If you have done all of this and still can't find the email The Danish Henrik F. Obel Foundation has granted the 2024 Obel Award to a body of 36 public works by the Mexican architectural design firm Colectivo C733 Land and Urban Development Ministry (Sedatu) the projects restored vulnerable urban and rural areas across Mexico through a collaborative and community-focused approach A post shared by Colectivo c733 (@c733_) “Colectivo C733 exemplifies the power of collective action and collaborative design to rapidly respond to urgent urban needs,” the jury said “Their ability to transform 36 communities through thoughtful resource-efficient and dignified architectural interventions is a blueprint for future public works projects worldwide.” the jury sought projects that were designed not only for the community but with the community “Colectivo C733 points towards new approaches to the practice of designing and shaping our collectively built environment,” the Obel jury wrote Colectivo C733 is made up of the architecture practices of Gabriela Carrillo (Taller Gabriela Carrillo) and Carlos Facio & José Amozurrutia (TO) along with Eric Valdez (Labg) and Israel Espin flexible and cost-efficient designs that allow for different combinations and contextualized variations The award’s judges said that the collective’s success is particularly remarkable given that they completed in 36 months what would have initially taken years Bringing together 30 architects and a multidisciplinary team of consultants they compressed the process within a timeframe “practically unheard of by today’s standards.” A post shared by Colectivo c733 (@c733_) The Obel Award recognizes outstanding architectural contributions to social and ecological development around the world The winning projects should offer seminal approaches to urgent problems and a commitment to the common good The award is granted every year by the Henrik F founded by an endowment left by Henrik Frode Obel (1942 – 2014) a notable Danish businessman who devoted his entire fortune to creating a foundation that rewards exceptional works of architecture ADVERTISE WITH MND COMMUNITY GUIDELINES Subscription FAQ's Privacy Policy Mexico News Daily - Property of Tavana LLC with a theme focusing on ‘adaptation’ The 36X36 project began in 2019 with the construction of the Matamoros Market in an abandoned lot followed by the execution of Coahuila-based Helios Sports Complex Chiapas-based Guadalupe Market and Tapachula Station in 2020 The Mexican state of Tabasco witnessed several new facilities come up between 2020-2021; projects like Tamulté Sports Complex Balancán Mercatram and Balancán Riverside Plaza transformed the neighbourhoods of Nacajuca San Blas Pier and Aduana San Blas Cultural Centre The public spaces of Puebla state’s Ayoxuxtla City were revived with geometric access to the city the Ayoxuxtla Central Plaza and nearby streets the Ayoxuxtla Clinic and the Zapata Museum.  A team of 30 architects and diversely skilled consultants were brought together to minimise the execution period for the projects. "Colectivo C733 exemplifies the power of collective action and collaborative design to rapidly respond to urgent urban needs,” stated the jury, commending Colectivo C733’s multi-efficient model and its potential to be an inspiration for upcoming public architecture projects When thoughtfully and sensitively designed public interventions can thus contribute to reviving underutilised spaces and strengthening communities potentially leading to a greater sense of belonging for the people With a background in architecture and intrigue for multi-disciplinary explorations Bansari constructs narratives by channelling her passion for sensitive thought-provoking and eccentric materialisations of creative concepts An inherent curiosity for unknown subjects and distinct worldviews fuels her research and writing From vernacular knowledge to modern sustainability Middle Eastern pavilions serve as living archives of architectural thought offering fresh frameworks for global adoption STIR engages with the curators of the Togo Oman and Qatar pavilions—debuting at the Venice Architecture Biennale 2025—on representation the book presents a fictional story depicting algorithms exercising control over humans and how this affects the built environment Tipnis shares how the toolbox democratises the practice of restoration via DIY resources to repair tangible urban heritage made of common building materials Exclusive preview for subscribers. 