Sim's Park Remains a Treasure in Need of Some TLC Sim's Park Source: Wikimedia Commons Nina Varghese Many years ago, as part of a press delegation, I visited Shanghai and we were taken to see a beautiful garden and house of a long-forgotten Chinese nobleman. I was overcome with a feeling of déjà vu . I had been here before. Then I realized where I had seen the pagoda, the koi pond, the bridges and the palm trees… an identical replica at Sim's Park. Sim's Park is Coonoor's best-known tourist attraction. The beautiful park was the brainchild of James Duncan Sim, a British civil servant who was a member of the Madras Legislative Council. In 1874. Sim along with Major Murphy of the Madras Forest Department planned and developed the park along the natural contours of the land. The park is set in a deep ravine covering 12 hectares which are planted with trees, shrubs and creepers brought from all over the world. The small lake at the bottom ...