We have one of the finest schools of the country
Doon has always been the pioneer in school education in the whole country. The pride you get when you see a person’s expression when he knows that your schooling is from Dehradun. We are having The Doon School, Welham School, BrightLands, RIMC etc which are famous all over.
Yummiest Bakeries
Yup, we have grown eating the best rusks, pastries, patties, plum cakes you can get. Ellora’s , Nany’s, Grands , Sunrise and Standards. You know the feeling when some relative comes to Doon and what they want to take back are not sweets and lots and lots of bakery stuff!! Or when you go to some place you would rather pack up a box of fruit cakes from Elloras rather than sweets!!
Delicious Fast Food
Momos!!! Doonites will understand but for others, well what would you say about a city where on each street, in every nook and corner you can find a stall for Momos ,Chowmein ,soup and Ban Tikkis. We live on fast food. Every evening we get out of our houses and we want something to eat. And not to forgot the Gaylord’s Ice Cream Parlour at Clock Tower, Melting Moments at Rajpur Road, Countdown’s temptation at Subhash Road or Boby Soup Corner.
Our Own Public Transport “Vikrams”
We have something special, other cities have Autos, Rickshaws, Metros but our favorite is a Vikram. No, it’s not a person; it’s Doon’s way of conveyance and also probably one of the cheapest ones still. Tourists or outsiders may call it a tempo but the real name is Vikrams,
Awesome places to Hang Out
A bunk from a school or a fun day in Malsi Deer Park. Going out on Sunday evening to Deer Park and be so fascinated about watching Deer or tussles with the monkeys there. Lacchiwala, Sahastradhara, Robbers Cave in hot summer afternoons or FRI in winters!! And a place which no Doonite is untouched is Maggi Point, the best point to enjoy a date or to hang out along with your best buddies.
Look out for new and unknown places
The beauty of Doon is that when you go to an unknown road, you maybe be awarded by such an amazing place which you would never wanna share with anybody other than people really close because you don’t want people to know about that place leading it to ultimately be a tourist spot and be destroyed!!
Malls & Multiplex Developing
It’s been 15 years now and Doon has emerged a hub for Retail market. Mall, complex and multiplexes have opened and they are getting ahuge response from city. Instead of our oldest market Paltan Bazar, people have option to shop from Malls & Super Markets like Pacific Mall, Cross Road Mall, City Junction Mall etc. But still if you want to check out the real crowd of Doon then its only and only Rajpur Road.
How green was our valley!!
Everyone born in or before the 90s would know and remember Doon as a silent town filled with greenery and no crime. There was a time when Dilaram Chowk used to feel that we have come too far or going towards Sahastradhara at night was too scary because of the green cover. Development is somewhere good but somewhere its bad for our environment. Imagine Dun before this dreadful transformation!!
We have Litchies and the best Basmati Rice
We have some of the finest litchis and the finest quality of Basmati Rice. Though now the litchi trees have been cut off and it’s hard to get our own cities Litchis we still love the taste of red juicy fruits. We have grown up eating them and loving them.
Feel proud to be a Doonite
When your friends & relatives would come to Doon and be mesmerized by almost everything here. Studying about Doon is school books because of IMA and FRI. Having movie shot in Shimla or Ooty and named Dehradun!! Listening to Beatles song of Doon! What was there not to feel proud of!! I mean, everything made us proud then and even now ~~~
