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A quiet holiday that never was

With commanding views, Mussoorie presents a fairyland atmosphere to tourists. Or does it?

THE 32-kilometre drive up from Uttaranchal’s capital Dehra Dun, to the hill town Mussoorie was full of anticipation. I was returning there after 15 years. One had heard that the place is not the same anymore, and crowds had taken over the serenity of hills. But, while in Delhi I thought to myself, how affected could the hill station be? It was never an untouched locale after all.

But the days to come were full of shock and despair. It is not that the hill stations in India don’t have their share of filth, crowding and noise, but for me this place beat them all. Our first evening out on the Mall Road towards Picture Palace was marred with all that can ruin a hill town like Mussoorie. [more]



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