When you live in an apartment, you have to follow many safety measures. As you are dwelling in a community space, apart from yourself, you have to look after the security of your neighbors as well as other society members.…
In times of difficulty or joy, neighbors are first who will stand by you. Sharing and caring, this policy works best with neighbors. So what about sharing your backyard with the neighbor? Due to urbanization, very less room is left…
Jane covered long miles on empty streets under the sodium vapor lamps. All of a sudden her heart fluttered when she saw a horse approaching her like a bright ray of sun. But as she raises her head, she finds…
Community halls are purposefully made spacious, with high ceilings and sometimes with a raised platform because they are mainly used for community meetings that would usually consist of a large number of people who need to be comfortably accommodated in…
‘Silence Please’, this sentence is often related to library more than classroom. Library is that part of school where usually apart from books; students have nothing else to look out for. Library session is arranged by schools so that students…
Waste management has been the most neglected aspect of Community Living. Overflowing garbage cans, garbage piled in the corner or on the roadside, the sewage flowing onto the river beds this is the typical Indian garbage disposal techniques of the…
Living in an apartment building that may consist of a wide variety of dwellers is always a challenging job. There are not just people of various tastes to contend with but also animals to deal with as many of your…
Chanting of ‘aartis’, loud noises of ‘dhol-taasha’, and aromas of delicious ‘modaks ’from the kitchen is what exactly describes the Ganesh Festival. Every year, we all wait eagerly for the ‘Bappa’ to arrive and bless us with happiness.Ganesh Festival celebrations…
Ganesh festival, also known as Ganesh Chaturthi, is celebrated in India with great zeal. Lokmanya Tilak started this festival during the freedom movement. This festival begins with Shukla Chaturthi and ends on Ananta Chaturdashi as per the Hindu calendar. Ganeshotsav…
The tradition of carrying Padukas to the Wari was introduced by the youngest son of Tukaram in the year 1685. There is no definite information available on the origins of this “wari” tradition. However, there are some references about Vitthalpant,…
