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Well, this post is supposed to be about my trip to Delhi... which was an eventful trip on many counts...
The trip to Delhi actually started off very grudgingly for me ... as I have always shied away of going to Delhi... I don't know why, but with due apologies to Delhi'ites... I have never had a very special liking for Delhi in any corner of my heart... so it was not a very pleasant trip to begin with... but still work always comes first... so I had no option but to go...
It all started with my boarding the early morning Shatabadi to Delhi on 19th June... professionally on the whole the tour wasn't very encouraging... I went there for conducting day long seminars in our branch offices... costly advertisement were placed in the national dailies... but surprisingly, they fell short of evincing any interest in the general public... this what sets me off... Delhi’ites has always been very hard to please... people hardly have time for events and activities or even for each other... they seem to be more interested in themselves... but anyways... I spent the first day in the GKII office which wasn't very productive... it was boredom unlimited... had somebody not invented the Internet and Orkut thereon... I would have died craving for some action...
The next two days were pretty interesting, went over to Rajouri Garden branch for the conduct of the seminars and was pleasantly surprised to see myself suddenly in demand... I was being acknowledged and respected... suddenly tables turned around... I thought the Delhi people were always unresponsive and self occupied... but this reception at the Rajouri can force me into changing my opinion... well, the trip to this branch was productive as I was able to solicit one conversion and consequently have a face to show... I have special mention for all the Rajouri branch people for making me feel wanted… and special thanks for the Rajouri Branch Manager Mr. Sarat Chandra Gupta for taking special care of me…
Well, on my trip to the capital, I was very lucky and happy to rekindle my old friendship with my erstwhile mates from college during my study days in Delhi and it was a welcome break to see and speak with old friends... we might have lost out on time but I was relieved to notice that the intensity was still the same... although some of them got married and some of them garnered good jobs...
Well, during one such meeting, I met with a (soon to turn) celebrity friend of mine... Arun Yadav... the meeting brought back memories of old times... the things had changed and they had changed drastically... we did meet... but with several restrictions imposed on us by our respective working schedules... still then... we were not the same... those carefree days... those night outs and that rowdism had evaporated and we never realized when did we mature... but still my friend Arun was still the same... he did not change a bit, same thoughts, same wacky ideas, he was exactly the same person whom I had left two and half years back... but I felt we had become wiser with time than ever before... but our meeting did not go as smoothly as thought or intended... as due to either his mistake or my pressure for a meeting we inadvertently parked the car at a non parking zone, which was ultimately towed down by the traffic police and we had no other option but to pay the fine for our mistake... but I would take the blame on myself and request Arun to forgive me for on that count... but nevertheless, I had a good time with Arun (can't say the same for him though)... I also intended to meet one of my other very sweet friend Ravi... but due to his and mine hectic work schedules we were unable to chart out a meeting plan... but still we maintained good contact over the phone...
The last eventful part of my trip to Delhi was my travel through metro rail... it was being touted the problem to India's infrastructure ills... yes it's somewhat an answer to that... the process is wonderful and I have all the praise for the way work has been done... the whole system works with clinical efficiency... I actually took my trip from Rajouri Garden to Rajeev Chowk and then ultimately to New Delhi Railway Station, on the insistence of my Rajouri Garden branch manager who was hell bent on me having an experience of metro rail... and I must thank him for his initiative... but I would not advise it to people who are traveling it for the first time and board the metro at 4.05pm have to catch train catch a train to Chandigarh at 5.15pm... the processes are so sophisticated that it takes you a while to get accustomed to it... we have generally been bread on those redundant systems... and I actually got stuck at quite a few places while on travel through metro and thankfully I got out of them in time to catch my train to Chandigarh at the slotted time ... and about my views for metro... I still feel it has a long way to go... it is still in its nascent phases and the traffic during the rush hours sometimes becomes a little hard to handle from the commuters point of view... and my observations with the Indian public is that although we are insensitive to time but when it comes to boarding buses or train or getting into a cinema hall we want to be the first ones to grab the best seat available...
Anyways... it was a nice trip... made more memorable by some benevolence, generosity and gentleness showered from some unexpected quarters of Delhi... Thanks Delhi...
