Mangaluru: The Indian Design School hosts third ‘Design Celebration’ event
Mangaluru: The Indian Design School hosted its third ‘Design Celebration’ on Saturday, 28th September 2019 – a monthly event where it invites award-winning, celebrated architects and interior designers across the country for conducting talks on design, projects and professional practice.
It serves as a platform where exchange of ideas and knowledge takes place to inspire young and creative minds to achieve excellence. The talk is generally followed by the presentation of the event sponsors.
On this event, IDS invited Ar. Muhammed Iqbal as the guest speaker, with Fenesta Windows as the workshop partner. Ar. Muhammed Iqbal is an award-winning practicing architect and interior designer. He is the founder and Chief Architect of Archiqs and a member of COA. A graduate of MCE Hassan, he has been practicing independently from past 15 years – giving him a strong insight into various aspects of project conceptualisation, design development and detailing. In addition, he has been in the field of architectural education for nearly a decade – making him the best of both worlds of academics and professional practice.
The theme of the event was “Functional Interiors with Eco-Friendly Approach”, where Ar. Iqbal presented some of his best projects and the challenges behind each project to make it cost-effective, highly functional and with low environmental impact. The talk provided the students with an in-depth understanding on materials, budget and site constraints, construction management and green design. A question-answer session was conducted at the end of the talk which gave the students a further clarity on finer details of design.
The Talk was followed by the presentation of Fenesta Windows by Mr. Mayur and Mr. Sandeep K.N., who gave a detailed information on the various of products offered by the company to architects and interior designers. Fenesta displayed physical samples of different types and colours of windows and explained the mechanisms and the details by means of practical and hands-on approach – the core value of IDS. Fenesta also setup their stall in the IDS campus to bring in more samples and provide brochures of their new range of products.
The event concluded with Ar. Iqbal, Mr. Mayur and Mr. Sandeep being awarded the certificate of appreciation by the Chairman – Ar. Mohammed Nissar, the Director – Dr. Nafeesa Shirin and the Principal – Ar. Ramnath Nayak of Indian Design School.
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Rahul Gandhi alleges US pressure on PM over trade deal, says Indian farmers being “sacrificed”
Kannur (Kerala) (PTI): Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday alleged that US President Donald Trump had used the Epstein files to threaten Prime Minister Narendra Modi into signing a trade deal that would “sacrifice” Indian farmers.
The Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha was speaking at a farmers’ convention in Peravoor, Kannur district.
He said the simple fact that farmers are the foundation of India is not understood by the government.
He said lengthy lectures were delivered about IT and other sectors, but nothing could be built without strengthening the foundation.
“If you do not respect the foundation, nothing can be built. The person who builds the foundation does not have respect or protection. We eat food every day but do not remember who puts it on our table,” he said.
Gandhi alleged that the Prime Minister had signed a deal with the US President that was “like digging the foundation”.
“Indian farmers are small farmers with low levels of mechanisation. American farmers have massive farms and high levels of mechanisation. It is a criminal act to allow access to Indian markets for American companies,” he said.
The Congress leader claimed that no previous prime minister would have allowed American farmers to sell products such as soybeans, vegetables and fruits in India.
“It will destroy the foundation of Indian agriculture. The Green and White Revolutions happened for farmers,” he said.
According to him, the India-US deal had been stalled for four months due to disagreements over agriculture.
“The Indian government did not want to open agriculture to American companies. Nothing was moving, and the US President was threatening the Prime Minister,” he alleged.
He further claimed that he was not allowed to speak in Parliament after the President’s address because he intended to raise two issues.
“One issue was about 3.5 million Epstein files that are yet to come out, which are held secret by the US government and allegedly contain information about the Prime Minister of India. The second was the Adani case in America,” he said.
The Union government had rejected references to PM Modi in the latest Jeffrey Epstein case files, describing it as "little more than trashy ruminations by a convicted criminal that deserves to be dismissed with the utmost contempt".
He alleged that a case had been registered against the Adani Group in the US and that it was linked to the PM.
“These are the reasons why the Prime Minister is ready to destroy the foundation of India. Indian farmers are being sacrificed so that the Prime Minister can protect himself and the financial structure of the BJP,” Gandhi alleged.
He said the Congress would not allow farmers of India and Kerala to be sacrificed.
Referring to Kerala, Gandhi said a manifesto was being prepared that would incorporate public issues, and that any future UDF government should remember that its foundation lay in farmers and labourers.
“The government should go to farmers as a service provider. Farmers need support prices, cold chains and storage facilities. They need protection in difficult times,” he said.
Gandhi, a former MP from Wayanad, said he had witnessed the tragedy of man-animal conflict in the region and described it as a "complex issue" that could be resolved.