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what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3: Fans wait to see if Anees Bazmee Madhuri Dixit and Vidya Balan can repeat the franchise’s success Bollywood is looking to see if Ajay Devgn’s Singham Again and Kartik Aaryan’s Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3 will restore the audience’s faith in the industry that has been consistently disappointing through the year both Diwali releases are the third parts of hugely successful action and comedy-horror franchises respectively Bollywood superstar Akshay Kumar starred in Bhool Bhulaiyaa (2007) and then allowed Kartik Aaryan to step into the sequel 15 years later in 2022 when Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3 hits the screens next week it will find it has to contend with Akshay who plays super cop Veer Sooryavanshi in Singham Again after making a thrilling entry with this gritty character in Sooryavanshi (2021) While the Singham series has been Rohit Shetty’s directorial all the while and a part of the action director’s Cop Universe films the Bhool Bhulaiyaa films were helmed by Priyadarshan first and then subsequently by Anees Bazmee who brilliantly played dual roles in the first part returns in the third 17 years later as her avatar of the ghost of classical dancer Manjulika from Bengal who gave audiences the creeps in 2007 it appears Manjulika is not the ghost in Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3 but Madhuri Dixit is but the trailer was extremely gripping and audiences and fans of the stellar star cast (Kartik Tripti Dimri) cannot wait for the curtains to go up on the Bazmee Diwali directorial Thalaivi: Kangana Ranaut is an embodiment of grace as former Tamil Nadu CM The two stone monuments depict local Olmec rulers and are at least 2,500 years old (Late Olmec period) The 2,500-year-old Olmec relief from the state of Tabasco The Olmecs were the earliest known major civilization in the Mesoamerica They flourished during Mesoamerica’s formative period dating from as early as 1600 BCE to about 400 BCE They lived along the Gulf Coast of Mexico in the modern-day Mexican states of Tabasco and Veracruz Archaeologists do not know what these people called themselves; the name Olmec is a Nahuatl (Aztec language) word and means the rubber people The Olmecs laid many of the foundations for the civilizations They appeared to practice ritual bloodletting The Olmecs are known for monumental sacred complexes and huge stone heads they carved from volcanic rocks Many of their sites suffered systematic and deliberate destruction sometime between 400 and 300 BCE The 2,500-year-old Olmec relief from Tabasco The newly-discovered Olmec reliefs were made of limestone; each has a diameter of 1.4 m (4.6 feet) and weighs 700 kg “They have a similar iconography: in the upper part and surrounded by celestial jaws a diadem formed by four corncobs stands out a mirror with the so-called Olmec cross (glyph that marks the attire of the elite and is associated with the figure of the jaguar),” said Dr an archaeologist with the Centro de Estudios Mayas at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México “Footprints can be seen on the sides; in front the face from which the ‘grumpy mouth’ stands out The stone reliefs were found in the municipality of Tenosique in Tabasco “These monuments come from the Middle Usumacinta region located between the mouth of the Chacamax River and the mouth of the San Pedro River,” the archaeologists said “Among the reliefs known from the Late Olmec horizon when La Venta emerged as the guiding center of the civilization five of them represent figures of ‘contortionists.’” “One of them came from Balancán and is currently stored at the Regional Museum of Anthropology in Villahermosa; another one is stored at the Pomoná Site Museum; and three came from Tenosique.” “These five monuments have similar representation of large faces who also practiced ‘contortionism’ not in a playful sense “By adopting the position in which they appear portrayed — which reduces the flow of the blood to the brain — the characters reached trance states in divinatory ceremonies “It is possible that these faces evolved and derived in the Mayan ajaw altars such as those at the Caracol site in Belize which tells us about the permanence of this theme for more than three centuries already for the Early Classic and Late Classic periods (495 to 790 CE),” the researchers said “The word ajaw means ‘he who shouts,’ ‘he who commands,’ ‘he who orders;’ and in these Mayan monuments the mouth stands out especially from these circular reliefs of ‘contortionists’.” Shakuntala Devi is based on the life and works of maths wizard Shakuntala Devi who was also popularly known as the Human Computer The biographical comedy-drama stars Vidya Balan and boy The Bollywood actress who appears in sarees and pigtails and then in grey has poured her heart into the material and it shows She looks the part and is convincing as she brings the late mathematician