Chaar Dukaan

The tranquil walk towards Chaar-Dukaan, named after only ‘four shops’,  is thickly wooded with oak, deodar and rhododendron the very air of which is quite soothing. Reasonably, the area comes under the Landour Cantonment Board and the residents include Padmashree/Padmavibhushan Ruskin Bond, Padmashree late Tom Alter, Steve Alter, Victor Banerjee, Pronoy Roy, Ganesh Saili, Late N.C. Tripathi, Vishal Bhardwaj and Sachin Tendulkar. Chaar-dukaan is named so after the four (Chaar) shops (Dukan) which stands next to the St. Pauls’ or the Kellogg’s Church where the parents of legendary Sir Jim Corbett entered into holy matrimony. Chaar-Dukaan is a really laid-back joint where the culinary delights are hot and tempting cheese omelets, pizzas, pastas and macaroni, noodles, pancakes and juices and aromatic tea and coffee, all under the lazy lukewarm sun and the naughty crispy breeze. Chaar-Dukan also stands as a bifurcation point for two routes both meeting at a point near Sister Bazaar.