tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-859335667453367352.post3420528321995174375..comments2024-01-20T14:00:43.520+05:30Comments on Ramblings: Nek Chand's DreamSoumyenduhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02586465804913627495noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-859335667453367352.post-88364033299064319822015-07-19T10:45:47.507+05:302015-07-19T10:45:47.507+05:30Sadly, they have had all the geese culled at Sukna...Sadly, they have had all the geese culled at Sukna lake for fear of a bird flu<br /><br />Thank you PreetiSoumyenduhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02586465804913627495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-859335667453367352.post-43167809132877049512015-07-18T23:18:20.373+05:302015-07-18T23:18:20.373+05:30Chandigarh is one of my favorite cities! And Indee...Chandigarh is one of my favorite cities! And Indeed seeing these photos remind me of visiting rock garden in succession back in 2002-03!Preeti Datarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11481048776579978836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-859335667453367352.post-36383200038834336282015-07-06T03:06:32.647+05:302015-07-06T03:06:32.647+05:30Ah, the 1960s is a very young city in India's ...Ah, the 1960s is a very young city in India's timeline! Still, it's nice that Nek Chand saw the beauty in other people's "throw aways".<br /><br />I'm still recovering from my rotator cuff surgery. I'm ten weeks post-surgery now, and supposedly will have pain for about six months (arm is still very painful when I use it, or do physical therapy) and will not regain full motion of my right shoulder for about a year! But I do intend to travel, even if I'm not enjoying my usual adventurous activities! Thanks for asking.One Day in Americahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06908834658716123640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-859335667453367352.post-16403515692119464332015-07-05T00:26:35.962+05:302015-07-05T00:26:35.962+05:30Chandigarh is a young city Rita, for it came up in...Chandigarh is a young city Rita, for it came up in the sixties and the initial digs threw up pieces of rock from the underlying hilly terrain. Some of it was used, some thrown away and that's where Nek Chand came in, adopting thousands of pieces of rock, trying to shape them into suggestions of his mind...<br /><br />Should hope you are well and afoot on your journeys again!Soumyenduhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02586465804913627495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-859335667453367352.post-49166176408783900822015-07-04T00:05:38.214+05:302015-07-04T00:05:38.214+05:30Nek Chand sounds like an interesting person—so won...Nek Chand sounds like an interesting person—so wonderful that such an accomplished man lived past 90, and that his dream will live on. What talent and insight he possessed to create such beauty from the discards of an old city.<br />Thanks for sharing, Soumyendu.One Day in Americahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06908834658716123640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-859335667453367352.post-4084779711659841022015-06-29T18:47:58.095+05:302015-06-29T18:47:58.095+05:30He used to constantly change the display, the layo...He used to constantly change the display, the layout. About a year back, I saw an open space that looked like a Roman amphitheater and galleries populated by the semi finished rock forms. This time, I found it dug up to make way for something different. Anyways, the artist in him would always remain in our hearts and minds<br /><br />Thank you for your kind words, SherrySoumyenduhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02586465804913627495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-859335667453367352.post-62482261212467122422015-06-29T07:33:32.733+05:302015-06-29T07:33:32.733+05:30I am so crazy about rocks that I love this entire ...I am so crazy about rocks that I love this entire post - would love to walk along what he created, seeing the likenesses in the lumps of stone. How wonderful. I especially love the water cascading down the stone face.......very lovely. He created such beauty in his life. He must have died feeling he fulfilled his purpose here. No small gift.Sherry Blue Skyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10769154286598233146noreply@blogger.com