Summary:

Message:

In our country,during the British rule,the British government designed buildings in European style because they wanted to show that they were the boss. The Britishors have left India since sixty years but have smartly left their footprints here by means of so many buildings designed in their style of architecture.Mumbai has almost all the styles of European Architecture like Gothic,Neo-Gothic,Baroque,etc. Designing buildings in European style became a trend in Mumbai since the British rule.

Even after getting the independence,we did not bother to reverse this trend.Because it was easier and more convenient to copy the European style, as the trend was already set since decades.

The drawings of European Architecture are easily available compared to the drawings of the Traditional Indian Architecture.So it is easier to study,design and build the architectural style of Europe compared to the Indian style. So we still continue to design our buildings in European style of Architecture in our own country.

The result is that in our Contemporary Indian Architecture,the style and elements of European and other foreign architecture are adopted while the Traditional Indian style and elements are neglected.

The Architectural styles of Europe and other countries are used in the Contemporary Architecture of the whole world.

While India’s architectural style is not used even within India.

Why?

While we all know,that our Historic Architectural style is one of the best in the world and therefore it deserves its place with other styles.

Remakes of Hollywood films are made in India since decades,which is no matter of pride for us Indians.

But today,Hollywood is making remakes of some Indian Hindi films , which is a matter of great pride for all Indians.

Similarly,when our Architectural style will be accepted and used by the whole world,it will be a matter of great pride for all Indians.

Our Indian Architecture,films and other arts have not been promoted like those of other countries, which we must do now.

Let me clarify that in today’s time of Global Culture,I am not against any foreign culture.But the exchange between two cultures should be a two way process.Starting from the Aryans to the Britishors,we Indians have aceepted the qualities of foreign cultures.Now it is our turn to spread the qualities of our Indian culture to the whole world and thus add to the global culture.

Various principles of Traditional Indian Architecture with regard to the planning, construction and proportion can be used in the contemporary general architecture.

Additionally,Traditional Indian Architecture have many elements like the pillars,arches,brackets,cornices,canopies,domes,window frames which can be used in today’s Contemporary General Architecture like in Residential and commercial buildings or hotels.

This way our traditional Indian Architectural style will remain alive and it can later be spread to the whole world which will be a matter of great pride for all of us Indians.

Since I have expertise in both the styles, (the Tradtional style I learnt from my family and the modern style I learnt in Architecture College),I am committed and am working on making the Traditional Indian Architecture globally popular like Yoga & Meditation.

For this I have digitized drawings of Traditional Indian Architecture,written a book,made a film,lectured in Universities, hosted exhibitions and also run an art-gallery in order to spread awareness.

For more details you may please refer my book “You & Architecture”.