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My dream city, Chandigarh: the city beautiful..!!

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<div><span style="font-size: 16px;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 16px;">Everyone has a dream to achieve. Holding a dream is easy but working on it to achieve the goal is very difficult.&nbsp;</span><br></div><div><span style="font-size: 16px;">It is said that dreams keep changing with age. The innocent dreams of childhood, the colourful dreams of youth and finally in old age the dreams of spending leisure time with grandchildren or with loved ones.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 16px;">Dreams of every age have their significance. It is said that a person is incomplete without dreams. The one who did not dream has already given up on life. That's why, the first step to every success is, "A dream".</span></div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-size: 16px;">I too had some dreams, some innocent, some colourful and finally some a bit confused. One of such confused dreams was, "Where to settle down after retirement".</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 16px;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 16px;">After working for years, anybody wants to retire and live a happy life. By the time he reaches that point, most of his responsibilities have been fulfilled, now he wants to live exclusively for himself.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 16px;">Moreover, if he had a stressful or tiring job that contributed to lowering the quality of life, will probably experience retirement as a relief.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 16px;">The same was with us, my husband being from the medical profession, a stressful and tiring job, it was our dream after retirement, we will lead a calm and peaceful life.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 16px;">Now the question was where to settle down. Let me say one thing, my dream city kept changing. Being brought up in the mountains, initially, my dream was to settle down in some hilly area.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 16px;">Looking at my elders, gradually I realized that the life of the mountains is not as beautiful as it looks, at least for the aged people.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 16px;">With time, the body becomes weak and starts suffering from many old-age ailments, arthritis, dementia, Parkinson's, etc. At that time it was very difficult to lead a comfortable life, especially in mountain areas.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 16px;">It is okay that living in the mountains means you are in paradise but only in summers, in winters you have to face many hardships. In winters the roads are often closed due to heavy snowfall, fewer medical facilities, walking miles on foot, etc.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 16px;">During snowfall, most of the water pipelines are blocked because the water in them freezes, many times there is no electricity, and keeping yourself warm is a big challenge.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 16px;">Keeping all these aspects in mind, we started looking for other options, where we can enjoy a comfortable post-retirement life and the place should be near to hills.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 16px;">Suddenly, one dusky evening, sitting on the bank of a beautiful lake, Sukhna, Chandigarh. While looking at the crystal clear view of the lake after the shower, both of us had a dream with open eyes. Dream to settle down in Chandigarh, the city beautiful.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 16px;">And one day, by the grace of God, our dream of settling down in Chandigarh was fulfilled. A sense of calmness that you won't find in a city anywhere. Here life is much easier and calmer than in the other cities of north India.