Having seen a glimpse of the GPO near the Akashvani circle thanks to Ramana who took me to the Press Club one evening (they have no clue about portions or do the press men eat that much!), I decided to hop into a cab at 6 am and went to GPO. The roads at Civil Lines were empty and there were people walking about, very few. One lady zipped by in her Kinetic and stopped at strategic points to feed dogs, all looking super healthy. I took pictures of the GPO and then walked down the road which had some old colonial structures.
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| The GPO |
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| Impressive structure |
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| Who is posting letters now |
I spotted one old building which was labelled 'Old High Court'. Prasad told me later that these buildings were in a heritage zone where they could not be destroyed or redone or whatever and only had to be preserved. And then another building.
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| Old High Court Building |
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| Akashvani, All India Radio |
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| Old AIR building |
The Akashvani building, the Vidhan Bhavan, the statue of the Gond Raja, the old Central Museum which is now temporarily closed, the dargah attached to the Vidhan Sabha which was making tons of food for people.
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| Vidhan Bhavan |
One old lady who was sleeping on the pavement who suddenly saw me and asked me some money with hope - I wondered how she must have been as a child, what her life story might have been, why she ended up here. I smiled and she smiled back, having given it a shot.
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| The Central Musuem |
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| Meetha Neem Sharif dargah - Sufi saint Sayyad Jalaluddin Meer Surkh's resting place |
I rushed back to catch breakfast and the rest of the match.
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