I landed yesterday night after a long long journey of over 24 hrs including the waiting times at the intermediate airports. Was finally glad to land and stretch my cramped legs. At Delhi, as i landed i was shocked to see an extremely long queue for immigration. In fact the queue was uptil the stairs which lead down to the immigration area. There were lot of folks who were pushing and forcing their way through the queues to get their immigration done soon. Well, thats how things work here, don't they? I waited and got my immigration done in 1 hour.Quite an experience. Then i headed towards the baggage claim area and got my 2 suitcases very quickly. Was relieved to see my baggages on time! Finally i was on my way home. The parking of the cars was as always disordered. I was expecting to see some change but hopefully will see somewhere. The new road built was pretty impressive from airport to Dwarka. It was a 4 lane road wide and nice just like the highways in US. I was home pretty soon. Today i went to the local market and sat on the rickshaw to go to another sector to buy some stuff. Quite an experience, well it does take some time to adjust to the traffic sense here. Rickshaws never stop on redlights. They squeeze their way through the narrowest bumpy side walks anywhere. It would really be good one day to see the traffic abiding by the traffic rules everywhere. I am sure i can no longer drive here as driving here means being careful not just for yourself but for every other vehicle driving around you and unexpected rickshaws and bicycles which can crop in any time. So first day a mix of both good and bad. Good because there are new big wode roads and bad because the traffic sense of people still remains the same.
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India is always a mixed package. When you mentioned about the traffic condition in Delhi, you should also write about the mangoes. It is famous everywhere?I heard there is some breed called, Alphonso. Do you get it there? I am just used to eating the mexican mangoes. Get some seeds and start a mango business when you come back. If you can sneak through the customs, you can make a good business here..
By the way where are you in US?
Oh Dear Anonymous,
Have you recently seen/eaten the mangoes in Delhi? O my GOD! The people in mango business are gone berserk. Almost 70% mango supply in Delhi, I have seen in last couple of years, is such that on the outer side of mango it looks pretty impressive but inside near the hard-seed it is rotten. It is so much rotten that it stinks. U need to develop kind of expertise in idetifying the good ones. So I dont know what these mango business people do with the mangoes and cant supply good ones to us.
Next time u buy mango in Delhi, be careful and watchful.
Also if one manages to get good mangoes it would be absolutely divine experience to have 'Dusheri', 'Sapheda', 'Langra' and some times even 'Chausa' in Delhi. These varieties are special of north-India.
Roads and traffic in Delhi will always be like this for as long as the public-transport system remains a neglegted cause. Particularly keeping in mind the high volume of traffic and the population-pressure in the unorganised dwelling areas. It requires discouraging the private vehicle and encouraging the public transport systems. To some extent the metro has improved the traffic condition in Delhi. But the Delhi roads continue to remain chaos friendly.
And the Power-supply in Delhi summer days?
Enjoy the typical summer of Delhi!
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