to life with her quirks Balan can even make solving maths look endearing And for someone who has hated maths all her life I almost tried to answer a few bouncers thrown at her __________________________________________________________________________ While the premise revolves around the many achievements of the larger-than-life persona that was Devi the film is a complex (often relatable) yet precious relationship between a mother and daughter played by Vidya Balan and Sanya Malhotra In close collaboration with Shakuntala Devi’s daughter Anupama Banerji the other women at task have managed to showcase the other side of the icon that wasn’t in the know – that of a work-in-progress mom who loved her darling Anu but expressed it in her own twisted ways They have managed to show that she is a woman with unapologetic aspirations the tribe is supported by a hoard of talented actors like Amit Sadh Jisshu Sengupta and Prakash Belawadi amongst others Menon has also written the screenplay along with Nayanika Mahtani The dialogues for the scenes are written by Ishita Moitra While the cinematography is done by Keiko Nakahara Another asset is the film’s background score and then the songs which have been composed by Karan Kulkarni and Sachin–Jigar respectively Abundantia Entertainment has bankrolled the biopic and good on them for backing the right stories Vidya Balan shoulders the film with her nuanced performance as an eccentric mathematician But more so as a mother who tries hard to not become her mother Vidya Balan as Devi is not your ordinary mom toh normal kyun hona?” I’m afraid I might have mixed-up the exact words but it is the sentiment that matters And long after you’ve seen the film because that’s how good Balan is And anyway she had great stuff to build on A child prodigy who became the bread-winner of the family doing maths shows in schools but never attending one And even then she could lessons in feminism to her elder kin about being a ‘badi aurat’ probably even without the knowledge of the term Balan takes over and portrays the same flamboyance in finer ways She would take care of unruly men and unfaithful lovers just like she took care of them numericals and mind you; she never loses she set sails for London in a bid to conquer the world That and to escape her past (again you’ll know) and honestly get away from her parents who treated her like a money-dispensing machine Devi listens to her heart and laughs without abandon And Balan does the part utmost justice as goes on to make friends connections and ways to put on a bigger show it is her stint as an unconventional mother that makes a home in the heart Full props to Ishita Moitra for giving her dialogues that packed punch and more It really takes her one word ‘Amma’ and not more to leave you with gooseflesh and a lump in your threat a lot of it must and should go to Sanya fits the bill perfectly (b) She didn’t remind me of Babita from Dangal where she also played a daughter she hates maths and resents her absentee mother the broker and really anyone who tries to compare her with the birth-giver much so that she doesn't want her own kids and her ambition is to not become her mother in these moments where Malhotra bares her heart And thanks to Karan Kulkarni’s score the tension is always heightened between the mother and duo Giving Vidya and Sanya the scope to explore the dynamics that is multi-layered Director Anu Menon establishes that right in the beginning and the element is consistent through the duration of the film Even when she redefines the outdated tropes of motherhood none of it would have panned the way it did if it weren’t for director Anu Menon and I couldn’t emphasize more on it “Women telling women stories” is the magic behind it and it definitely deserves its own genre Menon takes extra efforts in delving into the aforesaid multi-layered bond between the two pivotal characters in her story and renders them with enough power to be vulnerable and flawed Never pandering to the male gaze and setting a feminist narrative even without claiming to be feminist She even attempts at redefining motherhood and does away with the guilting tropes with gems like “Koi maa perfect nahi hoti.” Even regressive notion about marriage are questioned and the fact that she does it without villianising the male characters--played by Jisshu Sengupta and Amit Sadh--also speaks volumes about her capabilities Both Sengupta and Sadh play small parts but their roles never seem sidelined with the Menon’s treatment the screen shuffles between dates to showcase how a woman could well lose her individuality but it never gets preachy it quickly circles back to the rift between the mother and the daughter who also experiences motherhood in similar ways like her mom