Teampoint Magazine, Issue 2

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INSIDE... ................ From the creator's Desk...............page 1 Pensive on The Pot... Nanditha Gopalakrishnan talks about why her toilet is the place which inspires her the most. Ahaladini Sridharan adds to the fun with a cartoon for the same on Page 3 What's the Point? Shamla talks of what exactly is the point! And what IS it? Turn to Page 4 We also have a small 'extra' on Geotools on the page 4 Featured Photograph...Satyanarain captures an iconic image of Chennai on Page 5 In our Cover Story, Poornima Balakrishnan fuses fantasy and architecture, and talks of how Antonio Gaudi's works make her remember all the fairy tales she heard, as a child...Read on Page 7 Dhruv talks in poetic-prose about a heavenly sight that his train window offered in one of his journeys. Turn to Page 9

Mridhula tells us about how beautiful and interesting Patachithra Painting can get on Page 10 Everyone can quote, or so we believe. Check out what people say about whatever there is to talk about on Page 11

Inkblots fascianted Sandhya from when she was a child. Hear her tug her memory box and talk about them on Page 13

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Cartoon by Ahaladini Sridharan.

Nanditha Gopalakrishnan

The author is a final year student of Architecture from Hindustan College of Engineering. Absolutely in love with Interior designing, she also goes a tad too crazy at the sight of dogs. And for obvious reasosn, the author finds inspiration in her toilet!

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WHAT’S THE POINT?????

The author is a third year student of Architecture.She is exploring the various forms of art, loves adventure and sports and is still carving her path in life. Her I-want-to-be-happy-forever is what drives her onwards to make the people around her happy.

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WHY WE CHOSE THIS? The Monroe Statue is an iconic location in Chennai. What better a way to start this series than to put a picture of the statue captured in an interesting way! Also, we wanted to share with you a very interesting tidbit associated with it.

DID YOU KNOW??? The sculptor of this wonderful ''Sir Thomas Monroe sitting on a horse back'' statue in the last century, (placed in the Mount Road, Chennai) committed suicide, when he was pointed out that he forgot to sculpt the 'saddle'!

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MAKE YOUR POINT!!! Write to us your take on 'What is a Concept?' and join the discussion in the following issue of Point. Send us your photographs for getting featured in this section and give the inner shutterbug a spotlight!

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Poornima Balakrishnan effuses a hyperactivity that defies understanding. Interested in things as different as art,astronomy,science fiction and cartoons, she's a live-wire entertainment to all around.

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Vaitarna Green. A very wet, very Hopkinsian “glad” green, carpet of foot-long blades, with the back-drop being six hills and three hillocks: silver-grey, with a blue blanket and a mist-scarf. Raise your eyes a bit, and the skies seem to be in celebration; with three big garlic-bread-loaf-shaped clouds converging towards each other, and towards the hills. A steady breeze stroked the happy grass. The sky was overcast: white and grey (a very promising monsoon-sky); and there were rain sprinkles, occasionally. Towards bottomright was a boisterous, rain-fed, muddy stream: the only rough presence around. But, though “rough” is a hard word I use, the stream was not a disturbance to the beauty of the place. It was, on the contrary, completing the picture: much like what some naughty kids would have done in a family photograph. Put all of the above in a rectangular frame and you might be able to see what struck me through the 3’ X 2’ bars-less window of a Shatabdi Express that was bringing me from Bombay to New Delhi. The name of this place, or of the nearest railway station, is Vaitarna. Looked like one of those places that He seems to choose as promotionals for heaven.

Dhruv Raj Sharma

is a psychologist, currently pursuing his second Masters programme at the Centre for Behavioural and Cognitive Sciences. He is staunch on supra-active pedoism: children are infinitely superior! He has established a start-up to hone and channelise their skills. He is also one of the lead singers of the band 'Sam's House'.

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oalu PATACHITRA MRIDHULA THANGARAJ

The author is currently pursuing her masters in Biomedical Engineering at Louisiana Tech University, LA, U.S.A. Although in the field of bioinstrumentation, the author is a great art buff and dabbles with art in her free time.

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g The Streetside Quoteser! So you thought only the Keats could call a thing of beauty to be a joy forever? Or that only the van de Rohe's could proclaim that less is more?! Ha! We have our own bunch of Streetside Quotesers! Your very own people who have SO much worthy to say that we went WOW and decided we'd run their words on our ezinetter! So here goes. Hear it from our very own people...

Art is an expression of one's inner thoughts in whatever form inspires the person the most. Driven out of beauty or driven out of despair, art is the most subjective form of science. But it is the most universally accepted/ appreciated form! Niveditha Viswanathan is just about to work with an NGO in the educationsector in chennai, leaving the comforts of her well-paid job. She loves writing.

An idea is something that solves a purpose… something which instigates innovative thinking, existing in the conscious mind, often taking the shape of a fantasy. MaheedHar Raman is in his CA final, currently on study leave for the aforementioned CA so he can add those precious letters after his name!

Divya.S.Nair is a software developer who loves classic rock and believes that Eric Clapton's 'Layla' should be the official song of the world!

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What excitement would there be to lead oneself into whats obvious? Through a path where every fallen twig is expected? Like a story which thrives on a cliché...yes that’s the word....is a cliché enticing? A cliché too was a novel idea once upon a time; which turned out to be so interesting that it would have been irresistibly used over and over again till it might lose its charm like an advice. There exists a comfort level in a cliché and very few know how to make an engaging experience out of a cliché. Now that’s a challenge not widely appreciated.

Anoodha Kunnath is a dreamer, writer, foodie and a short-filmmaker. Between all that and sketching, music and dance, she also manages her final year of Architecture.

Uma Maheshwari is a final year student of Architecture. Family and friends are what she gives the most importance to in life, apart from of course, having fun with both of the above. Good music and excellent company are what she cherishes. She's considered by many in her class, to be their own version of Konkona Sensharma.

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Sandhya Ramachandran

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