As part of my work, I travel a lot. And I had the opportunity to go to Wardha for a meeting where we stayed in a remote village. The centre is known as the Kumarappapuram Campus being run by the Centre of Science for Villages (CSV) a reputed organisation which is based on Gandhian principles of self reliance in Science & Technology. One thing which attracted me very much was that even though it was extreme hot outside, the rooms where really cool. The roof were made into an arch-like structure consisting of cylindrical clay tiles one fitting into the other. This has some resemblance to the Laury Baker style of roofing, but the material used were quite an innovation by the CSV. So though there were fans in the room, we never had to use them at all!
While in Wardha, we also went to some watershed villages and the sunset was so beautiful which tempted the photographer in me. While returning from Wardha, boarding the train at the Sevagram Railway Station, I remembered that this was the same place, where Gandhiji had set up an Ashram and the British had established the Sevagram Post Office just to deliver letters to him. The Ashram still retains its routine activities by dedicated followers who still lead a simple life.
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