Delhi Impressions

While landing at Delhi, it was a beautiful sight. A planned landscape presents before us. Roads appear so wide even from half a Kilo Meter up. Apartments look neat, with so many open spaces and parks around.

Truly a contrast view from Pune's skies. Unplanned, and congested.

The promise shown above meets the expectation down below. Roads were indeed wide. Flyovers -so many of them - make the journey hasslefree. Not much waiting at signals which are few and far in between, courtesy flyovers. Decntly green city as well.

And for the first time in eighteen months, I had a potholed free ride, and that too from Airport to South Delhi, at least 20 KM stretch. In Pune, hardly a 100m stretch of road remains pothole free.

Infrastructure at its best. Delhi, matches up perfectly to the billing of a nation's capital.

However ...

However, brazeness of the language hits you hard, especially if one has stayed in places like Lucknow and Pune. Everyone seems to be angry, even when he is actually not.

My friends tells me of an incident, when once he was parking his bike and suddenly someone shouted with a Theth Harayanvi accent - "Oye Gaadi Udhar Se Haataale!!". When he actually looked at the offender, that guy was smiling. He was in fact trying to help my friend since latter was parking his vehicle at "No Parking".

Then I came across the "Ogling men", Delhi is becoming notorious for. And they were no ordinary men. They were poice wallahs on the bike, in posh Chanyaka Puri, bang in front of IAS bunglows. Afsar Logon Ka Bhi Darr Nahin! But then, Delhi is becoming more notorious for its Police force than anything else.

More on Delhi later.