Monday, January 27, 2014

The ride to Lodhi Road

The ride to Lodhi Road

It was on a Saturday i decided to take a ride to Lodhi road, more appropriately accomplished through a subway. Subway in the national capital have been handy enough to let you cross to other side when the traffic is alarming and tight. The elevated stretch in Lajpat Nagar metro station that enables one way to cross from one side to another is equally a treat come sunshine or no heat.

Availing public transport

It was a Saturday when availing the public transport brought me face to face with buses which were being run at a moderate speed, special mention to be made for route 781 (bus number 8227). Buses at moderate speed and run with clinical consent-and-not constraint would be preferred.


Food at TN House
On a Saturday when the food at TN house had been availed, it were the surroundings that had other tales. For visitors to Tamil Nadu House restaurant if one wishes to go to an urinal, they are not next to the restaurant as you are asked to go to a toilet. The urinal advantage comes few metres way inside the same complex for which one needs to make a query. Because the so called toilet is a shade less clean and with no washbasin.There is just a tap and that could be detrimental to cleanliness. As for the washbasin in the restaurant, it has to be somewhat clean. The restaurant is ok, those seeking non veg preparations the day i visited the same with no hesitation could be spotted sporting a smile and coming after an interval with queries from staff on where whey they were all these weeks to learn the rhyme. Holiday was all they could babble as non veg preparation was something they wished won't engineer traffic upheaval. For all upcoming State Bhawans, simple and safe would be uppermost in the minds of visitors.

This was the same Saturday when i took an auto with two other occupants besides the driver. We were three and feeling free as the auto went past race course. The two boys got down at a bus stand which occasionally delivers the crown and i headed to a metro station which sooner than later i found. From here the ride was towards Jangpura, the interchange coming at Central Sectt which among others runs a full service to HUDA. An exit  from a station next to Jangpura, there was no jostling for snacks, perhaps in the vicinity there were shops dealing in e mail and fax.


Wait for bus
Waiting for 727 going towards Stadium where upcoming cricketers could have practised and could be practising with their role model as Michael Bevan. Actually the stadium bus stand is a wide road with no shelter and soap. If there is excessive rain or terrifying cold, how are the passengers supposed to save and be bold. Some imagination should go in building a bus shelter from where bus numbers like 727 begin. It was walk through lanes having amidst them houses with lens that lent the advantage to access the Lodhi Road Cottage. Inside the Home, the attendance was thin. AS one stepped out the surroundings raised a wish that prasadam to be distributed by people need to done inside lanes and more importantly the sochalaya roundabout (behind the temple) has to be kept tidy clean.

A search for cyber cafe could not get the requisite response as there are none in the immediate vicinity and it was better to get to the bus stand. The bus stand from the Centre in Lodhi Road is still far given those visiting the area and those in the fray. A bus stand closer to the temple would be desirable. At the bus stand there were three students, gems and not gents, unable to decide whether to take a bus or get into an auto and get the fare limelight. REpeated queried were being made on how much the auto would take to deposit them at Ring road from where they would have the bus hope. The gentleman pursuing stamp and nameplate verification profession settled their queries, setting to rest the auto would be driven among those with the name harry. I, for one, took the bus boasting of an interaction with an NCC host who was kind enough to alert the bus and the number approaching the bus stand.
It was a Saturday when the Sun hadn't come out in strength, sunshine would be an advantage for everyone irrespective of age.       

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