# Conversation in Car — December 5, 1971, Delhi
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[in car]
**Gurudāsa:**
The old gate?
**Prabhupāda:**
Yes. This is a gate.
[break] ...petroleum, and old car also.
[break] ...headquarters for officers. [break]
**Gurudāsa:**
Yes.
**Prabhupāda:**
Secretaries.
**Gurudāsa:**
Ministers and...
**Prabhupāda:**
Secretaries.
Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: Prabhupāda, that is the Prime Minister's house, isn't it, Gurudāsa?
**Gurudāsa:**
No. Home Minister.
Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: Hunger strike.
**Prabhupāda:**
[indistinct]
**Gurudāsa:**
Prime Minister is not there.
Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: Oh, whoever it is, they're having a hunger strike. His... [break]
**Gurudāsa:**
Here's Jagjivan Ram's house over here. The Minister of Defense lives here.
**Prabhupāda:**
Oh.
**Gurudāsa:**
Minister of Defense. [break] Central Secretary.
Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: Very impressive.
**Prabhupāda:**
That is Parliament.
**Gurudāsa:**
Yes.
**Prabhupāda:**
And in front, Rashtrapati Bhavan.
**Gurudāsa:**
Yes.
**Prabhupāda:**
That is India Gate.
Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: Very impressive, Prabhupāda.
**Prabhupāda:**
This is British design.
Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: The British built these buildings.
**Gurudāsa:**
Except that building. That building, J. M. Jolly built. That building, Mr. Jolly from Bombay built that. Adyar Bhavan.
**Prabhupāda:**
Oh.
**Gurudāsa:**
Indians could never build such buildings.
**Prabhupāda:**
Their style is different. Just like temples.
Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: Yes.
**Prabhupāda:**
Gorgeous temples. That's a different style.
**Devotee:**
Yes.
**Prabhupāda:**
This style is European style.
**Gurudāsa:**
Grecian.
**Prabhupāda:**
Grecian.
**Gurudāsa:**
Greece.
Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: Oh. Greece, Grecian.
**Prabhupāda:**
Hah. European culture means Greece and Roman.
**Gurudāsa:**
It's called Doric.
**Prabhupāda:**
Hah?
**Gurudāsa:**
Doric.
**Prabhupāda:**
Doric? Yes.
**Gurudāsa:**
Śrīla Prabhupāda, should I try and arrange a meeting with the President?
**Prabhupāda:**
[indistinct] simply waste of time [break]We have got already [indistinct]. Here's a Sikh temple.
**Devotee:**
Gurudvara.
Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: Very nice.
**Gurudāsa:**
But inside there's nothing. Inside there's [indistinct].
**Prabhupāda:**
Nobody goes inside.
**Gurudāsa:**
Oh. [laughs]
**Prabhupāda:**
Everyone is satisfied by [indistinct]. [laughter]
Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: Why can't we get land like that and build something like that in Delhi?
**Prabhupāda:**
It is very conspicuous.
Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: Looks like marble.
**Prabhupāda:**
Yes. That you can do with white cement.
Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: White cement?
**Prabhupāda:**
White cement, maybe. White cement.
Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: People will know we are pretending.
**Prabhupāda:**
No, white cement is used now. You plaster with white cement, it becomes almost like marble.
**Gurudāsa:**
Nara-Nārāyaṇa said he could reproduce that sandstone, red sandstone, in cement also.
**Prabhupāda:**
Sandstone?
**Gurudāsa:**
Like that palace in Govardhana?
**Prabhupāda:**
Aha.
Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: Like the government buildings. That's sandstone.
**Prabhupāda:**
Sandstone, yes.
**Devotee:**
That's sandstone.
**Prabhupāda:**
[indistinct] [laughs] This is the fashion, to take the wife to the backside, and as soon as the *sārī* is entangled in the spokes... Dangerous.
**Gurudāsa:**
[laughs] [end]