Small place, Big Wonders

Some may call me a homesick person or overly nostalgic but it gives me a sense of relief and pride whenever i think of my native place.To describe Gwalior is really a matter of challenge for any novice writer like me.It takes a lot of articulation to describe a city of dust and dirt as a city of innocence and originality.
It may take a life time for a person to describe achievements of this city.It's like this city has never slept and has made remarkable contributions in every area and period through which country has passed.At the same time , it is also not fair to highlight only good points ( although there are many ).
It's always good to take on the bad blows first so that we get prepared for almost anything in the future.I must say that all the speculations about Gwalior's image does hold some ground.If you pass through any square, you can find young men at various kiosks chewing tobbaco, abusing each other .Certainly, this may prove to be a trauma for any civilised person.He may make an image in his mind that this city is abhorable and the people living here are good for nothing.
But that's exactly the point where he makes the biggest mistake.This city is not like it looks.It may have broken roads, shattered houses, clumsy looking people , no management as far as the public places are concerned.But this city has a pious soul,a soul that has not been dented by it's stinking alleys, a soul which is as pious as the flowers in a temple are .
The question here is , why this city has such a remarkable difference between it's inner and outer looks.What gives this city, a cutting edge over other cities of similar size and geography.The answer is very obvious and is known to every single resident of this city.It's the Gwaliorite that makes this difference.A Gwaliorites is not a mean achiever in any filed .He knows exactly ,where his roots are and where he is heading towards.
To start with the statistics, I would like to bring to notice that this small place has the only flood lighted stadim in the whole State. It has the largest Physical education institute in whole Asia( LNIPE) which has produced many gold medalists in Asian Games.
It has produced stalwarts like Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Madhav Rao Scindhia.In the filed of education, this city hold 8th Rank all over india.This city has produced many IITians and many other brilliant student under conditions that were not at all favorable.Now, there are 9 engineering colleges running in the city which are churning out engineers to meet the demands in various fields of engineering.
This city has scored over other cities as far as Information Technology is concerned.In 1994, it became the first city in whole M.P to get connected to Internet.This city has produced some gladiators in sports too.Asian gold medalist Bahadur prasad ( long distance runner ), Weightlifter Praveen singh( you may remember him as Bheem in Mahabharata). Hockey player Roopsingh and Dhyanchand also played substantial amount of hockey in Gwalior.
It would be unfair if we do not mention anything about Music of Gwalior.
Gwalior Gahrana is a respected name in the field of music.The gharana has produced many perfectionists like Ustad Amzad Ali Khan ( The Sarod Maestro ), Balasaheb PoonchWaale(Vocalist ) and Shri Krishna Rao Pandit.One of the nine jewels of Akbar -"Tansen" was from gwalior too.
It is like a big world in a small pond.So, as a proud gwaliorite, I can say that this is the best place on earth for me( others have different places as per their liking ) which will run in my blood till my last breath.

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Siddhartha