Eulogy to Dharwar

Dharwar - The town of unending gulmohar boulevards that provide visual succour in an oppressive Indian summer, not to speak of the terracotta colonial relics and churches. An effervescent bridgehead of Kannada literature, a veritable cultural powerhouse. An architectural delight. The entry point of the vibrant Dravidian culture though there is a sizeable population of the Marathis. The sense of decorum is all-pervading. The environs of muncipality schools here could make one mistake them for your high-maintenance convent schools. Such humble, earthy people with the milk of human kindness sloshing inside them (to borrow Wodehouse). And ah yes, the street-food - that quintessential feature that defines Indian towns - the variety of the fare on offer here is mind-boggling. Then there is the delectable Dharwar peda which no visitor to Dharwar goes back without.
Thank God for these little pleasures of life !

Well and truly the best Indian town you could 'experience'