Modernism alive in Ahmedabad

“Space and light and order. Those are the things that men need just as…

Shri Lanka — the Creative Island

Shri Lanka came as a complete revelation. What do you usually expect from a tropical island? Beautiful beaches, hotels, some old temples. We came totally unprepared for what we discovered. Shri Lanka is the land where creativity flourishes in various different aspects.

Two Brits in India

Indians keep contemplating whether a century and a half of the British rule did more good or harm for their country. As…

India — on Energy, Gumilev and Dogs Sleeping on the Street

Natural energy influence is stronger in India than in Europe. You stand under Jarul trees lane leading to Lodhi Garden’s Glass House and you feel the inflow of energy with your skin.

Multiple Truths of Kashi

Now sitting under the Bodhi tree where Buddha attained enlightenment in Bodh Gaya, I am remembering our recent trip…

Recent Festivities in Delhi

Diwali probably is the most popular Indian festival, close in the mood and scale to Christmas — people…

Lessons we Learn from a New Environment

In India everything is extreme — awesome luxury and terrible poverty, amazing craftsmanship and complete inefficiency, pure serenity and terrible mess. It’s a cliche — you can either hate or love India. We’re in the love camp. But what does this teach us? What…

Green field or brown?

The current buzz in India on Smart Cities fascinates me. They say in Central Asia that if you repeat the word «halva» several times it gets sweeter in your mouth.

In my humble understading Smart City is an urban development concept which uses IT and IoT (Internet…

Another Dimension in Politics

When I studied economy at the Soviet college, the titles of all our textbooks on Western economics used to start with a magic world «Criticism». We were supposed, instead of learning what some smart people had said or done, to immediately switch to describing what exactly they…