Dilli Calling...

The idea of a new city appeals to me. Always has. New surroundings, new people, a new way of life...Newness has always had its unheralded charm...

This time I’m all the more excited, since it is a city called Dilli... :)

There’s something about Dilli that I find extremely attractive. I've had glimpses and peeks at it, and it’s intrigued me. Always. The broad roads, the smell of the roads infact reeks (the word has been used after a lot of thought) of it being the capital city. So you expect 'capitals' of everything... Look at the winters and the summers. Its got some of the coldest winters, when crawling down inside your quilt with some warm whiskey in ur stomach couldn't just getter better; while u have some of the hottest summers, when nothing could compare to a cold chilling shower!

So you have everything in 'capital' doses. Well I think knowing this helps u set expectations from and with the city. U are better prepared.

And, very importantly, it also has breathing space. Somehow I've always maintained that Bombay makes me feel very claustrophobic, and for a person who couldn't but like more space around her, Bombay just couldn't get better! Anyway I'd resolved that I’m no longer going to crib about Bum-bay so am going to stick to that (except for the local trains maybe).

Plus there’s good food in Delhi; regular eatable food. And for somebody who eats to give in to the cravings of the taste buds over that of the stomach, Delhi gets full points! I JUST couldn't live with the concept of eating 'paus' as basic food items. Every day! Delhi's got good food and at all times of the day! And I repeat good food. The lill experience that my taste buds have had in Dilli, tells me so, to say the least.

And the last time I’d been there I shopped and shopped well. Important. I somehow find things here a lill flashy, a lill more Bollywood-y than what it should have been. No offence meant to people who like shopping in Bombay; my choice in clothing completely! And well that does not mean that I’m not going to do my bit of shopping before I leave Bumbay... Bum or Dil it’s shopping anyway!! :P :P

Delhi also has this very intriguing amalgamation of the old and the new. The old exists with such grandeur, with no resentment for the new. And the new has its own pace and place. It’s not all that worried about replacing the past with as fewer steps as possible. Both exist, independent of the other, well aware though of each others presence...

Well, I’m probably looking forward to lotta good things in Dilli. I guess I ought not to have so many expectations. At least till I’m told for sure that I’m going there (I’ve been told 'almost' for sure, so far!) I'm keeping my fingers crossed and praying that the city lives up to my expectations!!

:)