PETER WOHLLEBEN This book, like the other books I am reading this year, had been languishing on my shelf being neglected and gathering dust before I finally picked it up. I had started this book once or twice earlier and dropped it after a few chapters for no particular fault of the book itself. ThisContinue reading “THE HIDDEN LIFE OF TREES”
Category Archives: Uncategorized
MERCHANTS OF DOUBT
Naomi Oreskes and Erik M. Conway If How to Lie with Statistics by Darrell Huff is a manual on the manipulation of data, Merchants of Doubt is a record of the practical implementation of the principles outlined in the former. The book extensively cites over 100 sources per chapter, demonstrating how organizations and companies collaboratedContinue reading “MERCHANTS OF DOUBT”
THE CURSE OF VASTU ON INDIAN ARCHITECTURE
MY EXPERIENCE WITH SOME CHARLATANS HIJACKING RATIONAL THINKING Throughout architecture academia in India, students are asked to design keeping in mind the context of the site, the landscape, the cultural aspects of the region, the bye-laws, and so on. Once the student graduates and starts working, they realize all that was total garbage in aContinue reading “THE CURSE OF VASTU ON INDIAN ARCHITECTURE”
Sai Tejas 