjqWgVusuWrrjrhwQNXQEVXmlU90qoiZnQtnjrNS6MRNwsj8T_iIVX8JTeGLHsIPi6z3kK2cHMdfRzwA4C3sD-I/s640/cochin-rajakkad-jun12-vol2+231+copy.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihD_Fu0yjQEgXyovPyGTEFLr5US3lkdXgaNDb4w-nCMMBV2zBFSbW0vagFLXVfDOihM0IFnQ08zl3rXn_Csi0Zevcoj_D7lAmk_92LknzErJPO3ikOgxqc5KpJuD_Qudt5DsVsHHD4L0I/s1600/cochin-rajakkad-jun12-vol2+232+copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><img border="0" height="510" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihD_Fu0yjQEgXyovPyGTEFLr5US3lkdXgaNDb4w-nCMMBV2zBFSbW0vagFLXVfDOihM0IFnQ08zl3rXn_Csi0Zevcoj_D7lAmk_92LknzErJPO3ikOgxqc5KpJuD_Qudt5DsVsHHD4L0I/s640/cochin-rajakkad-jun12-vol2+232+copy.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">the dimlighting</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6niWY8zDC7RiZgrfojqqMmGdEA9akCoch9QBL2cftjTxtUToamdbygvBMu8uwOHqEpoIqLdnMIZ3lypqlUfi7R1njPrkCsZPqCNF-4Ysc12f2MdD6sUzVOsfbplIaUgPmvK6fVmcrWfQ/s1600/cochin-rajakkad-jun12-vol2+236+copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6niWY8zDC7RiZgrfojqqMmGdEA9akCoch9QBL2cftjTxtUToamdbygvBMu8uwOHqEpoIqLdnMIZ3lypqlUfi7R1njPrkCsZPqCNF-4Ysc12f2MdD6sUzVOsfbplIaUgPmvK6fVmcrWfQ/s640/cochin-rajakkad-jun12-vol2+236+copy.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq0zcIVQpWEffZrL7EG6nPXhftN7-mzDnrOufdykneIZfkWudpWNrjeunsLAEjz9x_w0W9RPFenJUFSx4RDWH2q4h7b6XZ9NIwP8bIv_LcM8CV0ayEpdajwWvBAstTDFOJDa5Mc6n8FL0/s1600/cochin-rajakkad-jun12-vol2+238+copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq0zcIVQpWEffZrL7EG6nPXhftN7-mzDnrOufdykneIZfkWudpWNrjeunsLAEjz9x_w0W9RPFenJUFSx4RDWH2q4h7b6XZ9NIwP8bIv_LcM8CV0ayEpdajwWvBAstTDFOJDa5Mc6n8FL0/s640/cochin-rajakkad-jun12-vol2+238+copy.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM4YfB3s9mYoqN8N3WBRLx30sLRdSK9ENEDTg1l6ECrLh_YGts5iozSVvWOk-EfqsYGFO7VEdkT97_GbhxSDZPCpNJbOYmD_GIDQvfraT9C__mUdK_lLlfLkC3GOMRq6JCjxVrOUA16Xw/s1600/cochin-rajakkad-jun12-vol2+239+copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM4YfB3s9mYoqN8N3WBRLx30sLRdSK9ENEDTg1l6ECrLh_YGts5iozSVvWOk-EfqsYGFO7VEdkT97_GbhxSDZPCpNJbOYmD_GIDQvfraT9C__mUdK_lLlfLkC3GOMRq6JCjxVrOUA16Xw/s640/cochin-rajakkad-jun12-vol2+239+copy.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">there was an ongoing exhibition</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2EjSz_joYf0PemKIc-EZjszVib6_d_-aGGvCqPH6UehdlaC83I2TEHJ2pi9k7fTU33OxwBSRv2wlviYOP8AJL80t5jKEDpSOt6bJhMr9OV88zgFAZZ-h-f4Wnbl6jtUI_ZC2D9nuQ75U/s1600/cochin-rajakkad-jun12-vol2+242+copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2EjSz_joYf0PemKIc-EZjszVib6_d_-aGGvCqPH6UehdlaC83I2TEHJ2pi9k7fTU33OxwBSRv2wlviYOP8AJL80t5jKEDpSOt6bJhMr9OV88zgFAZZ-h-f4Wnbl6jtUI_ZC2D9nuQ75U/s640/cochin-rajakkad-jun12-vol2+242+copy.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9BgWU8Dq2BiBIIuNYOyM9tyMYyP5HRq6OeGAQCrqOrEVQm4D-cgNiqXIE_YsttIX84bbqx7TTZjmnc5JJJGV-S119igprdDvYyu6dC6GWugRN55wMgNJ0r_3r891fsvNkXnnxzIIHOhY/s1600/IMG_6764+copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9BgWU8Dq2BiBIIuNYOyM9tyMYyP5HRq6OeGAQCrqOrEVQm4D-cgNiqXIE_YsttIX84bbqx7TTZjmnc5JJJGV-S119igprdDvYyu6dC6GWugRN55wMgNJ0r_3r891fsvNkXnnxzIIHOhY/s640/IMG_6764+copy.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">love the white washed windows</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPGpKM5T-VVK_q1gN-GZ3l0AM1Q7pZycCn-hySg43sWPD48QTG-ZfjnKBxtqY8wRoKYlf9Cnr7MP4RXtGkldnn546fEPJ7UhHFx5MF2tRAGw0A_7fFhBbc-9sSJPpndUVI_1HYgJBpTDI/s1600/IMG_6765+copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPGpKM5T-VVK_q1gN-GZ3l0AM1Q7pZycCn-hySg43sWPD48QTG-ZfjnKBxtqY8wRoKYlf9Cnr7MP4RXtGkldnn546fEPJ7UhHFx5MF2tRAGw0A_7fFhBbc-9sSJPpndUVI_1HYgJBpTDI/s640/IMG_6765+copy.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">theres ample of sunlight in the  courtyard<br /><br /><br />All images credit:Lakshmi Arvind</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">  </span><br /><div><br /></div></div>

David Hall @Fort Kochi

David Hall one of the beautiful buildings in Fortkochi, has always attracted me.Is it the wooden roofs,made of flat face rafters that had dr...

Read more »