Dr. Badrinarayanan Srinivasan·Jul 6, 2022Architecture, Life, and LiberationThis essay is a personal reflection on the ontology of my life as an architect from a Mahayana Buddhist perspective. As an extension, it is…A response icon1A response icon1
Dr. Badrinarayanan Srinivasan·Jun 25, 2021The Gender of a Designer’s MindIt is a very Human tendency to ‘essentialize’ things. This principle of ‘essentializing’ and ‘differentiating’ has been unfortunately…
Dr. Badrinarayanan Srinivasan·Feb 13, 2021Meaning Deficit Management: A Theory to Replace Work-Life Balance?The popular notion of maintaining a ‘work-life balance’ has been challenged often in the recent years. The origin of the idea itself —…A response icon1A response icon1
Dr. Badrinarayanan Srinivasan·Nov 7, 2020It is Not Death We Should Fear But BirthThe pandemic has brought home the urgent truth of mortality to all humanity. When we hear that the fatality rate of the Covid-19 virus has…A response icon1A response icon1
Dr. Badrinarayanan Srinivasan·Oct 15, 2020The Mobocracy of Social MediaScenario 1A response icon2A response icon2
Dr. Badrinarayanan Srinivasan·Sep 26, 2020Mentors: An Endangered Species?Recently I was asked to guide a group of younger teachers who had just finished their one year Post Graduate Certificate in Academic…A response icon3A response icon3
Dr. Badrinarayanan Srinivasan·Sep 12, 2020Our Love-Hate Relationship with NarcissismThe American hatred for narcissists seems to be reaching a crescendo. As of now, it is fast climbing to the top of the US box-office chart…A response icon2A response icon2
Dr. Badrinarayanan Srinivasan·Aug 23, 2020Design Pedagogy in India: The Three Big Tug-of -WarsPreamble:
Dr. Badrinarayanan Srinivasan·Jul 22, 2020The Bicycle SchoolNot long ago, in a country not so far away, people learnt to ride bicycles in two ways. The first was to simply get on a bike, try to ride…A response icon1A response icon1
Dr. Badrinarayanan Srinivasan·Jul 18, 2020The Structure of SelfThe Modern age has been dominated by the idea of the Individual, and that of ‘Freedom of the Individual’ to pursue happiness, growth, and…A response icon3A response icon3