Artfloor biography of mahatma
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The first CANCOM hackathon is successfully over
What is a hackathon anyway?
Let’s start from the beginning. What is a hackathon anyway and when did it all början in the first place? Did you know that the original concept of the hackathon was invented by Mahatma Gandhi? No? Yes, it is so, because in July 1929, Gandhi announced a competition for home textile manufacturers and the grand prize was Rs 100,000. During the competition, the textile manufacturers had to find a quick and right solution within a limited time to improve production and the modern hackathon draws from this idea.
The modern hackathon concept was created by a group of hackers who wanted to improve their programming skills in a fun way. The word hackathon was created by combining the words hack and marathon. The word hack refers to a community of ethical hackers active since the 1960s at MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology). That’s simply how this group has forever made its mark on modern IT hist
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Exhibition of Paintings by Ekta Gandhi Phone: 9643193808
Exhibition og Paintings by Ekta Gandhi Art Academy Phone: 9643193808
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Pragati Maidan, Delhi
1958
This temporary pavilion, designed and built in 6 months, was the first completed work of the office. Brick and mud walls generate a square plan forming a simple multi-level box, through which visitors move in an easy and continuous flow.
The roof of wood umbrellas, covered with handloom cloth, suffused the internal space with an even light.
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Delhi
1968-1969
This exhibition, organised by the Government of India in 1969 to commemorate the 100th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, was located directly across the road from the Samadhi at Rajghat where he was cremated.
The complex consisted of four pavilions, each commemorating different aspects of the philosophy and teachings of Gandhiji. Conceived as a series of “non-buildings” party dug into the earth, they were structured by a pedestrian path that moves along a shifting a