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"Its environment and social life are incomparable"
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| ''I just cannot stay anywhere else. The environment and the social life are incomparable here. I am a self-confessed Chandigarh lover. The love for the city and desire to stay here made me even turn down an offer for being a Judge in 1990s. My family moved here on January 1, 1955, when the High Court moved here from Shimla. My father was a lawyer and at that time I was studying in KG class.”
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Manmohan Lal ( Mac) Sarin, civil lawyer
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"It is highly democratic and
cosmopolitan"
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| ''Citizens of the city enjoy the highest democratic rights in the country with least interference from any quarter and I can say this is its best quality. I have grown with the city since 1961 and do not feel the need to go anywhere else. I will live here and die here. As I have been among those who are part of the building process of the city, my feelings run very deep. The city is cosmopolitan in nature, it has people from all over country.
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Venod Sharma, former Union Minister
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“No small-town mentality here”
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| ''It is home to me and very metropolitian in
nature. That is why I love it. People are not curious about what the neighbours are doing. Thus the small-town mentality does not prevail here. Quality education for my children and professional requirements had brought me here. I had come to Chandigarh to meet my friend Justice S.S. Sandhawalia in 1964 when I decided that this was the place to settle down. It was raining that day and I was impressed by the environment and the mountains nearby. With the Punjab and Haryana High Court located here it was best move I could make.
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Justice S.S. Kang, former Governor of Kerala
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“It’s the most attractive city in India”
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| ''The short distance between one sector to another is a big advantage of living here. The life of the people is much more secure than anywhere else in the country. The city has grown on me since I came here after marriage about two decades ago. Now I do not want live anywhere else as the city has embraced me. But something needs to be done to control the influx of migrant slum dwellers and a better business environment needs to be created. Chandigarh is perhaps one of the most attractive cities of the country to live in. I love it because of the peaceful environment and its pollution-free atmosphere.''
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Harpreet Kaur Babla, woman councillor
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"This city makes me feel wanted"
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| "What I like about this city is that it does not make me feel out of place. Separate sectors were carved for defence personnel and most houses here are occupied by them. We can meet each other and for me this is important. The city was coming up when I moved in about 25 years ago. Even today the city is as good as it was earlier. The problems are created by outsiders who do not understand the culture of the city.''
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Brig Kuldip Singh Chandpuri (Retd),MVC, war hero
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“Its spirit is so alive”
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| ''Given a chance, I would want to be reborn in Chandigarh. It is the best place in the country. Over a period of time, the city has entirely changed in its physical appearance. There is unparalleled investment opportunity in Chandigarh for outsiders. The unfortunate part is that the very thing that attracts newcomers to this town---quality of life--is being eroded by the pressures they create. But, the spirit of the city, in terms of its inherent character, is alive. This makes me love it more.”
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Manmohan Kohli, owner of Aroma Hotel
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“Its controlled modernity is a boon”
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| "Jeena Yahan Marna Yahaan, the famous song of a Raj Kapoor movie, are the lines that best describe my love for Chandigarh. I am obsessed with the city as it has all the advantages of a modern city yet is not ultra-modern like Mumbai.. It was a conscious decision to live in Chandigarh as we did not want to the bigger hospitals of Delhi and Mumbai. Now, I want to give back something to the city.”
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Mangla Dogra , gynaecologist
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