DESPITE ITS LOCATION ON THE LEEWARD SIDE OF THE SAHYADRI MOUNTAIN RANGE, PUNE'S ELEVATED LOCATION ENSURES VISITORS A RESPITE FROM THE HOT INDIAN SUMMER. THERE IS ALSO A PLETHORA OF COOL SPOTS AROUND THE CITY TO GO TO ONE....

can get quite hot this time of the year, with temperatures in the low forties not being unknown. But Punekars aren't the sort that get hot under the collar about something like the weather. Why, you ask? Well, because Pune abounds in cool places where one can chill out. On most weekends, and sometimes even in the middle of the week they decide to go on a picnic or outing, much in the manner that most of us go to a mall. Pune does not suffer a dearth of malls, but it abounds in picnic spots-most, just a stone's throw from the city.