Open hand symbol of Corbusier- a borrowed idea?

I am not a fan of Le Corbusier, and much less of his 'originality'.
In one of my earlier posts I had shown how he proposed the design of chimney on the Chandigarh Secretariat, with hardly any change, from the cooling tower of atomic power plants.

I had problem with another 'original' idea of Le Corbusier while visiting Morroco and Spain recently.

Please see the tile showing the open hand and compare it with the original and amazing contribution of Le Corbusier to Chandigarh- the 'Open Hand Monument'. It is an extremely common symbol in these countries signifying "Fatima's hand' meant to ward off evil!
How very original!

'Goa police to get training in Gujarat'- news... ...

'Goa police to get training in Gujarat'- news... ...

Relax Mr. Jerry Pinto, relax!

"Rock Garden should be placed in league of Taj Mahal" ... "amongst one of the greatest achievements of mankind" said Mr. Jerry Pinto in Chandigarh yesterday.

It is customary to praise the town where one is performing/ making a presentation (tumharay shehar ka mausam bada suhana hai..) but relax Mr. Jerry Pinto, one expects some moderation from a writer of your caliber!

IRON Sharmila

Irom Sharmila's fast has completed 14 years. IRON Sharmila!

Sachin hoopla-Kuch zaida hi ho raha hai..

I may be the lone voice on this, but let me say my thing....
All this hoopla about Sachin Tendulkar.....let us keep some sense of proportion and moderation....Kuch zaida hi ho raha hai....

Mars - some nitpicking & all that...

In our secular Constitution there is no place for invoking God- of any religion. The reports say that the Chairman of ISRO went to a temple to offer prayers for the successful launch of Mangalyaan....I have no problem so long as he went in his personal capacity and not as the Chairman of ISRO.

Those suggesting that Rs.450 crores should have been better spent for upliftment of the poor are quite quiet on over Rs500/ crores of firecrackers having been burst two days earlier...and Rs. 250/ crores announced to be spent on erecting a statue of Sardar Patel adnd Rs.100/ crores to be spent on erecting Shivaji's statue...not to speak of the UP Elephant Park and statues of Nehru-Gandhi family members.

Even the CNN, in its broadcast conceded with amazement that the Indian scientists have pulled it off at a fraction of the cost at which the other countries did it.

I am sorry that the views of Shri Harsh Mander, an honest crusader for the poor whom I admire greatly, are unduly negative on this achievement. Similarly the comments made by an Ex-Chairman of ISRO (under whose command the Chandrayan was successfully sent) are, I am afraid, not in good taste.

Let us enjoy our minutes of glory...Bravo ISRO

Mera Bharat Mahaan!

The Joys of Retirement

Newspaper reports indicate that the Ex-Home Secretary Shri Pillai has taken up an assignment....I regret that this gentlemen doesn't know what a care free retired life means!Something that one earns after a life time of slogging and tension.