THE LOST CITY OF VENICE

ALAS the tragedy of every cute little city is that one day it will lose it's charm to the rampant march of modernisation.
just as the venetian culture of intra canal boating ended many cities are on the verge of losing their own fortes of beauty that emenates from their modest, simple and yet at the same time ravishing personas.

pune lost its greenry,bicycles,calm and quiet; new york lost the post war close knitted bonds, geneva lost a real chunk of cold beauty to modernisation.
the thing that worries me the most though is that towns like shimla are slowly changing too; to something they would not like to associated with. development at the cost of loss of scenery and natural beauty ,simplicity and elegance is something these towns should not support.
it is this only asset tht they have.
in terms of facilities wchich the so called development promises to fill them with ,they have plenty; peace(touch wood),calm and purity.
rather in my opinion there is nothing wchich these towns don't have.

so long live the good old shimla though the one thing which is ironically sad about these small towns is that one day you'll have to leave them in search of a future in this competitive; god bless them who can trace their way back to this place to carry on their lives beneath the serenity on nature.