India, Jan. 25 -- The storms, the rain and the chill have not deterred the city from celebrating the changing seasons, and this fall and winter cultural activity in the city has seen a remarkable rise. The celebratory mood of the Chandigarh walas is evident, with cultural groups spilling from homes to gardens and keeping the cultural centres alive and thriving this winter despite the chilling cold.

It is said that Rome was not built overnight. Well our Chandigarh certainly was with the foundation stone laid in 1952. The need arose with the partition of Punjab, loss of the grand capital city of Lahore and the flux of refugees from west-Punjab, who needed a home to call their own. It was then Prime Minister Jawaharlal's gift to the displac...