Well, so much for resolutions, and so much for strong
will…. Right? Right?! WRONG!!! :P
[This was for all those who thought I would NOT actually
stand by my word and go back on my resolution. You really thought it would be
that easy, eh?!
And for all those who believed in me, there’s a pat waiting
for your back [and a chocolate to top that :P] [wait, did I really use
parenthesis IN a parenthesis?! [never mind]] ]
Anyway, getting to the point, how was Day 1?
First off, lemme tell you one thing first, I did not plan
it, and I have not chalked out what I wanna do on each day.
Rather, I am gonna live the day out, with the thought at
the back of my mind, and at the end of the day, I will reflect what exactly made
the day worthwhile… This way, without the conscious *do good* attitude, I guess
I will have a better chance at achieving realistic worthwhile moments..!
So day 1. Let’s see how that played out…
Well, to start with, it was a Lazy Saturday [Did I mention
that such righteous experiments should NOT be started on Weekends?! BAD
idea!!!] So I almost gave in to the thought of a chilled glass of Cold Coffee
and a good book, with my faithful mp3 player plugged in.
But the thought of a long overdue task, and my best friends’
threat to kill me if I did not step out and look up something for her was a
good enough impetus to step up and step out.
So I stepped out, and seeing the gorgeous weather Delhi has
been experiencing in the last week, I decided against taking the metro. And
being the miser I am, no auto-rickshaws either…
So no metro, no auto, but the rather ignored DTC buses.
And the icing on the cake? My destination :: the haloed
sub-urbs of the colonial Delhi… Delhi 110001… [and whereabouts!]
To the uninitiated, I am talking about India Gate, Raisina
Hill, Tolstoy Marg, Jantar Mantar, Janpath and at the end, Connaught Place…!
[Bliss]
Again, this was not something I had planned to do, but boy
was I happy I did!
I have been in Delhi for about 20 years now… and this city
has made me who I am. The friends I have made, the experiences I have had, and
the love this city has showered on me… well no other city can ever be as
special to me as Delhi!
But on another note, even in these 20 years, I have never
really explored the city much… Thanks to over protective parents and a less
than luxurious pocket money. So yes I have
seen the clichéd destinations… the forts, the tombs, the temples, the parks and
the over-hyped roads of Chandni Chowk, but not the off-beat destination like
Hauz Khas and even Connaught Place and Janpath… These destinations have only
showed up on my radar for the last couple of years, and that’s when the romance
with Delhi really started…
So on the faithful Day 1, I took a bus on the Route 615 and
here’s what followed…
As soon as I stepped on the bus, firstly, I was oh so
impressed by the clean bus, polite staff and well-mannered co-passengers…
Needless to say, probably I was lucky!
Got a window seat, and the sights I saw were honestly
sights to behold!
En route, the first place of interest was the Safdarjung Airport.
Ever since I got to know that this is where Sanjay Gandhi had his fatal
accident in the 1980s, I have always found the place to be hauntingly empty. An
Airfield that had served as the primary airfield for the British Empire during
the World War II and was the primary airfield for Delhi till traffic was routed
to Palam Airport in the 1960s, the vacant airfield, the unused air-strip and
the unoccupied hangars talk of the majesty that the Airport once was, and the
ruins it’s laid to now…
[FYI, the airport is now used as a landing strip for Political
Dignitaries and was also used as a parking lot during the commonwealth games.
*barf*]
Nonetheless, the Flyover over the air-strip gives a
beautiful view of the Airport in its entirety, and I can almost picture a
couple of small airplanes lining up for a take-off. With the sun playing
hide-and-seek with the cloud yesterday, the sight was simply breath-taking and just
gorgeous..!
[Cutting short the blog cuz this is getting way too long. Will
continue tomorrow]
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