So Khanna and I were wandering around aimlessly when we landed up at the Bougainvillea Garden in Sector 3, Chandigarh. The park look deserted and both of us were in a senti mood. So we decided to just sit there and let the worries slip away.
But once we got inside, we spotted a number of couples fooling around. One of the couples was doing more than fooling around!! ![]()
We kept laughing at them. Just then I spotted a structure. I told Khanna that most probably this was the War Memorial which had been inaugurated by President APJ Abdul Kalam. Khanna went to pee in the huge bamboo trees (or whatever you call them). After he returned, we proceeded towards the structure. It was indeed the Chandigarh War Memorial.
Its been beautifully designed but the surroundings lack care. Even the memorial lacked care. No proper cleaning, no lights, no nothing. Chandigarh Administration needs to wake up. We tried to remember some names from the movie Border but in vain. Finally, we spotted Capt. Vikram Batra’s name. Man… I felt so proud just standing there. Jai Jawan!!
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it has been designed well, though there is no care.
hey rahul u r rite abt the non maintainence of such wonderful places.
rahul let us go 2 this place wen i come back(i will be back by the 2nd of nxt month)
and its gud u have started blogging again.
take care
This is the case with almost all the wonderful monuments in our Desh….
x amt of money is approved by the centre for the maintenance n stuff…which indeed manages the maintenance of the babus and their kids (Read Rahul Mahanjan,the Lallo Prasad gang, Scindia,……)
a lovely place to visit .. if u wanna be alone .. outta crowd .. in greenry .. he he
Divya –> Yup.. no care
Arjun –> Zarur chalenge bhai
Mehak –> Yaar its just been inaugurated and the condition was pathetic… at least thats what I felt.
Khana –> Naughty naughty!!