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Chandigarh: Sector 17 
 
A man with a book in hand is an oddity at most public places in India
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but in Sector Chandigarh I did not feel so Nobody and I mean
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nobody so much as turned his or her head to even look twice let
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alone stare Just exactly how refreshing this was cannot be conveyed
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easily It was even more of a surprise to note that no one was
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hurrying either There was no frenzied running to nowhere and at
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p m in any case everyone walking by appeared at ease They were
 
busy with themselves and I guess the ambience and layout of the
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place facilitated this self absorption but more on this later
 
Now this tendency of the city dwellers to be with their own selves
 
was something that went against my preconceived notion about the
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natives They were fashion conscious no doubt and also neither shy
 
of displaying their affluence nor unaware of the effect but they were
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not the least bit conscious They seemed to not only own their riches
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but to be born into them
 
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I occupied several benches in turn to avoid the sun and thus had a
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view of the plaza from different angles I felt free and relaxed And
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this wasn t all I felt welcomed The plaza was like an open house
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ready to have you in anytime you chose to walk into it Yet it did not
 
have that brazen look of cheap invitation that adorns disreputable
 
places which try to lure you because you bring them something they
 
prize and from which you leave as glad to go as they are to see you
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go when you have nothing left to offer them
 
 The place by itself did not impress itself upon the onlooker and this
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was its most impressive feature By design or inadvertently I suspect
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the former all buildings were of low to medium height and thus did
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not fall over so to speak over the open spaces in between Their
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height did not obstruct the winds However some were in urgent
 
need of repairs as they were mildewed and if care is not taken they
 
might soon sport that particular greasy look which is so offensive to
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the eye
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 The pavements could have done with a bit more width no doubt but
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they were still quite spacious and for most parts not swamped by
 
makeshift shops set up by ingenious retailers and protected by
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unscrupulous cops In fact this was one more remarkable feature of 
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the place Men in khaki were not swarming around
 
 The whole place was so designed that at no time did I hear vehicular
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traffic The parking lots were some distance away and evidently the
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designer knew his business Cars whizzed by on the flyovers flanking
 
the plaza on two sides but while one saw their outline one was
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mercifully spared their clatter
 
 The plaza seemed to grace the fountains and not the other way
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round I mean had the fountains not been there I would not have
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missed them True they were an added attraction but to me a rather
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superficial one Even in the May afternoon sun the plaza did not seem
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to burn under one s feet and the walls of the buildings were not
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hurling heat at the passers by
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