Near Rajpath in New Delhi… at night
‘Which side is Naurang House,’ I asked when I was somewhere on KG Marg in Delhi.
He immediately waved to his right and confidently said, ‘Just 10 minutes in this direction.’ As he walked away I happened to look straight across the road and saw the place I was searching for… and all I had to do was to cross the road. As I walked down the subway, I muttered, ‘This is Delhi.’
My guess is that most of the people in Delhi are from outside the city and, therefore, are as ignorant as anyone else… but as they are the ones who’ve had the courage to come out of their hamlets or small towns, they are full of confidence. So my theory is that these people just don’t want to give away that they are nervous or not knowing anything about Delhi… so they give the first thought as the answer and walk away! This is Delhi.
Look at this picture… doesn’t it reflect what I am talking about? The parking is empty… if there is anything called ‘parking’ there on the lawns beside Rajpath. But the traffic police knows that Delhites will park on any empty place and so they placed this notice. So what if it says that the parking is full… doesn’t it also say that this is a ‘no entry’ zone? So what you see is not what the truth really is… especially when you’re in Delhi.
Arvind Passey
17 September 2013
6 comments
Saurabh Chawla says:
Sep 17, 2013
Sometimes this happens in Delhi or I should correct myself, it happens almost every time with something actually happening truly is rare in Delhi.
Arvind Passey says:
Sep 17, 2013
Well… there are truth hiding falsehoods and there are untruths hiding facts. And there are people like me writing about them. Truth is that I didn’t quite understand what you’re trying to say, buddy. 🙂
Diwakar Narayan says:
Sep 18, 2013
I have always seen this board at all the places that are public parking. They tell you it is full and still let you in. Nice observation about Delhi 🙂
Arvind Passey says:
Sep 18, 2013
Ah! But in this case a ‘Parking Full’ notice is accompanied by an expanse where not even a bicycle is parked… and this gives the picture its strength. 🙂
Rickie says:
Sep 18, 2013
But what would Delhi be without these morons? 🙂
Arvind Passey says:
Oct 1, 2013
Yes, indeed… but, by the way, morons as in? 🙂 I mean, I hope you don’t mean the guy who has written this post. Because, after all, what would Delhi be without morons like this writer is equally applicable to your comment. 🙂