if there’s was a little more of maths and Shakuntala Devi did what she did More stuff about a woman in saree and pigtails solving tough numbers and making a room full of men uncomfortable… I won’t lie but I wish there was more screen time designated for the method behind Devi’s madness (for the lack of a better word) life is more than just work but since she was considered maths more than just that Many may debate that the biopic focuses on her journey more than her notable accolades--unlike other biopics--cause she is a woman but that doesn’t come under the purview of the review probably the only other thing that stuck like a sore thumb is the erratic south Indian accent that Vidya struggles with Especially beside Jisshu Sengupta and his Bengali and Prakash Belawadi and his Kannada I don’t mean to generalize but Shakuntala Devi is a wholesome movie with that will make you reflect You might feel the need to check your phone at points but you will be happy at the end if you resist the dip in the flow Shakuntala Devi is now streaming on Amazon Prime Video SEE ALSO: Exclusive: Jisshu Sengupta On 'Shakuntala Devi', Playing Paritosh Banerjee, And Acting For Over Two Decades Cover Artwork by Bhavya Poonia/Mashable India An ancient mangrove forest hidden in rainforest in the heart of the Yucatán Peninsula is the focus of a new study by researchers from Mexico and the United States Located 170 kilometers from the ocean on the banks of the San Pedro Martir River in the municipality of Balancán the ecosystem is unusual because mangroves are usually found along tropical and subtropical coastlines “Combining multiple lines of evidence, we demonstrate that this extant forest is a relict from a past, warmer world when relative sea levels were 6 to 9 meters higher than at the present,” the researchers said in a paper published Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America A relict is a remnant of a formerly widespread species that persists in an isolated area “Our finding highlights the extensive landscape impacts of past climate change on the world’s coastline and opens opportunities to better understand future scenarios of relative sea-level rise,” said the researchers who work at the University of California in the United States the Juárez Autonomous University of Tabasco and Pronatura Noroeste geological and vegetation data with sea-level modeling the researchers concluded that the San Pedro mangrove forest was established in its current location in Tabasco during the last interglacial period about 125,000 years ago when sea levels were high enough to flood the Tabasco lowlands It remained there in isolation even as oceans receded during the last glaciation “The most amazing part of this study is that we were able to examine a mangrove ecosystem that has been trapped in time for more than 100,000 years,” said Octavio Aburto-Oropeza a University of California marine ecologist and one of the co-authors “There is certainly more to discover about how the many species in this ecosystem adapted throughout different environmental conditions over the past 100,000 years Studying these past adaptations will be very important for us to better understand future conditions in a changing climate.” a botanist at the Juárez Autonomous University and a native of Tabasco brought the mangrove forest to the other researchers’ attention in 2016 “I used to fish here and play on these mangroves as a kid but we never knew precisely how they got there,” he said “That was the driving question that brought the team together.” one of two University of California ecologists who led the genetic work to estimate the origin and age of the mangroves described the study’s findings as “extraordinary.” “Not only are the red mangroves here with their origins printed in their DNA but the whole coastal lagoon ecosystem of the last interglacial has found refuge here,” he said The researchers said they hope their findings convince the Tabasco and federal governments of the need to protect the ancient ecosystem “The story of Pleistocene glacial cycles is written in the DNA of its plants waiting for scientists to decipher it the San Pedro mangroves are warning us about the dramatic impact that climate change could have on the coastal plains of the Gulf of Mexico if we do not take urgent action to stop the emission of greenhouse gases,” they said At a celebratory event in Mumbai recently, Ushu Uthup treated the audience with a rambunctious musical night, and in true Uthup style engaged in conversation with the audience. After marking a hat-trick with three successful OTT releases every year since the pandemic, Vidya Balan will be seen in Anu Menon's Neeyat and the Pratik Gandhi co-starrer Lovers, in 2023.Stay informed on all the latest news, real-time