Delhi-It's different

Delhi is different. That’s the best word to describe Delhi- Different!

The roads are wider (not wide- because I am comparing it to Bangalore); there are better connections; the weather is just fine-sunny but not piercing hot, slowly inching towards winter. In this kind of weather, you are bound to have chapped lips. The girls are good looking (hey! that’s just kidding. They are very good looking!).

There is traffic on roads even past midnight though you have to be careful of rash and drunken driving.
Pollution is still a big menace affecting Delhi despite CNG being used by taxis and buses. You can feel it in your eyes after being on Delhi roads for half an hour or so.

Even in a small city like Faridabad, the roads are being widened and Haryana CM has vowed to make it a better city. Property rates have suddenly shot up and are touching the sky already.

And most of all, everybody speaks Hindi.

I came across one Government official at post office yesterday. He was downright rude.

I went to a Photostat shop to get a paper xeroxed. The aged man there didn’t want to speak. Without any expression on his face, his eyes rolled up to the fan to indicate that there was no electricity.

I went to a mobile phone shop to buy a connection and the salesperson there was talking at the top of his voice explaining all the tariff plans.

This time, I want to have a ride in Delhi metro. Let’s see.

All the sentences above indicate mixed feelings. You may infer optimism or pessimism- up to you.