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Chandigarh ne devait etre qu'un transit entre Amritsar et Delhi. J'y suis reste 2 jours.
Dans le bus d'Amritsar, il y avait un indien -un Sikh- qui voulait faire la discussion. Nous avons donc discute. 3hr peut-etre. Ce type adore la France. Il ne parle pas francais, n'y a jamais ete et n'en connait presque rien mais qu'importe! Il est dans l'armee et vient a Chandigarh pour passer un concours interne auquel il se prepare depuis 4 ans. Il aime la France, a etudie et respecte Napoleon pour ses strategies militaires; il m'apprend que les armees francaises et indiennes ont eu un exercise joint qui s'est tres bien passe. l m'explique la religion Sikh, sa philosophie de la vie (Sikh et marxiste-communiste!). Bref, arrive a Chandigarh, j'avais un ami qui insitait pour m'offrir du chai a chaque pause.
Chandigarh fait un drole d'effet, dit on guide du routard. C'est vrai; toute la ville est droite, carree. Les batiments se ressemblent tous. De grosses avenues s'interrompent pour faire naitre des rond-points. La ville est le resultat du travail de LeCorbusier et de son equipe. Une ville plannifiee et creee de toute piece dans les annees 50 et 60.
Le Rock Garden, lui, contraste! Il semble etre issu de l'inspiration inverse d'ou a emerge la ville: sinueux, creatif, anarchique, different. Le Rock Garden est un parc de cailloux ou sont creees et exposees des figurines et installations permanentes. Tout est fait de materiaux de recuperation (beaucoup de ceramique).br>
J'ai aussi visite le musee de la ville qui explique la philosophie de la ville, montre les plans, les etudes, l'expansion prevue de celle-ci. J'ai pas mal arpente les avenues et explore l'interieur de quelques secteurs (secteurs 17 et 22 surtout).
Un soir 3 Sikhs en voiture, completement bourres, ont voulu m'inviter a voire un verre que j'ai poliment refuse. Si vous cherchez un assureur a Chandigarh, j'en connais 3. Les 3 meilleurs!
Finalement le 2e jour, j'ai pris un bus pour Delhi en milieu de journe. Le lendemain soir chez Francois arriverent de France sa mere et une amie a elle.
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Chandigarh was only meant as a transit between Amritsar and Delhi. Eventually I stayed there 2 days.
In the bus from Amritsar to Chandigarh, there was this Indian who wanted to talk. A Sikh. So we talked. A long time. Maybe for 3hrs. This guy loves France. He doesn't speak French, has never been there, doesn't know much about it but he loves it anyways. He's an army man and comes to Chandigarh to pass a contest, which he has been preparing for the last 4yrs. He loves France, studied and respects Napoleon and his war strategies; he informs me that France and India's armies had a joint exercise few years back that went really well. He explains to me his religion, his life philosophy (he's a Sikh and a marxist-communist). At the end when we arrived at destination, he was like a friend to me, insisting to offer me a chai at each break.
Chandigarh looks different, says my guide book. Everything is square; roads are straight. Buildings all look the same. Big avenues cross each other to form road circles. All of this was conceived by LeCorbusier and his team. It was the first city in India that was pre-planned. It was the 50's/60's.
The Rock Garden seems to carry the opposite spirit: curved, creative, chaotic, different. Garbage has been recycled to be transformed into sculptures and permanent installations. Mostly made of rocks, cement and ceramic.
I also visited the City Museum where are displayed plans and studies, and correspondance, and models for the city; how it could expland; its whole philosophy. I walked quite a bit along the avenues and explored inside some sectors of the city (Sector 17 and 22 mainly).
One night 3 Sikhs, drunks as skunks, in a car insisted to buy me a drink. I politely declined. I had just met the best 3 insurers in Chandigarh.
In the middle of the second day I took a bus to Delhi. The next evening, coming from France, there were Francois'mother and a friend of her. |
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