Monday, September 28, 2009

LIfe In Metro's !!

                      I've lived in four of the most prominent  metro cities  of India. There are certain  aspects that I have  learnt  about each of these cities. Although I was born in Hyderabad, I spent most of my life in Mumbai, Delhi & Chennai.While I was sitting in my bedroom thinking what these cities have given me, I wasn't surprised by the things i learnt in these four amazing places. The lifestyles, Food, People, Transport. Night Life, Shopping Malls all of these are poles apart in these four cities, Hence I would love to share my experience with all of you. Next four days. I will be writing about these four cities.

                         Delhi, the capital of India, definitely proves its stature with its mind-boggling architecture, mouth-watering food, extreme climate and over-dressed people. To start with, Delhi is a perfect place for kids to grow up, by having, excellent schools of International standards with recreational facilities and sports facilities. The kids have a gala time in this Mega city.Hanging out in Hep places and Joints like select city walk and Ambience mall. Although Places like Ansal Plaza were supposed to be one of the first few Shopping Malls in India, It now gets numbered in a different category of being the worst.While you take a walk around the outer circle in Delhi, you would see a dozen shopping malls and a couple of pubs in every possible nook and corner. While I was staying in Mumbai, I was so curious about how people dress in this city. I always thought that people here would be simple, wearing salwar-kameez and chudidaars. But when I stepped into this city for the second time, I was proved wrong. With my mouth wide open in awe, I roamed around the city for a couple of days.Never did I imagine girls smoking and wearing dresses i never thought Indians could wear, Guys wearing Blazzers in summer and glares in the dark, Driving Volkswagen's and BMW's. This city had a life of its own. You can consider these aspects to be either positive or negative. But thats how this city is, Vegetable tenders selling Drugs, Alcohol stores in every part of the city. And when it comes to food, there is no other place in India with the variety and taste of food this city offers. A million food joints spread across the city like Chandini chowk, Cannaught place, karol bagh, Lajpat nagar. From Lassagne to parotha's every single food item you find in this city would be delicious.Now coming to the worst aspect of the city,i.e. the transport, It is definitely the worst compared to the rest of the metro's, But now since the arrival of the Metro rail, things are picking up. And maybe by 2020 the transport maybe the best in the world.

Pro's-

  • Delicious Food.
  • Extravagant Night life.
  • Eye soothing scenic places and architecture.
  • Various Shopping zones. Ranging from streets to high profile Italian Brands.
  • Fashion Sense. (Very good dressing sense (Not applicable to Boys)
  • Excellent infrastructure.

Con's-

  • Terrible Modes of transport.
  • Unfriendly People .
  • Extremely harsh Climate  .