Hi Anwar
No I have no privacy problems on the Wayanad project. Nine of us have bought 13 acres of land near Vaghery and are building 6 individual cottages and a common building housing all of the common utilities including a common kitchen. The idea is to re-invent the joint family system but with friends so that we have a good support system as we age. We will try and grow most of our own food and keep 4 cows for milk produce and manure.
Would love to hear what you are doing there and in which area. Are you too planning on shifting to wayanad? That would be awesome.

Great idea Mr.Dasgupta.A first in India?

That's what I was thinking, Great Idea! But would it work out?

Quote from: vinay on July 22, 2011, 08:07:11 PM
But would it work out?

Seems possible...

@Mr.Dasgupta:How do you plan to provide electricity?Solar panels or wind turbines?

Seems possible when there is good money backup / inflow. Think about plowing fields in the hot summer sun and growing crops that may simply get infected and not yield anything. We always think about things going well sitting in front of a comp. Real life aint that easy my friend! Especially when its planned life long.

But its a great thing to do! It's almost like putting my dream(and many others) into reality  

Sure,it might have some problems but since it is a collective effort,it should work out.Wish all the guys involved the best.Hope you guys can make it work.

Thanks guys. By the way, its Pradeep, not Mr. dasgupta, for heavens sake! We chose Wayanad for a couple of good reasons - great climate at 3000 ft. no real summer and no real winter. Just a heavy monsoon. Can get a bit on the nerves sometimes. Have been there throughout the year and worked physically. Not a problem. So no air cons. Hence a lot of energy saving. Some solar power but not much as it is still not fully viable in terms of cost vs efficiency. So most of the electricity is from the grid. But we do plan to build up solar gradually. Wind not workable there. Already done feasibility study. But we have huge rainwater harvesting. 8 months of the year we just consume what we capture off our roofs and the balance 4 months we take ground water from the well which has been replenished from our cachment area. We are planning bio gas plants for the kitchen. So, its kind of sustainable without breaking our banks. We know the problems of living in a community but we opted for it consciously against living a lonely life in the city as we grow older. Further this kind of a country life would not be feasible without support from friends. So we will have to learn to live together through fights and happier times.
As for failing crops, we know its a reality. So our crop growing is not a commercial venture. Its just for self consumption. Its like having six kitchen gardens put together.
Vinay is right. Money back up is important. All of us have saved and invested enough not to really have to work for a living anymore. So we pursue our hobbies, look after the land and see where it takes us. It is a dream and I guess there is no time like now to see if we can turn it into a reality.
Wish us all the best!

Looks like good place to hang your boots. Had similar view about sulthan bathery when I drove through. Alternative energy can sustain us , I guess, without the use of fossil fuel. If one anchors at a place

I guess we have come to that age when we want to hang up the existing boots and wear new ones! We have no intentions of retiring. Just a change in lifestyle and a sort of re-invention, I guess. Would like to know what Anwar is planning though.

 Mr. ujjwaana

The pics you posted are just brilliant 
You seem to be a professional photographer  Wow

That's my Scuba Pupil, he was scared to death, Padmasana UW is Fun, This is at Indo Bangla Border called Dawki, Free Spirits can get in touch to do this adventure this is the time

Wow!! the scenery in first picture looks amazing.

it is like some national geographic documentary , place is awesome untouched beauty, camp the nite, angling, zipline, scuba , swim, heaven on earth, like Blue Lagoon (Bring your own Brooke Shields)

awesome view of Mother Nature.. great dreamy place..