Interesting story about your ex-boss and his lack of understanding about India. And then about Mustafa born in Jaunpur, when to Singapore at age 9 and started an incredibly successful store in Singapore. And emperors who long ago wanted to rebuild, older faded towns. The problem now seems to be there are too many faded towns that need to be rebuild but developers go down the road and have to build something completely new that won't last as long or is bereft of any intrinsic value.
I was happy that I called him a jackass in print!! But yes, there are too many fading towns. I like what the Europeans do - they maintain the old parts of the town, while allowing luxury brands to have shops in them. They convert these parts of the town to walking streets, so you have a nice blend of the old and the new.
We have much history, which we neglect. The tourist potential in India is massive. But…
Yes. That is the way to go how they restore old buildings in Europe and then luxury brands have new stores. Hope India will follow their example to gain more tourists.
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Interesting story about your ex-boss and his lack of understanding about India. And then about Mustafa born in Jaunpur, when to Singapore at age 9 and started an incredibly successful store in Singapore. And emperors who long ago wanted to rebuild, older faded towns. The problem now seems to be there are too many faded towns that need to be rebuild but developers go down the road and have to build something completely new that won't last as long or is bereft of any intrinsic value.
I was happy that I called him a jackass in print!! But yes, there are too many fading towns. I like what the Europeans do - they maintain the old parts of the town, while allowing luxury brands to have shops in them. They convert these parts of the town to walking streets, so you have a nice blend of the old and the new.
We have much history, which we neglect. The tourist potential in India is massive. But…
Yes. That is the way to go how they restore old buildings in Europe and then luxury brands have new stores. Hope India will follow their example to gain more tourists.