Pune – a city that still has a heart!!!

Pune has always been very close to me and my wife’s heart. Given a chance, both of us, would love to move to this quaint city (although, much of the quaintness has not left) and enjoy the neighbourhood, which is rich in Marathi literature (arts and drama) and food.

With the city bursting to accommodate people working in the erstwhile auto-manufacturing and now, the massive IT industry, the city has grown in lengths and breadths and is still growing. The once-upon-a-time old-fashioned Maharashtrian city has turned into a contemporary modern mini-metro.

The city is special because of the tons of fond memories we share. This is also true because of the fact that we had started dating (me and anushka) and there was romance and love in the air.

Every chance we get to visit this beautiful city, we make it a point to visit atleast few of the places, we reminisced back then like

·         Pune Coffee house @ Deccan Gymkhana (served great sandwiches and Chinese platter) – the place no longer exists

·         The Bounty Sizzlers @ Kalyani Nagar (great sizzlers)

·         Durga / Darshani @ Paud Road (delicious coffee / great low-cost mini meals) – was close to my college

·         Marzorin @ camp (rolls and sandwiches, a must visit)

·         Road-side stalls @ everywhere serving kanda pohe (flattened rice) / sheera / sabundana khichdi (sago) – these are normally family-owned establishments either in stalls or on tables (which is temporary in nature. They normally get 50 – 60 plates of one item and close shop when all is over, and normally the entire thing is over in less than an hour). These stalls have been serving delectable maharashtrian snacks and is part of the beautiful culture & history. The picture is of delicious 'kande pohe'

Pune is also known as city of two-wheelers and you will see the men in helments and head-covered women riding this two-wheels at any time of the day, so much so, that there was a point  (before explosion), one could only people zooming on two-wheels in the city.

I haven’t got in the art of taking pictures and hence most of the pictures are borrowed. Some pictures I would have liked to capture and post would have been of these road-side stalls & people riding scooters and bikes and mopeds and cycles, as mentioned above. So, next time, expect some pictures