Thursday, February 16, 2006

Some Images of Xaviers

The first time I entered the Xaviers campus, I was mesmerised by the structure of the building.
The arches, the stone walls, the carvings on the columns, the wooden flooring, the winding stairwell, I still remember the feeling that came over me.

The last three years, that I studied [did I really?] here, were spent in appreciating the architecture.
Those morning classes in the windy 40's, scratching my head in Lr14, those discussions in Lr 02, the shoeing away of birds in the 30's and the joke cracking in the Ty Lab.

Given the wonderful buildings that Xavier's has, its truly a shame that most people are satisfied by taking pictures of the chapel from the first floor corridor, when there are so many nice things in Xavier's. [I am not referring to the female presence, but the various nooks and corners]

So here are some of the images of Xaviers. But let me warn you that all the pictures have not been taken by me.


1]The Woods!
when I first came, it was just a muddy ground with a few trees and a couple of benches, now it has changed a lot.


2] The Chapel from a different angle:


3] The garden & the volleyball court


4] The seemingly unending arches.


5] Sculptures on the columns:


6] The winding staircase, A.K.A. The Harry Potter staircase




7] The pathway going below the building.
In the background you can see the tunnel of love, while the foreground in inimitable Xavier's style, is named the 'foyer'

8]The notice boards along the corridors:


9] The Library building:

29 Comments:

At 7:44 PM, Blogger Sagar said...

awsome!

 
At 11:00 PM, Blogger Chit said...

Truly amazing pics! The stairway ones are my favorites!

 
At 12:37 AM, Blogger Sagar said...

Chit~I agree

 
At 1:33 AM, Blogger darryl said...

well i agree w/ the both of you... mesmorising pics keep up the good work

 
At 9:29 AM, Blogger Differently Challenged said...

I'll let out a little secret; The stairway pic have been tken by Rajesh. He can take some good photographs. Part of one snap was used on the cover of last year's College Mag.

 
At 11:09 AM, Blogger Chit said...

Way to go Raju, who'd a thunk it?

 
At 12:55 AM, Blogger darryl said...

well yeah chit i've gotto admit that ahh... so thats y rajesh was roaming around the place w/ a cam... hmm..

 
At 12:58 AM, Blogger Differently Challenged said...

I think he might have been roming around with a camera for some other reason.
Those pics were taken in the last summer vac, so the normal element of beauty [ ;-) ] was missing and he had just the beauty of the staircase to capture.

 
At 7:00 AM, Blogger Vineet Nandan said...

cool pics

 
At 11:22 AM, Blogger Achintya said...

good shots man. keep up good work

 
At 9:49 PM, Blogger darryl said...

ahh... k... got the point. but those are some good shots ....... keep it up

 
At 8:28 AM, Blogger CyberFrasier said...

Yes, at xaviers' it has always been our tradition to respect the rich heritage handed down to us. i know i speak for everyone of us when i commend 'differently challenged' on his skillful treatment of our beautiful campus.

 
At 1:21 PM, Anonymous priyal said...

hey agreeing with the others nuthin to beat the stairway pics. first quad always looks gud.but m happy tht the most drab locales look brilliant,(library, notice boards). rock on!

 
At 3:30 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

great job!

 
At 12:42 PM, Blogger Gunslinger said...

Real good pics!
Why dosent someone put these pictures up on the xaviers.edu website!All the memories came flowing back.. playing chor police and gettin caught, the prom, the socials, the overnight's during malhar. Also need some pics of the old staircase going up from behind the toilets to the terrace.
P.S
I am an amateur photographer myself. Do i need special permission of if want to take some photos of the college. Its truely an amazing subject.

Ra

 
At 1:58 AM, Blogger Bram_Tappner said...

Man, those are some sweet pictures.

I went to college in Western Nebraska.

The only time I've been to Ohio is driving through it, I'm afraid.

But those are some kick-ass pics, man.

Congrats!

 
At 8:11 AM, Blogger Chit said...

downside of xaviers- they've scrapped the prom, and yes, you probably need permission to take pictures. But it shouldn't be too hard to get!

BT- Ohio?

 
At 10:25 AM, Blogger General Disarray said...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xavier_University_(Cincinnati)
http://www.xu.edu/

Ohio.

Strange that he confused the two: St.Xavier's, Mumbai, has worlds more character in the construction.

 
At 11:09 AM, Blogger Chit said...

That place is huge! how did you manage to check out the construction?

 
At 11:13 PM, Blogger General Disarray said...

Well, I didn't bother looking at the gym, the halls and all... :)

 
At 11:23 PM, Blogger ~j~ said...

Brought back so many memories! *sniff* You got me emotional now...

 
At 2:08 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Magnificent!!! Truly marvellous...the structures as well as the photography.....Heard a lot from a dear friend about Xavier's, but to actually see it.....How do people study here???I would've just bunked all classes and kept on clicking away to glory. Beautiful place this is...

 
At 5:55 AM, Blogger smileawhile said...

Seeing these pictures really brought back memories.....Any Xavierite who casts his eyes on these would be absolutely awestruck......Amazing! Amazing! Amazing!

 
At 7:00 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Really good pics. Sure brings back wonderful memories..keep up the good work!

 
At 11:45 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Damn! I wanna go to xaviers!

 
At 5:09 PM, Blogger abracadabra said...

reminds me of princeton.
muahahha.

 
At 11:02 AM, Blogger OC TEXXX said...

Uhh what happned to the WOODS

 
At 12:50 AM, Blogger THE WILSONITE said...

beautiful pics. especially of da stairways. made me miss xaviers like crazy... lyandra

 
At 2:40 AM, Blogger vishnupriya said...

the pictures are simply amazing .. hey i m astudent of NID currentlly persuing textile design... urs pictures seemed like a sourse of inspiration..
currentlly we have a course that is called history of design in which we are going though the kind of college attire that was worn over the period say from the time xaviers started. so can u please help me out in finding out the early pictures of xaviers since the 30,s....

 

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