I recently completed a project to design a District Centre in Rajendra Place in New Delhi. We were told that there was a lake in the area that could be exploited for public activities, with a commercial district to the north that could be linked to the main road to the south. That's all very well, I said to myself, but I couldn't see how this related to turban design, which I presumed was to provide fashion alternatives to the Sikh community predominant in the area.
Our guide in this project seemed equally unhappy with our work, and we could never get on the same track as him - his sketches seemed to suggest an unravelling turban, which was definitely something no self respecting Sardarji would like. Somewhere near the final presentation in front of a jury of distinguished architects, we realised that it was Urban Design they were talking about all along - can you believe that? (Cue groans from the ones with a 'superior' sense of humour, I really love those guys)
Well, with good old fashioned Indian ingenuity, we slapped together a scheme faster than you can say 'chand' (Just who is 'chand'? The mystery goes on...) and the presentation went surprisingly well. Meanwhile, the turban designs have been stockpiled for a rainy day (or a very sunny one).
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looks neat though, unlike a sardar's turban.
ReplyDeleteI doubt his sketches seemed like any turban dude...they were FINGERS trying to grab you by ur b***s and get some design out of u!
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