Let us talk about our architectural institutions in India. The only well known architectural institution is the School of Architecture at Ahmedabad. IITs of different states in India also teach architecture and town planning. In West Bengal we have an architectural course in Jadavpur University and Shibpur Engineering College. But these courses emphasise upon engineering aspects of buildings and constructions rather than on the aesthetics of Architecture.
One and half year back in March 2020, we were almost ready with the manuscript of thefifth issue of ‘artEAST’ magazine for designing but could not proceed further as all of a sudden a Covid – 19 pandemic induced lockdown was declared all over the country. We decided to close our office at “Charubasona”, to safeguard our people who were busy at the desk. Lakhs of people died in India due to infection from the Corona virus. Social life and normal activities were totally disrupted.
