From the archive record
Yes, our city does come up with some hideous monstrosities that cost us perhaps a hundred times of what they are worth (so Indian government...) Our government's sense of aesthetics is awful! However, this sun dial was installed without any fanfare and unless we show this to you here, chances are that you're not even aware that it exists (considering that you probably paid 10 crores for it, from your taxes!) This is located at the head of the Barapullah nullah elevated shortcut road that reaches AIIMS at INA market. A sun dial is a device that tells the time of day by the position of the Sun. In common designs such as the horizontal sundial, the sun casts a shadow from its style onto a surface marked with lines indicating the hours of the day. The style is the time-telling edge of the gnom