Yes, Raja, it is nice to say sometimes that I exist.

I had been to this temple in Varanasi, and after
walking through a length of dirty wet corridor found
myself inside and there were these idols on the wall
worn by millions of people touching them. And as i put
my hand on one of them, i felt that connection - that
I too exist and am part of these millions of hands
before me. and the dirt and wet receded.

Maybe it is this sense of connection that is the crux
of design activity - this sense of having added a
word, a syllable, a moment of warmth to the language
of things.

regards
naga nandini
pd, 87, nid
bangalore

--- Raja Mohanty <rajam@...> wrote:

> Thankyou for the audience Vaibhav!
> To indulge for a brief while in mutual admiration- I
> was reading your
> father's book couple of days back- and sometimes
> while reading a book, I
> just like to feel the pages; since the book is
> produced nicely, I enjoy
> just looking at it- for there are energies that are
> radiated by paper-and
> one does not always have to read the words.
>
> The responses to Sudhir's post have been
> interesting- even those that I do
> not exactly align with, for they point to a
> different take on the matter-
> and everything- even the blasphemous can be sacred.
>
> To live with a sense of deep wonder and humility,
> accepting this,accepting
> that, absorbing, listening all the time- that is the
> nature of the spirit.
>
> and if instead of just listening - i utter, stutter
> and mutter, once in a
> while- it is perhaps because it is nice to say- i
> exist!
>
> a good year to you and all on this network.
>
> Raja
>
>
>
> > Dear Korjan
> > ram ram
> > its been a long time we have communicated, and i
> was
> > thinking of writing to you s i keep reading your
> > inputs on designIndia, but never manage to do it
> on
> > time.....
> > you know me very well!! but i am imroving
> nonetheless.
> >
> > I have been wondering to write something for the
> > recent 'hot discussion topic' initiated by sudhir.
> he
> > has done a brilliant job to bring this topic for
> > discussion.........and then in one of his emails
> > writing that 'it is good that design is looking at
> > industry, and now it is time design looks at
> > spirituality!'
> > then the whole discussion about institutionalising
> > religion...the good and the bad effects of the
> > process. in the changing 'socio-economic' paradigm
> > ruled by World-Bank notion of 'development' and
> > 'growth', i think this is going to happen and will
> > happen.
> > yesterday i was visiting Berlin wall 'Charlie
> > cheakpoint', and was amazed to see the marketing
> > brilliance of americo-european society, they have
> > managed to make a 'past' into marketable
> commodity,
> > and past which is not very distant either.
> > if you go around, see and experience..... it
> > exemplifies 'The Freedon is on sell, you can buy
> it if
> > you have enough money'!
> > In this light, like freedom, spirituality, as i
> > understnad, a basic human craving, will also
> follow
> > the trend. The Swaminarayan temples are leading
> the
> > path and temples in general will follow, with some
> > having more money doing it before than others.
> > but your input can be looked at with completely
> > different perspective.
> > A temple for design......i think its something to
> > reflect upon.
> > in this context, Raja mohanty's initial remark was
> > amusing, but did not find much audience.
> > so shall write about it if i find something to
> share
> > with you.
> >
> > regards, wishing you very besy new year
> >
> > vaibhav kaley
> > SID 94, CEPT
> > Bauhaus, Germany
> >
> > --- Dinesh Korjan <dinesh@...> wrote:
> >
> >> sometimes i wonder whether design is a good thing
> or
> >> a bad thing. maybe
> >> we need a temple for design where we can go to do
> >> some serious
> >> reflection on our actions?
> >>
> >> happy new year!
> >> dinesh korjan . studio korjan ahmedabad . nid pd
> >> 1976
> >>
> >> Sudhir Sharma wrote:
> >>
> >> > I am glad so many of us think similar on
> tempels
> >> in India.
> >> >
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
> >
> >
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