Welcome 2006

31^st December the new section of the metro open for public in delhi. So we decided to go for a joy ride on 31^st nite. Went to rajouri garden. And to our surprise there is a new mall that has come up jus next to the station. You enter the mall as exit the station. It reminded me of Singapore where station exit takes you to the mall. :-) Feels like we are on the right track of progress. Though its late but still..its good to see things happening in Delhi, India. :-)

1^st Jan, 2006 - Had a good start to the new year. Went on to metro again and this time to CP. With the number of people on most station it seemed that suddenly the entire delhi is come out for picnic. CP station has the most number of people. From there went to Hanuman mandir for some bahgawan darshan amongst all pushin n getting crushed in the crowd. From there went to chawri bazaar (old delhi). And its amazing to see the difference between the world unerground and the world over it. Chawari Bazar station is an underground metro station and the platforms are three level down. So to catch the train the only way goin down is through 3 escalators. It feels all so modern and surprising. But as you come out of the station it’s a completely alien world of OLD delhi. Small crowded dirty rickshaw’ed streets, entangled electricity wires, urdu n hindi hoardings, small shops, smell of desi ghee etc. etc. Don’t know what to call alien; the world under or the world above. Another interesting thing about chawari bazaar station is that as you get out of it there is a ASHOK chat wala on the left and there is ASHOK chat wala on the right. :-) I went to the right one and his chat was deadly because they were too spice. Then in the small lane I was able to find out a tikki wala. Good tikki he made n pao bhaji too :-) I recommend that anyone wants to try chat pappri of OLD delhi then take the metro to chawari bazaar n get in the lane of the ASHOK chat wala on the left. :-)