#thecityofjoy

[jaggyasenee]

The City of Joy..... #thecityofjoy #thecityofjoykolkata #cityofjoy #kolkata #birdeyeview #viewfromthetop❤️ #flight #jaggyasenee #jaggyaseneechakraborty #artyjc (at Kolkata) https://www.instagram.com/p/B5eodkpF7cJ/?igshid=101p5q9bz4ot6

[offbiennale]

GAUDIOPOLIS, Az Öröm Városa / The City of Joy, 1945-50, Budapest Gaudiopolis, az „öröm városa” egy gyermekköztársaság volt, melyet Sztehlo Gábor evangélikus lelkész alapított a második világháborút követően Budapesten. Árvaháza vallásra, társadalmi hovatartozásra és nemzetiségre való tekintet nélkül több száz gyereknek adott otthont, akik a háborúban elvesztették szüleiket, otthonukat. Az „öröm városának” gyermek lakói saját kormányzatot hoztak létre, képviselőket választottak maguk közül, és mindenkire (a tanárokra is) vonatkozó törvényeket hoztak. Ez a közösség azt tűzte ki célul, hogy újratanulja a demokráciát, és hogy „Krisztus evangéliumának szellemében, társadalmi korlátokat megszüntetve, önálló, öntudatos, önismeretre és önbírálatra törekvő, gyakorlatilag ügyes, elméletileg képzett magyar embereket” neveljen. A gyermekotthon fenntarthatóságát nem kis mértékben az ott folyó munka biztosította. Noha kis mértékű állami segítséget is igénybe vettek, Gaudiopolis független intézményként működött 1950-ben bekövetkezett államosításáig. 

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Gaudiopolis, or “The City of Joy” was the name of a Children’s Republic founded in the aftermath of World War II in Budapest by Lutheran pastor Gábor Sztehlo. His orphanage provided shelter and home for hundreds of children regardless of their religion, social background, or nationality, who lost their parents to the war. Children dwellers of the “City of Joy” formed their own government, elected their representatives, and adopted laws that applied to everybody (including teachers). This community set out to learn democracy anew and, eliminating all social barriers in the spirit of Christ’s gospel, to educate children to become “independent, self-conscious, practically trained, and theoretically qualified citizens striving for better self-understanding and self-criticism.” Gaudiopolis achieved a certain level of self-sustainability through the residents’ common work. Although it did receive some funds from the state, it functioned independently until its 1950 nationalization.

REISMANN Marian: Sztehlo-gyermekotthon / Children’s home, led by Sztehlo, 1946 Evangélikus Országos Múzeum / Lutheran Museum, Budapest

[tanish21-blog]

its not a london, its kolkata.... #kolkata_lanes #clouds #thecityofjoy #amarkolakata #photograph #kolkatadiaries❤️ #buildings #view #college #fun #bloggerlife #likelike #follow4followback (at Kolkata) https://www.instagram.com/p/BnnWB8zl7GM/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1xbpd347onlj0

[unanaesthetic]

An Ode to Kolkata. || Kolkata. The City of Joy that I never truly felt. You see, a non-Bengali living in Durgapur doesn't really have many reasons to see you, except to go somewhere. Transit point. Victoria aar Esplanade, Howrah aar Airport. And so, I've visited you, only for a few, too few days at a stretch. I've heard of you too often, and read about you whenever I've chanced upon literature. Be it the Rabindra Sangeet or his stories, Anupam Roy's Kolkata, or his Ghawrbari, it's always felt like I have missed you, yet left so much unsaid. Iconic, stuck in chaos, the Blue City yet so vibrant, and beautiful — these words don't even begin your tale. You're almost an anachronism, and yet, your tramways and Metro were ahead of its time when Hindustan was struggling with roads, and India was struggling with Railways. Hustling, bustling with energy, sweating and smiling, haggling, and almost smoothly moving by its rhythm— not too fast, yet, not a bit slower—, hanging by its balance, your people have recognised what it is to fall for a city. And you've taken them all, ever since your birth. So when someone asks me, where am I from? I don't think too many times about whether to say Durgapur, or Delhi, or West Bengal. I just smile, and say, Kolkata, even though I never really belonged with you, belonged to you. But I've known you like a lost love, a love with potential. And I've seen you with envy, and pity, and pain, and you've surprised me with something each time. As they all say, and proudly, "Kolkata is an emotion." I'll miss you. || //prothom premer moton byaertho ei shohor// ~Yash Raj Talan #Kolkata #TheCityofJoy #Calcutta #CalcuttaDiaries #writersofinstagram #theinstagramgeneration #TIG (at Kolkata)

[susmitasahaphotography]

Patuli #floatingmarket #kolkata #thecityofjoy @whats_new_life #photography📷 #lobemyjob #susmitasahaphotography #keepfollowinglikingandsharing (at Patuli Floating Market)

[offbiennale]

OFF-Biennale Budapest 2017 Gaudiopolis - The City of Joy

[abhijitmondal]

Horsepower #kolkata #kolkatadiaries #calcutta #calcuttawalks #streetphoto #streetphotography #streetsofcalcutta #india #incredibleindia #sonya58 #sony #thecityofjoy #tourism #westbengal (at Kolkata, India)

[abhijitmondal]

Fish fish #kolkata #calcuttawalks #kolkatadiaries #calcutta #explorecalcutta #incredibleindia #traveltheworld #travels #beautiful #india #thecityofjoy #westbengal #streetphotography #streetphoto #photography #sonya58 (at Kolkata, India)