Soon my job as GER Amb to India & Buthan comes to an end. But in fact, since I came to IND 1976, the country has been in my veins, never left me, so this time leaving the H.E. behind is just beginning of another chapter of my exploration of IND magic & mystic. A lifelong journey
…and not to miss Chandigarh’s bizarre Nek Chand Rock Garden, named after its founder, Nek Chand Saini, a government official who started the garden secretly in his spare time in 1957. It is completely built from industrial, home waste and discarded items.
Chandigarh, joint capital of Punjab & Haryana, also the first planned city of independent IND, envisaged 1950 by Fr-Swiss architect Le Corbusier as people-oriented city of sweeping boulevards, lakes, gardens & innovative civic buildings. Here pics of futuristic Capital Complex
Upcoming this evening: 2 live TV interviews on Germany’s removing of entry ban and easing of travel rules for 5 countries where the Delta variant is widespread, including IND! India Today (appr 16:00; Geeta Mohan) and NDTV (21:15, Vishnu Som)
@AmbLindnerIndia Thanks Ambassador & every authority whose efforts were behind this decision, especially your efforts to ease travel ban has worked out for us finally, and we are always thankful to you. 😇🇮🇳❤️🇩🇪
@AmbLindnerIndia We are all very grateful for your help and deeply appreciate your support.
Also thankful to all the Indian and German authorities involved. 🇮🇳🇩🇪
@AmbLindnerIndia We are all very grateful for your help and deeply appreciate your support.
Also thankful to all the Indian and German authorities involved. 🇮🇳🇩🇪
Promised to work hard on easing travel restrictions for travelers from IND and update you immediately. And voila: from tomorrow on GER is removing entry ban and easing travel rules for 5 countries where the Delta variant is widespread, including IND! Details soon on website....