Poona isn't just another city anymore. It is a learning hub, an infotech giant, a health city, a retail city and is also one of the fasted emerging metros. It's finally arrived at its self created destination. These days the city is thronged with multi-cultural students jazzing in and out of its very 'Poona special' coffee bars and chat shops.

It seems to offer the best kicks in the west, away from the tiring spin of southern cities: Bangalore and Hyderabad.

This 17th century Maratha capital is a captivating symphony of Maharastrian Culture and Modern Venture-- making the city just more than adorable; lovable. Ranked amongst the top ten 'city markets' in India, it houses four million people across 240 sq kms rigged by the Sahyadri hills.

Last year Poona registered a phenomenal 75 per cent growth in IT-enabled services, higher than Mumbai. Sometimes we want to wonder if this is the same controversial city, home to the Osho commune, the defence base.

The district entertainment tax office received over 40 applications for building Cineplex's. It is also a city that produces more two-wheelers than any place on earth. It's also close to Infosys Chief Narayan Murthy's heart, as it was a small apartment in the city from where he rooted Infosys. Symbiosis, the country's largest private university is also the heart attraction of this landscape beauty.

The city has got the drive, the people -- now it has the attention too. The one city in India where the culture, the people and the locale jive perfectly with each other.