Monday, October 26, 2009

Grand Trunk Road - 1,600-Mile stretch of history

“Look! Brahmins and chumars, bankers and tinkers, barbers and bunnias, pilgrims and potters - all the world going and coming. It is to me as a river from which I am withdrawn like a log after a flood.” This is how Rudyard Kipling described the Grand Trunk Road, which is the very heartline of the Indian subcontinent. No other road can match the history, culture and spirit of this road that links Kolkata to Kabul in a 1,600-mile stretch. The foundation of the road was laid in the Mauryan period, In the 16th century, it was rebuilt afresh by Emperor Sher Shah Suri. The Sadak-e-Azam, as it was then known, is universally recognised as the precursor of GT Road. The road bears testimony to the famed unity in diversity of India. Moti Mahal on Great Queen Street, London, celebrates a special GT Road gourmet fare that includes Qabali Seviyan, Barra Peshawari, Aloo Sialkoti, Lucknow Makhmali Seekh and much more!
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Source :
IIPM Editorial, 2009
An IIPM and Professor Arindam Chaudhuri (Renowned Management Guru and Economist) Initiative