Abode

The place was crowded and I got out, a large number of coolies asking for my baggage and I declined their offer, as I went further I saw my dad waving at me and within no time we were through to the car park. As we went through the exit the roads were narrow partly due to the construction of the city metro, the pride of the city. As we trundled towards the main road leaving behind the scurrying rickshaws and autos, the car picked up speed and the roads widened. As we progressed through the city the speed of the vehicle picked up and we were doing 60, and that is fast considering the traffic in the other cities. As we approached our home we crossed a lotus flyover that was in the construction stage and the road after that was wide, very wide. We drove past the signal and then again the construction of the metro had narrowed down the road. It was in all a 20 min drive from the station to our home. Delhi had changed in the four years that i had been away. What came up were malls of different dimensions and the flyovers and of course the metro had by now covered a large chunk of the city. But what didn’t change was the ubiquitous sight of traffic in the roads, growing faster than the size of the roads. And also what hadn’t transformed was the delicious ‘aloo chat’. (Feeling hungry already!). Though I am not a great foodie, the very sight of it makes my mouth water. The new malls here displayed and air of exuberance. Though scantly crowded, the quality of the available goods was good.
The pigeons were the same, trying to build its nest around the air conditioner and shitting all over it. But pigeons are pigeons and humans are humans. I haven’t seen a large part of this city, but what i have seen is a small section in the south of the city, the roads in some place were good and in a few places awful, thanks to the ongoing construction, a ride in the metro reveals how much the city has to offer. In other words it was splendid. This is the city which is my temporary abode.