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Chandigarh da chaska
"P.U baneyan hun ghar duja
navi ik bani saheli pooja
mere naal kalj (college) vich pardi
dharam naal moh bhala hi
dharam naal moh bhala hi kardi
moh bhala hi kardi
chandari dilo bhulave naa
pe geya chandigarh da chaska
pind hun mureyan javve na "
- true words by "Sharry Mann"
Chandigarh has emerged as one of the most desirable Indian cities to live in. From a sleepy city and a pensioner's paradise to nerve centre for people from Punjab, Haryana and Himachal Pradesh, Chandigarh has come a long way.

Well-maintained roads, a fairly good law and order situation (crime figures have remained more or less the same over the past two decades), growing employment opportunities — no wonder the city is rated as one of the best cities to live in. Chandigarh is renowned throughout the country for their good looking, educated and affluent crowd that enjoys partying and brawling. Life in Chandigarh is peaceful largely due to efficient state run administration. Designer boutiques, shopping malls, multiplex and five star hotels, flourishing farmhouses resorts and country clubs: the up market scene is getting edgier by the day. The young city is brewing, and can keep pace with any of the major metros. The city offers ample opportunities for clubbing. Although club scene is not as exciting as the one found in metros, the city does bring its own Punjabi flavor. Student crowd also forms a good portion of Chandigarh nightlife.

I do not want to give the basic information about Chandigarh which is available on the administration websites but yes I would like to share with my readers certain facts which are really special about the city and only we Chandigarhians can feel. It’s the youth of Chandigarh that gives it the special feel. Most of the crowd is of the young students from near areas like himachal, different parts of Punjab who are here for their studies at one the best universities of India i.e. Panjab University. Students here never feel like going back. They are so much in love with the university and with the warm culture the city offers them.

I would like to share certain facts which I read it in a blog that youth of Chandigarh feels about the city.
  • University elections become more important than MLA, MC elections (SOPU, PUSU bruuahh)
  • Explaining Gehri to outsiders becomes a tough task
  • 'Uphill' can only be understood by you
  • You always have a 'pind' to go to every month
  • Kaimbwala requires no further defining
  • You always have a separate budget (after buying a car) for bigger tyres, alloy wheels, stereo, woofer
  • Shopping in guys' vocabulary refers to buying daru from Jugnu Ahata and soda, glasses from any confectionery
  • Car-o-bar refers to drinking with glasses on the dickey of the car in sector 8 market late at night
  • Paranthe wale are the chefs who come out late at night at sector 16 to make paranthe and chai for late night partygoers
  • Abbreviations like GCG, MCM mean a lot without knowing their full forms
  • Guys speak in loud Punjabi when a group of girls passes by and girls start speaking in English every time a group of guys passes by
  • Once upon a point Valentine's Day meant tractors on Gehri route and speeds of only 5 km/h
  • A new year's bash is incomplete without a fight
  • Any party is incomplete without a fight
  • Everyone has some political connection
  • Stu C is more popular with non students
  • You are proud of being from a particular school and a passive member of its alumni group (YPS, Vivek, Carmel, SJOBA, Sacred Heart etc.)
  • Owning a Bullet while still in school is an achievement
  • Spending upto Rs 2 lacs on number 1 for a car's number plate does not raise any eyebrows
  • Kinetic Honda scooter is referred to as Kiney and Bullet bike as Bullt
  • Guys are called by their surnames, (Brar, Sidhu bai, Dhillon) and followed by "Kiven aa, Kidaan!!"
  • Many people are 'vella' when asked what they do
  • Everybody knows everybody
  • Every new party place has the same old faces
  • A new car, bike etc. first comes to the Gehri route and later to the gurudwara or mandir
  • Desi Ahatas are officially called "TAVERNS"
  • Very few people know about the Mosque in sector 20 and the Church in sector 18
  • A good looking car turns more heads than a pretty girl
  • English speaking girls are usually referred to as "yankan" or "jhankan"
  • The "Gehri-on-foot" (à la sector 35 CCD lane, sector 17) becomes more popular.
  • Everyone has heard the song "Chandigarh kare aashiqui"

For a city that was conceived soon after Independence – in the backdrop of tragedy and bloodshed – the city continues to stand testimony to aspirations of the new people. Chandigarh is different, many like it and many do not, it does seem in many ways a familiar place with an Indian over layer, a place where East meets West so to speak. Chandigarh also boasts of the largest tertiary care hospital of the region — the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research.

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