Delhi Diary

You know how not many people like Delhi....How they say its too big...Too dirty....too crowded...too noisy...and god knows what else...Well...Go kill yourself...coz Delhi is Delhi is Delhi...and there is no other place like it....

Anyways...Thats not the point!...Therezz dis Friend of mine, call her Ms. A....well she is like a pan India person...born smwhr....brought up smwhr else....etc. etc.. So apparently she detests Delhi....As compared to Bangalore (it rocks!!!) & Mumbai (its people rock!!!)...For Delhi (People don't know how to drive, buses come in from both sides etc. etc.) the sentiment is quite different!

So, our dear Ms. A comes driving to C.P (thats Connaught Place for all you non-Delhiwallahs) from India Gate, A distance of 4 Kms....in her grandpa Maruti 800....and soon as we meet in C.P (I prefer travelling by the metro, my contribution to environment protection...ahmm..ahmm)...She starts her vitriolic attack on the city...of how she got stuck between 3 buses...and how people overtake from all sides...Anyways..Me and another friend, we just remind her...of how she's also a Delhiwallah...and thats how Delhi is...!!Anyways...Now we are off to Delhi Haat...and L'il Ms. A insists she is comfortable with driving...all the flyovers & around 20 min of distance...may be a l'il difficult..but would Ms. A listen...No....Never!!!

Anyways...We are off to Delhi Haat...As soon as she turns on the ignition the car starts with a "Start"...Nt a good sign..SO, I...in my usual courteous (!!!) and polite way remind her that I am an only child...& so there is a possiblity that my parents love me more than usual... I am the informed that all 3 occupants of the car are the sole children (or shud it be child....???)...Anyways...we are off...And every 2 mins or so...I hear an exclamation...#$%^& taking over from left....&**%$ driving so fast....^&&**#staring at me....What compunds the problem is that none of us are sure of the route....L'il Ms. A however (to her credit) is a cautious driver...So she prefers to drive in the 2nd gear!!!...Cool....Anyways...As we take a turn...there is this Fiat (I think) that tries to overtake from the left (again!!!) So l'il Ms. A's attention is diverted to that car....In the meanwhile.... cyclist (a bechara poor yet lucky cyclist) continues to cycle down from our right....L'il Ms. A is still driving...So, By the time we scream that there is a cyclist, the poor cyclist has lost his breath (as in he's scared dead)...Ms. A quickly applies the brakes...otherwise there would have been one less cyclist on Delhi roads today....

As we regain our composure....Ms. A says ..."Thank God, I didn't hit him...I am not carrying any Condoms"!!!!!....The rest of us are puzzled...Since when did condoms figure in an accident case??
Anyways...The logic is very deep..So don't think too hard....See, its like this...If u hit a cycle wala...on a Delhi Road (of course!!)...then 2 or 3 cycle wallahs will gather and rape u...if u are a girl....else beat u up!!!....Such Brazen stereotypes for my city!!!! I m hurt....Of course what followed the explanation was 15 minutes of non stop laughter!!!

Any ways...The Haat trip turned out great fun (The only Complaint being that Delhi doesn't have good Puchkas...Damn you Kolkatans its Gol Gappa....& U too Mubaiites...Not Pani puri!!!...Its Gol Gappa!!! )

Its raining cats & dogs by the time we are done with the Haat (Yes, people, it does rain in Delhi!!!)..So L'il Ms. A is scared that her car would'nt be able to take the waterlogged streets....the other friend offers to drive back to C.P (yes...we were damn scared for our lives!!!)...The drive back mostly uneventful..except the sudden yelling...Watch out! watch out...the Bus is halting...& look out! look out!!! there is too much water....!!!

All in all a great day...and great fun...!!! For all you non-delhiwallahs...just one way of how Delhi can be fun!!!