March 2011 Edition
Editorial
Dr Ravi Rao
Welcome to the March 2011 issue of Vaastuyogam
Vaastuyogam has been in the limelight in the preceding two months of this year. There has been exciting response from readers on the various articles, especially the ones on Vaastu Alerts. It is a matter of immense solace that Vaastuyogam reaches out to thousands of people far and wide and that it answers the need for a connect with our Vedic sciences.
On the occasion of...
Vaastu Turnaround ...
“With Dr Rao you can count on Vaastu to work” – Mr Bimal Trivedi
Born and brought up in Kolkata. Mr Bimal Trivedi did his schooling at St. Lawrence high School there. After graduating from St Xavier’s college, Kolkata , he began his career with the Poonawalla group in, Maharashtra. Mr Trivedi has had exposure in a wide and deep cross section of business and industry in various companies across India. Mr Trivedi started his management consultancy firm Consulting Catalyst in the year 2004. He...
Architect's Voice ...
Urban Design Catches – Up In India
- Professor Rajiv Kadam of Urban Design at CEPT explains
We met Mr Rajiv Kadam is Associate Professor at Masters Program in Urban Design, Faculty of Architecture, CEPT University., at our Vaastuyogam office.
Excerpts from the interview
I was born in Alibaug, Maharashtra. As my father was in the Western Railways, I did my early education in Gandhidham, Gujarat and the rest of it in Maninagar, Ahmedabad. I have been in Ahmedabad since 1975. I have grown up in this...
Vaastu And Home...
Born and brought up in Mumbai, Charu Agrawal did her schooling in the prestigious Birla Public School at Walkeshwar and thereafter graduated in Commerce stream from Jai Hind College. She moved to Ahmedabad after she married Suresh Agrawal.
We met Mrs.Charu Agrawal at her Cosmos Castle International School in Ahmedabad.
Excerpts from the interview:-
Cosmos Castle
We had Cosmos Castle, a vacant family property opposite Wide-Angle multiplex on S.G.Highway. Just for fun, I started hobby...
Vaastu Alert –...
In the previous issue our Vaastu Alerts article spoke about the various shapes of plots and their repercussions. This article deals with the tricky issue of handling of odd shaped plots.
Ideally one must avoid any odd shaped plot and instead go only for a four cornered rectangular or square shaped plot.
Number of Corners
Given below is a rating of Vaastu potency of a plot depending on the number of its...
Vedic India - Mahashivaratri
This article is a researched article and borrows heavily from printed and electronic encyclopedias as well as material provided by our panel of research scholars, astrologers, academics and pundits.
Introduction
According to Hinduism, three Lords rule the world. Brahma: the creator; Vishnu: the preserver and Shiva: the destroyer. Lord Vishnu did his job of preserving the world by incarnating himself in different...