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 16px;">Each block of every sector in Chandigarh has an individual park. Simply imagine driving on a wide road with trees on both sides, it's an uncommon sight in other cities.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 16px;">Topmost medical facilities, lush green trees surround the city's landscape and the cool breeze from the mountains.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 16px;">Chandigarh, a gateway to the hills. The mountains are very close, it just takes 40 minutes to drive to the slopes of Himachal Pradesh. Since Chandigarh is only 110 km far from Shimla makes the city an immaculate place to be in.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 16px;">For the last 15 years, we are enjoying a wonderful post-retirement life here in Chandigarh.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 16px;">Many of you must be knowing that during the partition, the capital of Punjab Province Lahore, fell into Pakistan. The necessity to have a new capital for Punjab in India then led to the development of Chandigarh. It was completed in 1960 and in 1966 it got the status of UT.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 16px;">The city was planned by a french-swiss architect Le Corbusier. He developed this city as a living organism. Here every structure, garden, market, and residential area narrate its own story.</span></div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-size: 16px;">Let's have a glimpse of Chandigarh, "The city beautiful."</span></div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-size: 16px;">Sukhna lake</span></div><div><img src="https://nblickdevimages.s3.amazonaws.com/posts/133478/f39f3c8f-c525-4e31-94a9-9f6bba518148/IMG_20220131_213412733.jpg" alt="posts/133478/f39f3c8f-c525-4e31-94a9-9f6bba518148/IMG_20220131_213412733.jpg" width="95%" height="95%"><span style="font-size: 16px;"><br></span></div><div><img src="https://nblickdevimages.s3.amazonaws.com/posts/133478/b833e16f-21e5-4978-a0aa-192af5f4d05e/IMG_20220131_213439217.jpg" alt="posts/133478/b833e16f-21e5-4978-a0aa-192af5f4d05e/IMG_20220131_213439217.jpg" width="95%" height="95%"><br></div><div><br></div><div>The world-famous Rock Garden</div><div><img src="https://nblickdevimages.s3.amazonaws.com/posts/133478/f8759b89-35f2-4862-a1a6-db20aa8f719c/IMG_20220131_213525582.jpg" alt="posts/133478/f8759b89-35f2-4862-a1a6-db20aa8f719c/IMG_20220131_213525582.jpg" width="95%" height="95%"><img src="https://nblickdevimages.s3.amazonaws.com/posts/133478/fa7afa17-c7cf-44b0-97d1-43b538f65d3c/IMG_20220131_213537974.jpg" alt="posts/133478/fa7afa17-c7cf-44b0-97d1-43b538f65d3c/IMG_20220131_213537974.jpg" width="95%" height="95%"><br></div><div><br></div><div>Rose garden</div><div><img src="https://nblickdevimages.s3.amazonaws.com/posts/133478/24bac771-06a5-4578-ad1b-2b5686c70b6e/IMG_20220131_215858452.jpg" alt="posts/133478/24bac771-06a5-4578-ad1b-2b5686c70b6e/IMG_20220131_215858452.jpg" width="95%" height="95%"><br></div><div><img src="https://nblickdevimages.s3.amazonaws.com/posts/133478/0a9dcb6e-8f5a-47fb-91a8-e7681321c0e8/IMG_20220131_215922120.jpg" alt="posts/133478/0a9dcb6e-8f5a-47fb-91a8-e7681321c0e8/IMG_20220131_215922120.jpg" width="95%" height="95%"><br></div><div><br></div><div>Sector 17 plaza</div><div><img src="https://nblickdevimages.s3.amazonaws.com/posts/133478/908c7dea-add7-4125-9fc8-79201db69115/IMG_20220131_215755750.jpg" alt="posts/133478/908c7dea-add7-4125-9fc8-79201db69115/IMG_20220131_215755750.jpg" width="95%" height="95%"><br></div><div><img src="https://nblickdevimages.s3.amazonaws.com/posts/133478/827606a3-da7e-462a-b264-ec01fc905baa/IMG_20220131_215810688.jpg" alt="posts/133478/827606a3-da7e-462a-b264-ec01fc905baa/IMG_20220131_215810688.jpg" width="95%" height="95%"><br></div><div><br></div><div>War