More things change. More they remain the same...

Independence Day. 15th August '12. I start from the late 50s when my maternal grandparents used to stay in Kotwara house on the bank of Gomti. Hardly half a kilometer from where this snap was clicked. My mom used to tell us about the desolate jungle on the opposite bank of Gomti.
If you look at this pic you feel as if nothing much has changed. This picuture has been clicked from Gandhi setu, overlooking Lart of La Martinete college. We see the lush greenery on the banks thanks to the monsoon. The black bathing and grazing beauties as they would have appeared 50-60 years back. And the beauty of this pic is that it has been clicked bang in the center of the city. Next to Taj hotel, Ambedkar park and a multiplex. Thats the beauty of Lucknow. Wilderness is just a stone throw away.
Thats why you come across blue bulls at times on cantt road and tiger threat at times in the suburbs!
Thats why the more things change, the more they remain the same.

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