Monday, May 26, 2008

Why doesn't gurgaon look like this? Would give an arm and a teeth to be in a place where the view from my front room was so romantic and lovely. 

I do have a view from my 8th floor. Its a little different. I see buildings and balconies and clothes hanging on those and in some there are some plants to be seen. Fortunately, I do not see into my neighbor's bedroom. It isn't romantic or lovely, but if I struggle with sleep in the early hours of the morning I can just about see the sun rising in the east. It rises and then floods my bedroom with lots of light. Don't complain too much about that, since that is something I have not had for a very long time.

What is that now makes me a social leper for people living in Delhi? Friends ask if I have lost my mind and is my move to Gurgaon a result of that. Acquaintances look sadly at me and wonder how I commute to Delhi and do I not find life very boring in the concrete city!!!! Rather tired of this. Did I not notice and has the centre of the world shifted to South Delhi? Was I asleep or was it just one of those coups that happened?

Anyway for those who really wish to know, yes Gurgaon is a concrete jungle. Yes there are too many buildings around, green spaces are few but we do have cinemas, malls, cultural events and surprisingly enough, most of us have friends who live this side and so going into Delhi is at an all time low. But I wish bookstores from Delhi would move here.