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Chandigarh’s Hyde Park
He stands defiantly on the traffic island leading to the Punjab Secretariat. He wears a yellow turban and a military great coat, over...
Jul 23, 2023


Chandigarh: road sense and nonsense
Such is the chaos that one notices on the Chandigarh Roads Many years ago the road going past Safdarjung airport in New Delhi towards the...
Jul 23, 2023


Chandigarh Diary
The Chandigarh of Nehru and Corbusier has almost become a curiosity for a stream of visitors from the West who continue to see him as a...
Oct 5, 2009


Grey Beards, Green Hedges
For The Sunday Tribune | June 8, 1980 WE were sipping iced nimboo-pani with some friends. The conversation was about life at Chandigarh....
Jun 8, 1980


Chandigarh Footlights
Published on March 4, 1979 At Cambridge University, achieving high academic results is not the main purpose of life. The students are...
Apr 3, 1979


First flower of freedom
For The Indian Express | October 6, 1978 Chandigarh: Glorious tributes have been paid to Le Corbusier by many great architects of the...
Oct 6, 1978


A House In Chandigarh
In Chandigarh you can't avoid the topic. The conversation invariably turns to house building. “In which sector have you built your...
Aug 9, 1970


Movies – Chandigarh Style
These days everyone wants to have a good time. They all “want to enjoy”. How does one do that in an overgrown village like Chandigarh?...
Mar 30, 1969
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