Love this Place : Talon me Nainital
The views from Lake View Point are splendid and quiet. India’s hill stations have always been crowd-pullers ever since their development by the British as summer retreats. These picture-postcard little towns perched on lofty hills, with their spectacular settings, nippy mountain air and quiet, laidback life have always been attractive getaways from the heat of the plains. The hill town of Nainital is a perfect example of this and has long been regarded as a favourite among city folk, as well as one of Uttarakhand’s gems with its emerald lake and surrounding majestic mountains. Of late, it has been burdened by mushrooming crowds, unplanned construction and other civic and environmental issues, but every monsoon the town and its surrounding areas are reborn. All of its blemishes get washed away by the rains and it returns to being a quiet and charming place with beautiful walks and familiar traditions – the town as I remember it from my childhood, and the place that is unde...