India, Nov. 13 -- If cities could dream, Chandigarh would be a vision of straight lines, open skies, and tree-shaded spaces. Nestled at the foothills of the Shivalik Range, where the great Indo-Gangetic plains rise gently toward the Himalayas, this city is a cultural bridge between Punjab, Haryana, and Himachal Pradesh. India's first planned city, conceived in the ashes of Partition, was built as a modern-day utopia of urban living. This city of right-angled roads, self-contained sectors, and a balance between man and nature rose out of dust and displacement. Chandigarh remains its architect Le Corbusier's living museum; an open-air gallery of modernist architecture softened by banyans, bougainvillaea, and the scent of freshly mown grass,...