Eateries for frenzy Seagull on River Meghna on way to Bay of Bengal

 

We were travelling to Barisal,Bangladesh from Dhaka Sadar Ghat by M. V. Green Line and fortunate enough to witness this spectacular frenzy of activities of Seagull happened after a three hour journey from Dhaka. The same thing happened on our return Journey after about one and half hour in a laser scale. It was 22nd /23rd February in the year 1916.  Relax and Enjoy.

Louis Kahn

The magnificent and Modernist Yale professor Louis Kahn (1901-1974) was in planning and construction of Jatiyo Sangsad Bhaban of  Bangladesh in Dhaka from 1962. In around 200 acre of complex, a national monument amidst artificial lake in river in beauty of Bangladesh, on three sides, halted during Bangladesh Liberation War in 1971. It was completed on 28th January 1982. Famous Architect Muzharul Islam of Bangladesh, a student of Louis Kahn at Yale was instrumental in the realization of the work of Art and Architecture.
My Architect - A Son's Journey (2003) - a documentary directed by Nathaniel Kahn about his father depicts the eternal complexities and stress in

stress in life and its influence on Architecture.

Hyderabad to become "World Class City" and a " Global City" by seven to eight years as reported in the newspaper. A very good news for everybody except a few.
A old map says that Hyderabad in 1805 had the River Musi flowing east- west with Afzul Bridge and Purana Pul on the east and west, The core of the city with Hussain Sagar Lake, Maula Ali's Shrine and Mah Laqa Bai Chanda's Tomb on the north. Char Minar, Purani Haveli, Mir Alam's Deorhi, Mecca Masjid, Chaumhala Palace, Raymond's Tomb and Daira Mir Monim were on the south. The Gol Conda Fort, Qutb Shahi Tomb and Banjara Hills covers the West. British Residency and Barush Shifa doting the centre.
Around four and square kilometer area of Hussain Sagar Lake built by Ibrahim Qutub Shah in 1563 doting with 34 numbers of statues of Telugu Icons and the present state of Musi River is not any conservation and environment or any technological problem, which has acumulated over the years. It can be solved with foreign help as others are trying to do.
A few photographs with complexities of the city problem that we enjoyed with ensuing solutions.

On 30.11.2014  I with Jyoti and Joydeb reach Katwa Railway Station to say good bye to last train ride on Narrow gauge (2'-6") line from Katwa to Balgona. The train line use to run from Katwa to Burdwan from 1 Dec 1915. It was used to be operated as Mcleod's Light Railway, a total distance of 53 Kilometres. Burdwan to Balgona train line stoped its operation in 2013. The whole line will be converted to Broad Gauge by 2017.
A few photographs will show the crowd. 

Hydrabadi Adventure