Monday, August 17, 2009

This has to feature as the startle of the day.
Checking on a text reference, I was led to a beautiful, ancient description of a city I know reasonably well.
http://www.inter-islam.org/Pastevents/HistoryAhmadabad.htm
Why do I feel as if someone stepped on my grave?

4 comments:

AmitL said...

hehe!Austy,I read a bit part and gave up..I prefer Wikipedia's nice description:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Ahmedabad

austere said...

Thanks, Amit.

Ahmedabad in all its grandeur. Will check out the wikipedia link.

I also happened to speak to the 14th descendent of Manekji bawa, one of the original settlers of the city.
Serendipity?

quin browne said...

i love my austere history lessons...

austere said...

What I know of as a hot, dusty, pushy city is written of as a city of gardens, learning and bustling commerce...