Architect BV Doshi first came to Chandigarh in 1955. It was early morning, around 4 o’ clock. He asked a rickshaw-puller about his views for the place. The light — coming from a dhaba nearby — was dim. The man told him this was going to be the world’s newest place. Sixty years later, as he comes here to talk about his guru Le Corbusier, he says it feels like a pilgrimage.
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