Jul 23, 2023Diaries from Home and the WorldChandigarh’s Hyde ParkHe stands defiantly on the traffic island leading to the Punjab Secretariat. He wears a yellow turban and a military great coat, over...
Jul 23, 2023Diaries from Home and the WorldChandigarh: road sense and nonsenseSuch is the chaos that one notices on the Chandigarh Roads Many years ago the road going past Safdarjung airport in New Delhi towards the...
Oct 5, 2009Diaries from Home and the WorldChandigarh DiaryThe 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...
Jun 8, 1980Punjab and Punjabi DiasporaGrey Beards, Green HedgesFor The Sunday Tribune | June 8, 1980 WE were sipping iced nimboo-pani with some friends. The conversation was about life at Chandigarh....
Apr 3, 1979Punjab and Punjabi DiasporaChandigarh FootlightsPublished on March 4, 1979 At Cambridge University, achieving high academic results is not the main purpose of life. The students are...
Oct 6, 1978Punjab and Punjabi DiasporaFirst flower of freedomFor The Indian Express | October 6, 1978 Chandigarh: Glorious tributes have been paid to Le Corbusier by many great architects of the...
Aug 9, 1970Punjab and Punjabi DiasporaA House In ChandigarhIn Chandigarh you can't avoid the topic. The conversation invariably turns to house building. “In which sector have you built your...
Mar 30, 1969Diaries from Home and the WorldMovies – Chandigarh StyleThese days everyone wants to have a good time. They all “want to enjoy”. How does one do that in an overgrown village like Chandigarh?...