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A Ripple on Grand Trunk Road

The NDLS-CDG Shatabdi makes its way through the onslaught of raindrops towards its destination, Chandigarh; the city beautiful. One of the richest and most fertile belts in India, part of the massive road built by Sher Shah Suri, the Grand Trunk Road (GT Road) from New Delhi to Chandigarh has been my most frequented path this past year. Working with the state of Haryana on its flagship initiative, the Chief Minister’s Good Governance Associates, I have witnessed and been associated in a multitude of decisions that got taken in the hallowed buildings of “Sarkar” (Government)! Sitting on the last seat of the AC coach in Shatabdi, I look at all the people sitting and living their lives in their own way, oblivious to my existence. Just a few days ago, I was listing out to one of my friends all the things we have been able to achieve this last year in the state. At the end of it, it struck me that nobody would ever know or speak of all this say 10 years down the line. May