May 2010 Edition
Greetings
Welcome to the May 2010 issue of Vaastuyogam
I, along with the Vaastuyogam team join all of Gujarat as it celebrates its Golden Jubilee year. Gujarat State, which was formed after the bifurcation of the erstwhile Bombay State, into the two states of Maharashtra and Gujarat on May 1st, 1960 will have completed 50 years on May 1, 2010. The anniversary events have begun in Ahmedabad from May 1 at the Sardar Patel Stadium, and will end with the closing ceremony which will be held in Gandhinagar on 1st May 2011.
Architect's Voice -...
“Vaastu karo! magar daro mat!!”
Architect Ashok Purohit
This month Vaastuyogam met architect Mr.Ashok Purohit at his Ahmedabad office.
Mr.Ashok Purohit hails from Jodhpur, Rajasthan. He came to Ahmedabad in 1963 to study architecture at CEPT, Ahmedabad and has made Ahmedabad his home since then.
Mr.Purohit has retired from active architectural practice. “I chose to exit, while at the top”, says the nirvana soaked architect who has moved on to managing his own City Pulse group of multiplexes. He has recently started a Film & Television Institute in Gandhinagar.
Excerpts from...
Corporate Logos-SBI
Logo Power
And Indian Corporate Biggies.
State Bank Of India
State Bank Of India, SBI
With 11,448 branches and a further 6500+ associate bank branches, the State Bank of India (SBI) is the largest bank in India. According to Forbes the SBI is the 29th most reputed company in the world. With more than 21000 ATMs across India the SBI ATM network is the biggest in India. In recent years, the bank has sought to expand its overseas operations by buying foreign banks. It...
Vaastu Alerts
Since the late nineties India is passing through a phase of economic upturn resulting in burgeoning demand for housing. This is indeed a good sign, but my worry is the totally unplanned and haphazard housing that has mushroomed. Most of the housing schemes that we see are merely money making vehicles for the builder and land grabber nexus. All caution has been thrown to the winds.
Whilst there are no doubt islands of prosperity, the cases of bankruptcy, illness, family disputes, marital disharmony are all on a rise. It is my contention that...
Vaastu Turnaround-Mr.Behram Mehta
“Vaastu is a problem solving kit whose solutions are not to be ignored merely because they happen to be ancient”
This month Vaastuyogam interviews Mr.Behram Mehta of Aava fame. We met him at his Hansol, bottling plant, in Ahmedabad.
Excerpts from the interview:-
Introduction
I was born July 1960, in a typical Parsi family in Shahpur Bhai Centre, Ahmedabad. It was a riot prone area, but full of cosmopolitan neighborhoods nevertheless, with lots of Hindu, Muslim and Christian families living chock-a-block. I did my schooling in St. Xavier’s Loyola from where I matriculated in 1976;...
Vedic India -...
This article is based on researched material both printed and electronic and also on inputs given by our panel of research associates.
The Char Dham are often considered the most revered sites for Hindus that have to be visited in one’s lifetime. Char Dham (meaning: ‘the four abodes/seats’) are the four abodes of God in the four directions of India – Puri in the east, Rameshwaram in the south, Dwarka in the west, and Badrinath in the north.
This all-India pilgrimage circuit to the four cardinal points of the subcontinent was grouped together...
