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SUKOON@NANDI HILLS
Sukoon @ Nandi Hills
Kamat family home in the hills
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Making it simple
Built about 4500 years ago, using over two million stone blocks, creating a structure that The Great Pyramid of Giza was equivalent to...

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Jan 8, 20233 min read
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Moving the Moai
Although I have travelled to Chile several times, I have not been able to visit Moai of Easter Island Easter Island and see the...

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Sep 7, 20222 min read
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My boulder library
Ive been an avid reader since childhood and have always loved books. For me books have not simply been about their form (earlier paper...

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Feb 24, 20222 min read
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Alert ! Landslide !!!
This is the time of the year that Nandi Hills changes from its grey rocky colour to lush green with the monsoon rains. Last week we had...

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Aug 30, 20211 min read
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A slippery story
We had heavy rains at the site last night - the foundations work is still underway - the soaked soil at the edge of several excavated...

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Jul 18, 20211 min read
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Not just another brick in the wall
In 1961, incidentally, the year of my birth; Louis Kahn built the structures for the Indian Classroom, IIM Ahmedabad Institute of...

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Feb 1, 20211 min read
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Berm ... what's that ?
Very soon after acquiring the land for my home, I ran into this term. The first time I heard 'berm' I actually asked the engineer to...

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Dec 21, 20192 min read
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