Delhi Roads :\

On yet another weekday, travelling towards home on roads that don't just require you to have a license...you need a 360 degree vision to look out for idiots who overtake from the left, the person ahead who suddenly breaks hard and decides to take a turn or the guy behind you who has suddenly realized that he is late getting to a meeting and overtaking you like a maniac will get him there on time..

Oh..and the bikers can zip from any direction and you have to stop to let them go...after all they did buy the road when they purchased their bikes...

And if you thought that with blueline buses gone, your problems are over...think again...as government seems to have given jobs as DTC drivers to people driving bluelines..

To a city where 1 pipe burst can cause a traffic jam over 3 flyovers and 1 underpass and about 4-5 km long..

Welcome to Delhi D(hell)i...

Dilli Darshan

I have to admit...I have seen Rajasthan, Gujrat, the entire south, parts of Madhya Pradesh, Leh but I have not seen most places in Delhi properly (ticket le kar...history padh kar... ;) )

So last weekend, when one of our family friends were in Delhi, we planned to go and see India Gate and Qutub Minar (actually to show thier kids..). The last time I had gone to any of the monuments was in class III or something when we were in Delhi...

So after around 13 years...I went out on a proper Dilli Darshan...

1st stop: India Gate

And I have to admit, sirf India Gate ke saamne khade ho kar hi ek patriotism ki feeling aa jaati hai...Uske sirf dekh ke hi ek PROUD feeling aati hai INDIAN hone ki...

2nd stop: Qutub Minar

To think that this monument is within 10 km from my place and I have never seen it. Quite a lot of history about this place too...the area includes the Iron Pillar, a mosque, a couple of tombs and an unbuilt Minar which was planned to be twice the Qutub Minar. Anyways we spent some time sitting in the lush green lawns, then had lunch at Andhra Bhavan and then headed back home.


However a fortnight hasn't passed since the Earth Hour wherein Delhi switched off lights at Qutub Minar too...well the next pic shows the reality- At 11 AM in the morning, most of the flood lamps at Qutub area were on. Ek ghante to band kar li..jab karni chahiye tab ON padhi hai lights...Waah re Dilli...


And yoyo after finally 8 months of using a keyboard without a spacebar and a partially working 'y' key, I now have a new keyboard. :D

PS: I have not written this post now (during office hours..), it is just scheduled to be published now :P