New Delhi is one of many homes for the universal me! What I love about Delhi are it's food and shopping options while what I don't like is the money craving nature of it's citizens.
The other thing that is kind of disgusting is the fact that Delhites know so little about the rest of the country. People whom they don't like are Biharis and people in any other states are South Indians! I am left speechless most of the time at this idiotic indifference and ignorance!
I hate the weddings where no one bothers if you have come, if you have eaten and actually no one bothers when the guy and the girl get married. It just happens when everyone is eating! It's so different in my part of the country where people push each other to get the best view of the exchange of garlands. And the host makes it sure that he personally tends to each guest.
The wedding invites are so elaborate! Recently I was invited by a colleague whose invite include the card attached to a box of almonds and raisins. How I hate this show!!!
People do 'Mata ki chauki' on the streets! What nonsense! Why not set up a small Puja place at home and offer silent and sincere prayers. I hate this showing off business!
Delhi also doesn't care for it's old people. Every now and then you hear of you old people found dead at their residence, being robbed or being left uncared for. The very reason is that they don't teach their children moral values in the same way that their parents never taught them. Delhites only crave for money and they will leave their parents to their own fate. What they forget is that they will be treated the same some day!
There are some things in Delhi though which becomes a trend suddenly. Take for instance the Chinese flower which you can see in every car. Well almost!
The other thing that is kind of disgusting is the fact that Delhites know so little about the rest of the country. People whom they don't like are Biharis and people in any other states are South Indians! I am left speechless most of the time at this idiotic indifference and ignorance!
I hate the weddings where no one bothers if you have come, if you have eaten and actually no one bothers when the guy and the girl get married. It just happens when everyone is eating! It's so different in my part of the country where people push each other to get the best view of the exchange of garlands. And the host makes it sure that he personally tends to each guest.
The wedding invites are so elaborate! Recently I was invited by a colleague whose invite include the card attached to a box of almonds and raisins. How I hate this show!!!
People do 'Mata ki chauki' on the streets! What nonsense! Why not set up a small Puja place at home and offer silent and sincere prayers. I hate this showing off business!
Delhi also doesn't care for it's old people. Every now and then you hear of you old people found dead at their residence, being robbed or being left uncared for. The very reason is that they don't teach their children moral values in the same way that their parents never taught them. Delhites only crave for money and they will leave their parents to their own fate. What they forget is that they will be treated the same some day!
There are some things in Delhi though which becomes a trend suddenly. Take for instance the Chinese flower which you can see in every car. Well almost!
Another funny thing about Delhi is the people's inability to understand that there exists languages other than Hindi or Punjabi. My niece as she is growing up is picking up her mother tongue Bangla. Delhites are so worried; she will not learn Hindi, how will she survive in school? We tell them that Hindi is something that she is going to pick up anyway, we fear she may not learn enough Bangla! Once we visited some friends and the lady of the house asked us if our parents were also Bengali. Good question! They tell us that we have made our little kid a Bengali. Now, do we have an answer???????????????????????????????????????
How do Delhites translate 'student' to Hindi? Bacchha...lol...u r a bachha even if you are a post graduate student bcos everyone who attends a class is a bachha :D
And come Diwali...every year it scares me to hell. I just can't bear the noise, the noise of the bursting crackers....it's just too much for me to bear. Not only this, the amount of money that Delhites spend on Diwali crackers could actually lit up some poor home and brighten some kid's future but no, no one will give to charity, instead they will show-off their wealth by burning crackers way upto midnight not only polluting the environment but also causing disturbance and hassle to children, old people and pets. When will they ever learn? And the mess after that is something which is better left untouched by the ones who created it in the first place. They will burn crackers near other people's houses and won't even care to clean it up after the celebrations are done.
And the money show-off does not end. It can even lead to killings. Read this and found it totally unbelievabale but yes, it is true- http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Man-who-shot-Ponty-Chadhas-brother-Hardeep-identified/articleshow/17265156.cms
Read this and you will know what I mean about Delhi...disgusting!!! http://blogs.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/onefortheroad/entry/why-indian-men-rape How can someone actually gather the courage for an henious act as this and get away! It pains me, pains me much to even think of the pain the girl is going through and why does these repeated incidents happen in Delhi, the country's capital?
This one is interesting as well:
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I think each of the cities have there only little story which can be heard from people who live in them. I'll say different people & different ways of life & how they like to consume things & traditions.
ReplyDeleteWeddings for the fact are based on person own thinking...how he values different relationship & people in his life. I have always enjoyed wedding where we sit till longs to see all ceremonies. Even guests are part of whole ceremony so work as a family at wedding doing ur bit. Attend few more weddings maybe u'll see nice ones as well.
If you see many other places other than delhi....u'll know people are basically ignorant of many facts...it is not restricted to region. As for the moral values they are corrupt in all across India even outside. Look at the crime ratio on Bihar against women..many other cities can cite similar examples for you. Just that you witness more of it where you are currently residing.
Well for trends are so called so coz they are followed somewhere....there will be few trends popular in banglore,bombay,chennai or calcutta...so delhi stands no different.
School & college lingo is just too much fun !!!
I think you can see more languages Delhi than nearby regions coz so many people from different areas have settled we find so much diversity. Oh yeah...as u talk about not known languages my mom knows bengali...she taught in bengali School. My mausi knows sindhi as she taught in one. My naniji reads urdu books very dearly. It just a matter of exploring I think. Try to explore more & u can find many more things about a small place called Delhi. Not all gifts are same as shinny wrapping paper.
I will defend it coz it where I grew up...I'll just say u have to see much more so know how a small place can engulf so much into it. Delhi has under gone so many changes over past 100 years. It has adapted & evolved so are the people trying to do the same.
Just like you do not truly like a person only for goods things he/she has but also with some bad things on it.
There are exceptions everywhere...my description is general and a statement of the overall mood of the city :-) This is how most of the other world know Delhi as!!!
ReplyDeleteRead this as well:
http://ibnlive.in.com/group-blog/the-india-blog/3353/surviving-a-delhite/63816.html