# 0059 : birthday on the beach

mumbai, maharashtra, india. july 2005
juhu beach

this happened at the beginning of second year. we decided to cut richa and jeenal's birthday cake at juhu beach. all 40 of us left college in the 10:15 break, met up at the beach, and played some silly but extremely fun games. by the time we got back, we had bunked a lecture and invited the wrath of a college letter sent to each of our homes. today, this incident seems to have occured years and years ago.

in the photo: sneha, pooja, nimisha (l-r front row); the ' tagged' couples: sunjith & hemla (l) and ritesh & divya (r)

0059 : picked by srupan : for being her current weight !
photo-number range: 00001 - 13571

# 3141 : robust ramp

chandigarh, india. october 2006
krvia : 3rd yr : study trip

the ramp in the chandigarh high court, by le corbusier

3141 : picked by aditya rao : for being the value of pi
photo-number range: 00001 - 13571

# 13571 : the last one, as of now

san francisco, california, usa. june 2008
holiday : family

in the golden gate park, while driving to herzog & de meuron's 'de Young' museum.

@sr: it's not actually the last photo in the archives. there are a few hundred after this one; but i've been too lazy to sort them out :)

13571 : picked by srupan : for being the last number in the current photo-number range
photo-number range: 00001 - 13571

# 0010 : the calm before the storm

mumbai, maharashtra, india. april 2006
andheri station

the foot path along lane that leads to andheri west railway station at 7am. the bits of paper and strands of wire are left behind after the paper-wallahs finish sorting their bundles. two hours later, all the shutters would be up, crowds would be out and this photo would have been blurred.

caption by maitri

0010 : picked by srupan : for being her birthday
photo-number range: 00001 - 13571

# 0007 : site-and-services

mumbai, maharashtra, india. june 2005
krvia : 2nd yr : sem iii :: ad : transient landmarks

the bamboo framework and plastic sheets shelter footwear sellers, in this lane outside andheri station. i always thought that the tubelights, light bulbs would also be packed away for the night, but that doesn't seem to be the case. isn't this akin to a site-and-services scheme? another photo from the same street and a bit more description here.

007 : picked by tapan maharishi : for being 007
photo-number range: 00001 - 13571

# 1969 : 'art of living' participant

mumbai, maharashtra, india. april 2006
malad

a fellow participant at the art of living's 'yes plus' course. the course did help, at many levels.

1969 : picked by sanjay kewlani : for being the year of the summer of love, and his birth year
photo-number range: 00001 - 13521

# 0408 : grid house

mumbai, maharashtra, india. october 2005
home

this was the final model being made for the 'grid house' project (krvia : 2nd yr : sem iii). my concept started with the phenomena of energy transfer when a set of arranged carrom-coins are broken. this project was the transition from the abstract / conceptual projects of 2nd yr (transient landmarks and grid house) to the more formal one (community centre in bikaner). it was also the one that the folks at home found the most difficult to relate to. but how can a house form be derived from carrom coins was a question that remained un-explainable for a long time.

0408 : picked by sanjay kewlani : for being my cousins' birth years
photo-number range: 00001 - 13521

# 0008 : chappal-wali gully

mumbai, maharashtra, india. june 2005.
krvia : 2nd yr : sem iii :: ad : transient landmarks

i bought the E7900 in the beginning of semester iii and its first usage was to go around clicking photos for the 'transient landmarks' design project. this one is at the chappal-gully edging the railway tracks, just beyond the andheri west station. all the structures on either side, are transient in terms of their physicality and functioning. a few hours later, once the shops are open and the lane is full of pedestrians and ricks, it's impossible to get a clear view of the street.

0008 : picked by sanjay kewlani : for being the infiniti loop
photo-number range: 00001 - 13521