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Chandigarh Sector 17
 Chandigarh Sector 17 ... innumerable shops, eateries, coffee houses, bars and pubs come to life with pedestrians and all the colourful nightlights.Newest Review: ... shop, spend their money and see and be seen. But how does it line up as a tourist attraction? The thing that makes Sector 17 so unusual for India is that it has a multitude of big brand stores in shopping streets that look remarkably - I hesitate to say it - European. So if you ARE European, you can easily find yourself wondering what all the fuss is about. It's just a bit too much like ... more ... being at home - with a touch of pre-bombing Arndale Centre thrown in.
We took an arduous auto-rickshaw journey into the city from our hotel and were amazed at how un-Indian Chandigarh looks. The streets are wide and open and most unusually, really cl...more |
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Chandigarh Sector 17: If you want European style shopping it's perfect - if you do ... (1405 words)
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Chandigarh is a unique Indian city that's entirely unlike anything else you'll find anywhere else in the country. It's often referred to as India's first (let's say ONLY) planned city. It was created in the 1950s to provide a home for hundreds of thousands of people displaced as a result of the Partition of India and Pakistan in 1947. From an empty piece of land in the shadow of the Shivalik Mountains, a new city rose to become the capital of two states - Haryana and Punjab - as well as the capital of the newly formed Union Territory of Chandigarh. The Swiss-born French architect Le Corbusier inherited the job of chief architect after the death of the ... Read the complete review
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