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PROFILE
“When God was creating the universe
(everything)- there were some left-overs.
Architects can only use such left-overs to
create newer things.”
WISE WORDS
WORLDLY WOES
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Text: Amar B Shrestha
o says Professor Sudarshan Raj addition to the usual physical dimensions warns, “But it would be foolish to follow
Tiwari, quoting from the of spatial environment, there are some such dictums without more exploration,
Vaastu Shastras and, “To who also take into consideration the because when such Shastras were being
perform some function, a man psychic environment as an added element. written, the body of interpretive basics
needs a certain physical Perhaps the ancient sciences do just that.” (people had limited sources of
environment. The making of this
physical environment is architecture.”
This, of course, is his own opinion.
Additionally, the professor has much to
say about many things, and in all this, his
views are quite original and revealing.
And often, quite thought provoking. For
instance, about the ancient science of
Vaastu Shastra, this is what he says, “In
THE ACADEMIC
In Professor Tiwari’s opinion, different
societies have differing cultural ideas and
so while creating a physical environment,
it would not be a bad idea to also take
into consideration the comfort aspect visà-vis
the psychic factor as an additional
part of designing. At the same time he
knowledge) were sourced differently and
we have to keep this in mind. For
example, it is not necessary that
directions as prescribed in the Shastras
are universally true for all parts of the
world.” Explaining further, he adds,
“And many of the references to
direction have a religious aspect - for
instance, the north-east presumably
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