Cawnpore, the city without plaster on walls

Hi folks
Bangalore to Kanpur - I had to take a split journey from Bangalore to Kanpur with a change at Katpadi (TN) which was uneventful due the parcel "puliyogare" and chapathis which we (me and Vinayak) munched at station. We were armed with food reserves for 2 full meals. Aboard Raptisagar Express, as one moves from South to North, we can easily make out the slow transition from greeting weather south India to the hot and dry North Indian air. This transition is best observed from the sleeper class railway compartment. The trains get more and more overcrowded. Trains start running late and as usual we reached Kanpur Central three hours late. (Special mention to the direct train from Bangalore to Kanpur running 24 hr late in which Prahlad was stuck). Kanpur station is all the more dirty (No comments). The most peculiar thing I observed here was that most of the Kanpur buildings have no plaster on their walls. I just started thinking about the state of affairs at Kanpur when I saw that even IIT buildings are brick red with no plaster. Thats a new fashion...

Brief about Kanpur: Kanpur (or Cawnpore of the British) is situated on banks of river Ganga and is one of the largest cities of UP. Known for its leather goods and for the IIT. It boasts of the first highway in the country, the Grand Trunk Road. It is hot (45+ in summer) and cold (0- in winter).