Wednesday, November 11, 2009

Entry to the Chaotic city but what an experience

Early morning 5:30 i hear a voice preety firm and bold "get up get up, u guys are always late, lazy bumbs get up we have a flight to catch today" well that was daddy calling all the kids to get up so that we could reach the airport on time to catch a flight to a destination which we din know would be so much fun to explore...
before i forget it was apparently "religious trip" to wash away all the Paap that we have done through out the year..here we land at the airport of the city which was just enough for one plane to halt at a point of time.. as we came outof the airport the guy with a placard waited for us to take "Hotel Punjab Palace". We boarded the car and finally enter the city..looks almost like one of those untrodden cities of rajasthan, not many people around,scorching heat outside...we were all ready to go to the place to pay homeage to the gurus and suddenly we realised that we had not eaten so how about having breakfast before u leave.. and thats where the first encounter with the food in this chaotic city happened.. woooooo what parathas with a lot of makhan, amazing uttapam and bread so sweet that Honey would feel shy of itself...and the best part the restaurant was " pure veg"..as day followed the car beneath the hotel waited for us to take us to the destination and to our amuse the mulazim of the car was an antique piece..colour as dark as coal and to cosmetize his face had goggles which took all of ours breath away" the hit race movie shades" stuck closely to the eye to make sure that it does not fall off at any jerk while dealing with the speed breakers of this chaotic city....The songs in the car reminded you of the historic era where the only dance was to take chakars of the trees..
Finally with a lot of struggle we reached where we wanted to and took the blessings of almighty in form of " ram guru", peace , solace, satisfaction all derived at just on look of him standing feet apart imparting the pearls of wisdom.. Its lunch time again and the mulazim had left us and gone so now it was the time to figure out our own way to reach to a place where we could fill our tummies..a s we walked my brother- a stark observer and my self ( trying to lean the skills of observation via a happening course called Business design) tried to apply our techniques and observed through out..Black faces with the Race shades had rocked the city and the traffic played the role of devil making sure that none was spared from its actions..All this while i abused mumbai for being organised but now i see a strong competition here... anything between 30 - 40 mins to cover a distance of 2 kms...However im thankful to god for the two legs that we have been gifted with ..
Day was exciting to see a new city, new people, new culture, nice food and it went on till my bhai and bhabhi threw me out of the room saying that they had to resolve a fight ( i really it was a fight and nothing esle) . The koochi koo couples floating on the air of love just seemed to be delighted to be with each other and I made sure that all the music channels of the tv was memorised so that i could play it to match it to their emotions.. the next day followed..i just finished writing a blog on the autowalas of Mumbai but there was something peculiar here also.. they would agree to make you sit but ensured that you knew the way where you wanted to go , not one but everyone were the same.. they made sure that we had memorised all they ways before we left the city... humorous city totally.. people just seem to be crazy in their own world they they forget to remove their scooters which they parked few hours on the middle of the road to make sure that the act to chaoas is fully justified.
In the span of 4 days was also something special- my dads bday it was time to celebrate and have fun,, venue was booked and preparations were done..all the associated were called and we finally reached the " Babylon group of Hotels" - a name probably never heard of but was just so beautiful to spent an evening with your close ones and a place where all the colourse seemed to have its place....the dinner began and a certain glee on the face of the birthday man as he got all those things that he had been longing for...
One more experience , when myself and bhabhi had the opportunity to sit in one of those rare cycle driven cart, with no boundaries and walls and view the city from an elevation and experience the chaotic road and traffic along with the minister's car passing by with the red light on the top of the car and the chaotic noise that it made to bully the traffic to spare the way for them.. even though chaotic but the experience was worth it..
here we reached the hotel to pack our bags all night to catch a flight early morning tomorrow to Mumbai .. what an experience the city gave - "Amazing food" pure veg" everywhere,, traffic that would irritate u to a level to snatch ur hair off ur head( provided you have enough of them at the right place), the noise so much that any permissions of loudspeakers or noise pollution control policies would not be adhered to....but journey which was totally fun and worth remembering.. oh Have i mentioned the city!!! I guess not well the city is none other than "Raipur".......

2 comments:

  1. alle :).....ab gaadi nepal se raipur aa pohochi hai....!!! kabhi mumbai ke patri par toh utaro life mein kuch karna hai toh....!!!

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