Two photographs of Nainital, where I grew up. It is – if you take the tourists away – still, a beautiful town
It is still where I have my spiritual home
The town is 6,600 feet (2,000 metres) above sea level.
In those days, we’d get snow in November. Now, a lone snowflake occasionally tries to strike a brave path down from the heavens
In those days, the highest day time temperature in the year used to be 25 degrees Celsius – or roughly 76 degrees F. Now, they use ceiling fans.
In those days, we’d see one or two cars a year. Now, there are traffic jams
In those days, at the far end of the lake, we had a flat piece of land called The Flats. We’d use it for inter school football. There was a movie hall called Capitol. Now, they have been replaced by a parking lot.
In those days, at The Flats, a military band would play every evening, by the lakeside. Now, the cars blare the latest, Bollywood movie songs, resulting in the most awful cacophony.
That is the life….
Those were the days my friend/ We thought they’s never end……
Koi toh Karol Bagh aane wala tha …
Haan!! Xiage xingqi!
I am thinking of going to KBags on Monday
Hey Rajiv , sorry couldn’t come online for few days got busy with my daughter’s annual function. Hope I did nt miss your plan ??
Nope! Got postponed by two weeks… So, possibly on the 28th… Sad, but true
wow. a beautiful place.
Yeah… It truly is beautiful, especially when you take away the tourists
Though this is an anti-tourists post, I have always wanted to visit Nainital. Someday hopefully before it loses its small town hill station charm.
The misty roads and the rolling hills….your pictures capture the place like I imagined it would be. Reminded me of this song : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NEjgCIRduIA
🙂
Well… it is very much of a post against irresponsible tourism!
An interesting song!
Nice shot, love the light!
Well, thanks! It was actually quite the gloomy day
Beautiful town! But progress????????????????
Progresssss?
I wondered if you would ever put any pictures up of Nainital, ever since you mentioned that you’d grown up there. ” lovely shots! (signed Mr Tourist!)
Well, at some point, I had to put up something of Nainital!
Well, Mr Tourist, you are welcome to Nainital. I am sure you are the responsible kind!
I hope I am, Rajiv!
I am sure you are!
Nainital is incredibly beautiful. Where there winding roads to get to the upper levels of housing? That must have been quite the climb.
Leslie
Nainital is beautiful indeed. Yes, there are some incredible climbs there. Some beautiful ones. But now, people try to drive up. No one likes to walk. Sad
Could they use lifts?
Leslie
Theoretically… but, where is the fun in that?
How magical. I wish I had seen it a long time ago, before all the tourists.
What a beautiful place and beautiful memories!! Thanks for sharing Raj 😃
Thanks! We Indians often forget how beautiful India can be
I sorta love .. Where you sorta grew up! Wow
Yeah…. It was a truly beautiful place!
Very artistic pictures!
Thank you indeed!