breaking news updates, and follow all the important headlines in india news and world News on Zee News. This could well be Bollywood’s theme song because even a film named after a female protagonist and marketed by the female actor who we see emblazoned on every poster needs to ultimately be propelled forward by a male actor With the male actor emerging as the hero who saves the day finally the said hero is the absolutely stunning Arjun Rampal – the vision of whom dulls the pain of knowing that Bollywood just doesn’t believe that a woman or women can carry a film on their shoulders Amitabh Bachchan played The Great Male Hope in a film about women it’s Sujoy Ghosh’s Kahaani 2 – Durga Rani Singh The only ties that bind the two are the fact that Vidya Balan and West Bengal play starring roles in both films going by the cracker of a film that Kahaani had been with its nuanced screenplay twists and turns and by the fact that it was a film resting firmly on Vidya Balan’s shoulders Never had Kolkata held so much character and played such a key role in the storytelling since Mahanagar and Mani Ratnam’s Yuva This time around instead of setting the film in Kolkata Ghosh has moved out to the smaller towns near Kolkata We go to the French outpost of Chandannagore with its quaint little boulevards and bridges and then to hilly Kalimpong and finally stop by at dirty The film begins with a harrowed and very frumpy Vidya Balan playing Vidya Sinha going to work in what seems to be a government office and coordinating her nanny for her wheelchair-bound daughter Mini has gone missing and Balan finds out that Balan supposedly called the nanny and asked her not to come home Balan then receives a picture of Mini tied up and is informed by a male voice to come and meet the person if she wants to save Mini only to get hit by a yellow Ambassador taxi which lands her in the Chandannagore police station hospital the most good looking cop to ever enter a police station or a home in Bengal After this willing suspension of disbelief Rampal takes a look at the comatose purple-faced Vidya Sinha and says “Durga” You see Vidya Sinha is actually Durga Rani Singh who was once married to Rampal’s Indrajit Singh we are also informed that Durga Rani Singh is a wanted criminal for murder and kidnapping of a young girl Rampal never mentions to the fact that he recognises Balan as his ex-wife to his seniors or to his wife who he is shown as having an extremely equal and frank relationship with No one knows that he was ever married before the cops do not recognise Balan as Durga Rani Singh because she has an oxygen mask on her face Rampal upon being called in for the hit-and-run case and upon recognising Balan as his ex-wife then searches Balan’s house and finds a diary in which Balan has written her journey from Durga Rani Singh to Vidya Sinha down And described how she has come to live with the girl called Mini For the sake of not ruining the little sensible suspense in the film where the characters are being introduced is frankly quite gripping it’s the Intermission after which things fall apart characters which seemed to be getting fleshed out properly lose their depth and nuance There is no explanation for the motivations of any of the key characters Plot twists and turns lose all semblance of logic Jugal Hansraj may also have managed to land his most impressive acting role post-Masoom As is Tota Roy Choudhury as Balan’s silent pining love interest Embodying all that is wrong with Bengali men as paramours What jars most is the way the subject of child sex abuse is tackled in the film Please do not follow Balan’s character’s way of getting a child to admit that she is being abused Do not sidle up to a child and mention how you an adult have been sexually abused why is it that Hindi films feel it unnecessary to show what a person does as a profession We have no clue what Vidya Sinha’s job is and how she makes money Ghosh as usual gets his depiction of Bengalis spot on – from our diction to our mannerisms to our police stations and homes There are poignant moments when we see ATMs which work and piles of Rs 500 notes It reminds you of a simpler and better time You do wish that Ghosh had thought through his plot twists and his character development – and that he had given us a female protagonist as the main character Especially since Balan seems like a Bionic Woman who can run scream and shout despite having just gotten out of a coma with a bleeding stomach wound and a purple bruise which seems to grow worse by the day And watch the second half just to see Rampal take off his police vardi and flash us some fabulous pectorals You can hear the Awesome & Awful podcast review of Kahaani 2 by film critic Deepanjana Pal &  Rajyasree Sen, here QUIZZES