Well, this post is supposed to be about my trip to Delhi... which was an eventful trip on many counts...
The trip to Delhi actually started off very grudgingly for me ... as I have always shied away of going to Delhi... I don't know why, but with due apologies to Delhi'ites... I have never had a very special liking for Delhi in any corner of my heart... so it was not a very pleasant trip to begin with... but still work always comes first... so I had no option but to go...
It all started with my boarding the early morning Shatabadi to Delhi on 19th June... professionally on the whole the tour wasn't very encouraging... I went there for conducting day long seminars in our branch offices... costly advertisement were placed in the national dailies... but surprisingly, they fell short of evincing any interest in the general public... this what sets me off... Delhi’ites has always been very hard to please... people hardly have time for events and activities or even for each other... they seem to be more interested in themselves... but anyways... I spent the first day in the GKII office which wasn't very productive... it was boredom unlimited... had somebody not invented the Internet and Orkut thereon... I would have died craving for some action...
The next two days were pretty interesting, went over to Rajouri Garden branch for the conduct of the seminars and was pleasantly surprised to see myself suddenly in demand... I was being acknowledged and respected... suddenly tables turned around... I thought the Delhi people were always unresponsive and self occupied... but this reception at the Rajouri can force me into changing my opinion... well, the trip to this branch was productive as I was able to solicit one conversion and consequently have a face to show... I have special mention for all the Rajouri branch people for making me feel wanted… and special thanks for the Rajouri Branch Manager Mr. Sarat Chandra Gupta for taking special care of me…
Well, on my trip to the capital, I was very lucky and happy to rekindle my old friendship with my erstwhile mates from college during my study days in Delhi and it was a welcome break to see and speak with old friends... we might have lost out on time but I was relieved to notice that the intensity was still the same... although some of them got married and some of them garnered good jobs...
Well, during one such meeting, I met with a (soon to turn) celebrity friend of mine... Arun Yadav... the meeting brought back memories of old times... the things had changed and they had changed drastically... we did meet... but with several restrictions imposed on us by our respective working schedules... still then... we were not the same... those carefree days... those night outs and that rowdism had evaporated and we never realized when did we mature... but still my friend Arun was still the same... he did not change a bit, same thoughts, same wacky ideas, he was exactly the same person whom I had left two and half years back... but I felt we had become wiser with time than ever before... but our meeting did not go as smoothly as thought or intended... as due to either his mistake or my pressure for a meeting we inadvertently parked the car at a non parking zone, which was ultimately towed down by the traffic police and we had no other option but to pay the fine for our mistake... but I would take the blame on myself and request Arun to forgive me for on that count... but nevertheless, I had a good time with Arun (can't say the same for him though)... I also intended to meet one of my other very sweet friend Ravi... but due to his and mine hectic work schedules we were unable to chart out a meeting plan... but still we maintained good contact over the phone...
The last eventful part of my trip to Delhi was my travel through metro rail... it was being touted the problem to India's infrastructure ills... yes it's somewhat an answer to that... the process is wonderful and I have all the praise for the way work has been done... the whole system works with clinical efficiency... I actually took my trip from Rajouri Garden to Rajeev Chowk and then ultimately to New Delhi Railway Station, on the insistence of my Rajouri Garden branch manager who was hell bent on me having an experience of metro rail... and I must thank him for his initiative... but I would not advise it to people who are traveling it for the first time and board the metro at 4.05pm have to catch train catch a train to Chandigarh at 5.15pm... the processes are so sophisticated that it takes you a while to get accustomed to it... we have generally been bread on those redundant systems... and I actually got stuck at quite a few places while on travel through metro and thankfully I got out of them in time to catch my train to Chandigarh at the slotted time ... and about my views for metro... I still feel it has a long way to go... it is still in its nascent phases and the traffic during the rush hours sometimes becomes a little hard to handle from the commuters point of view... and my observations with the Indian public is that although we are insensitive to time but when it comes to boarding buses or train or getting into a cinema hall we want to be the first ones to grab the best seat available...
Anyways... it was a nice trip... made more memorable by some benevolence, generosity and gentleness showered from some unexpected quarters of Delhi... Thanks Delhi...
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