Jinnah Tower
GUNTUR. "Ebony and ivory live together in perfect harmony, side by side on my piano keyboard, Oh Lord, why don't we? We all know that people are the same wherever we go..," Stevie Wonder, the African-American, and Paul McCartney, the white Briton, sang in tandem. Taking off on the theme, what do the cities of Chicago, in the United States, and Guntur, in coastal Andhra Pradesh, have in common? The main thoroughfare in Devon Avenue, dominated by Indian shopping, was christened Gandhi Marg by the Chicago City Council. And an extension of Gandhi Marg where a number of Pakistani stores are located is named Mohammed Ali Jinnah Road. Here in Guntur, Mahatma Gandhi Road, the main artery of the city, leads to the Jinnah Tower. Guntur has a memorial for Pakistan's Father of the Nation, a tower built in Mohammed Ali Jinnah's honour in the heart of town. This impressive heritage structure has been a city landmark. About its origins, one story is that Judaliyaquat Ali Khan, ...