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[ speaking punjabi ] [ horn ] ♪ ♪ [ speaking punjabi ] ♪ i took a walk through this beautiful world ♪ ♪ felt the cool rain on my shoulder ♪ ♪ found something good in this beautiful world ♪ ♪ i felt the rain getting colder ♪ ♪ sha, la, la, la, la, la ♪ ♪ sha, la, la, la, la, la ♪ ♪ sha, la, la, la, la, la ♪ ♪ sha, la, la, la, la ♪ ♪ [ train whistle ] ♪ [ train whistle ] >> reggie: this house came to be built by dr. blick, who was in the east india company service. my grandfather came to be nominated to the body called the consulate state, which ...

[ speaking punjabi ] ♪ [ speaking punjabi ] [ horn ] ♪ ♪ i took a walk through this beautiful world ♪ ♪ felt the cool rain on my shoulder ♪ ♪ found something good in this beautiful world ♪ ♪ i felt the rain getting colder ♪ ♪ sha, la, la, la, la, la ♪ ♪ sha, la, la, la, la, la ♪ ♪ sha, la, la, la, la, la ♪ ♪ sha, la, la, la, la ♪ [ train whistle ] ♪ >> reggie: this house came to be built by dr. blick, who was in the east india company service. my grandfather came to be nominated to the body called the consulate state, which used to be a part of b...

Ooh, that's good. this was a small town. >> raaja: it was a small town with a very, very big government. >> rakejhwar: shimla enjoys the unique distinction of having been the summer capital of india, and surprisingly, it was the capitol of burma during the war days. >> raaja: so, here you have this tiny, little village up on the hill, connected to the rest of the world by a narrow mountain path, and they rule approximately a fifth of the human race for eight months every year. in today's context, it would almost seem bizarre. thank you. >> anthony: mulligatawny soup. classic example of what we...

Grandfather, the last maharaja of kapurthala. >> anthony: those brits really left beautiful buildings. from a distance it looks much the same, as it must have when the maharaja slept here. check out the tub. ♪ locked in a constant battle against time and nature. barbed wire does little to keep shimla's ever encroaching monkey population at bay.

>> anthony: i'd pretty much forgotten about my hunger until the whistle stop at barog. can i have one of those, and two of these? this place is named for a colonel barog, the british engineer tasked with building a line up to shimla. this station and the adjacent tunnel bearing his name are rumored to be haunted. it's delicious. already behind schedule, and plagued by cost overruns, barog screwed up. [ cheering ] when he realized the two ends of this tunnel didn't meet in the middle, he shot himself. it's the kind of personal accountability i'd like to see more of, frankly.