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?
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4 comments:

  1. AmitL9:03 AM

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

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

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  2. austere5:43 PM

    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?

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  3. quin browne10:12 PM

    i love my austere history lessons...

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  4. austere12:43 PM

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

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