Chandigarh
A post-independence reshuffling of territories facilitated Chandigarh’s modernist curvatures, harmonizing urban and greenery, backgrounded by the Shivalik Hills. This north Indian symbol of future-inclined optimism is cleanly distinctive from the rest of India, flaunting an avant-garde beauty, from its Rock Garden’s sculptures, to the brilliance of Zakir Hussain Rose Garden’s annual festival, and yet, Chandigarh is undoubtedly and proudly Indian, embracing tradition and the future like its Open Hand Monument.