memorial</div><div><img src="https://nblickdevimages.s3.amazonaws.com/posts/133478/1bac390a-a2c0-41ed-b27e-4d0dd2e1ba75/IMG_20220131_213736944.jpg" alt="posts/133478/1bac390a-a2c0-41ed-b27e-4d0dd2e1ba75/IMG_20220131_213736944.jpg" width="95%" height="95%"><br></div><div><br></div><div>Garden of silence</div><div><img src="https://nblickdevimages.s3.amazonaws.com/posts/133478/a68fbdbf-e292-47c3-bfc7-f98736135995/IMG_20220131_215717072.jpg" alt="posts/133478/a68fbdbf-e292-47c3-bfc7-f98736135995/IMG_20220131_215717072.jpg" width="95%" height="95%"><br></div><div><br></div><div>Japanese garden</div><div><img src="https://nblickdevimages.s3.amazonaws.com/posts/133478/94dc9205-bc47-4c2c-a3cd-9d27306769b8/IMG_20220201_045104427.jpg" alt="posts/133478/94dc9205-bc47-4c2c-a3cd-9d27306769b8/IMG_20220201_045104427.jpg" width="95%" height="95%"><br></div><div><img src="https://nblickdevimages.s3.amazonaws.com/posts/133478/0b6516df-3a53-4cb0-8238-0fad2e4115f8/IMG_20220201_045123028.jpg" alt="posts/133478/0b6516df-3a53-4cb0-8238-0fad2e4115f8/IMG_20220201_045123028.jpg" width="95%" height="95%"><br></div><div><br></div><div>The famous Matka chowk</div><div><img src="https://nblickdevimages.s3.amazonaws.com/posts/133478/80cb8dd2-5e18-47bb-9044-5973d3154001/IMG_20220131_213831144.jpg" alt="posts/133478/80cb8dd2-5e18-47bb-9044-5973d3154001/IMG_20220131_213831144.jpg" width="95%" height="95%"><br></div><div><br></div><div>Beautiful Chandigarh roads</div><div><img src="https://nblickdevimages.s3.amazonaws.com/posts/133478/b06bdf28-3d74-4f02-9a49-9aa6c89205c5/IMG_20220131_213925188.jpg" alt="posts/133478/b06bdf28-3d74-4f02-9a49-9aa6c89205c5/IMG_20220131_213925188.jpg" width="95%" height="95%"><br></div><div><img src="https://nblickdevimages.s3.amazonaws.com/posts/133478/6382b18e-c1b3-48f8-8882-effb91c542b7/IMG_20220131_213936693.jpg" alt="posts/133478/6382b18e-c1b3-48f8-8882-effb91c542b7/IMG_20220131_213936693.jpg" width="95%" height="95%"><br></div><div><br></div><div>Capital complex</div><div><img src="https://nblickdevimages.s3.amazonaws.com/posts/133478/0114166c-717f-44d1-a959-4521822b7302/IMG_20220131_214009862.jpg" alt="posts/133478/0114166c-717f-44d1-a959-4521822b7302/IMG_20220131_214009862.jpg" width="95%" height="95%"></div><div><img src="https://nblickdevimages.s3.amazonaws.com/posts/133478/0e6ba079-4f75-4635-97d4-02eec3200e83/IMG_20220131_215653525.jpg" alt="posts/133478/0e6ba079-4f75-4635-97d4-02eec3200e83/IMG_20220131_215653525.jpg" width="95%" height="95%"><br></div><div><br></div><div>Cycle tracks</div><div><img src="https://nblickdevimages.s3.amazonaws.com/posts/133478/3f4a4c6e-4af0-4ec2-b404-d807cee8270f/IMG_20220131_214103875.jpg" alt="posts/133478/3f4a4c6e-4af0-4ec2-b404-d807cee8270f/IMG_20220131_214103875.jpg" width="95%" height="95%"><br></div><div>(The above all images, courtesy Google)</div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-size: 16px;">At last but not least, the Chandigarh tour is incomplete without having a cup of coffee with me at my home sweet home.&nbsp;</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 16px;">:-)</span><br></div><div><img src="https://nblickdevimages.s3.amazonaws.com/posts/133478/5e76a5ec-b94a-4e94-b645-f8e5bc68d520/IMG_20220131_220137741.jpg" alt="posts/133478/5e76a5ec-b94a-4e94-b645-f8e5bc68d520/IMG_20220131_220137741.jpg" width="95%" height="95%"><span style="font-size: 16px;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 16px;">View from the front terrace.</span></div><div><img src="https://nblickdevimages.s3.amazonaws.com/posts/133478/e9b1e659-de21-4e92-9c0c-315140a78c83/IMG_20220131_220056422.jpg" alt="posts/133478/e9b1e659-de21-4e92-9c0c-315140a78c83/IMG_20220131_220056422.jpg" width="95%" height="95%"><span style="font-size: 16px;"><br></span></div><div><br></div><div>Thanks for accepting my invitation.&nbsp;</div><div>🙏</div><div><br></div>