yet again ... getting lost ... then enjoying self-discovery ...

Let us begin with the previous post previous post on the town  That was BC - aka Before COVID Since I have been to the town for the book-stores : Vaani and Rajkamal . Here, I also look forward to are the times at Indian Coffee House (nicely located between these two book-stores) and Bushy's .  I, with colleagues, have also made trips to the G B Pant Insitute for its museum ,  This time we began with the library, one of the more stunning libraries for sure - when it comes to buildings, as a  Kader Khan or Sharabi film fan would have said: लाइब्रेरी की बिल्डिंग हो तो ऐसी,  वरना  ना हो  The park with it multiple resources reminded me of Kamati Baug ,  This board was also the first time I read of map being referred to as मानचित्र The park also has its share of quirkiness  Image: Dheeraj It also houses  The Allahabad Museum ,  There has been work done here as well since I last visited, especially the new interactive galleries and the h...

Allahabad : Beyond the Kumbh Why do we not talk about this aspect of Uttar Pradesh – the aesthetic appeal of its towns? Why is Uttar Pradesh not the state of beautiful towns I wondered as I moved around Allahabad. Lucknow has a charm of its own, from the Nawabi history to the display of political power and will in its recent structures. While Banaras is well – Banaras. Walking in Allahabad I came across more elegant buildings in a day than I had seen over the past few years. Structures which repeatedly left me in stunned silence. They belonged to an age where grace possibly was not rare. Even the two branches of the State Bank of India, I came across, had grandeur and charm written all over them! By   सत्यम्   मिश्र  -  Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0,  https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=40701039 These roads and lanes also took me to my days with Amar Chitra Katha books. Sketches of the Peeli Kothi, and other Kothis, that were depicted in more ...