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a modernist experiment 60 years on...

Chandigarh, capital of the Punjab and the brain child of urban planners, architects and politicians. Hardly surprising then that I found despite having a public toilet ever 400m people still pissed on the street. Almost in protest to the uniformity of this modern city.  I feel a little history lesson is in order to explain the significance. Once upon a time there was a man name Gandhi. He believed in non-violence and wore no shoes. I came to realise whilst visiting India his loincloth folding was unique but the shoeless act not so much. Anyhow. He along with the many millions of Indians living in Hindustan wanted the British to leave them be and to create an Independent nation. In doing this the British would only agree if they could create one last marker of their legacy other than the railways ( here here old chap, I say, you have left them something truly remarkable, chin chin ), this would be to "help" the Hindu majority deal with the "lawless Muslims" and...