Tuesday, March 11, 2014

Visiting Mandir Marg; Saturday was historic in more ways than one

Saturday was historic in more ways than one

On A Saturday when the Sun was out in full strength, venturing out was not a tale of sulk and remain tense. First from Home visited IIT Park, the stay was short with water continuously flowing from a tap. THe water tank has been subjected to rupture of sorts driven to a state where no one cares how much water flows and despite one watching from a quarter close. After exiting IIT Park, it was time to take a bus towards Hauz Khas Metro station which is one of national capital hailed creations. Veg fried rice from a chinese hut, a parked-and-to-be-patted meal vehicle was refreshing enough to reenergise. Quantum that you get for half plate is humongous, setting you to delve in a  sense of humour considering the crowd around to be petite and bright.Post veg fried rice, time was ripe to take juice as it would give you yet to be discovered clues. THe ATM inside the metro station had gone abrupt, one can step out to collect cash from a nearby market which is yet to entail shops that engage in washbasin and tub.

From here headed towards Mandir Marg, the metro ride split between one to Connaught place and another to R K Ashram Marg. From R K A Marg, one can either walk to Peshwa Road near Mandir Marg or take battery operated rickshaw. REaching in the vicinity of Mandir Marg, the coffee option can do wonders which one can try from a shop which only the owner knows the way to enter. Taking coffee at a bus stand from where buses go towards Shivaji Stadium, the time spent and spotting if any nearby tents, the meeting with Zakir Hussein College lad was one where he had no intention to carry a bat. Headed towards his college, the lad, Uma Shankar, had read the situation well when he decided to pursue Pol Science (H) which is 300-year-old and has different corners. As stated by him, the present structure from where the college is functioning is over 100 years and those enrolled in different courses have year round  smile and  cheers.


Intention was to not try cyber cafe from Gole market and the occupants of the place suggested there is one and only internet cafe to chase. Took a bus to C Place metro station, finding the stairs being mopped. Here the need is to carry out stringent checks to the functioning appliances and structures; you can see concrete slab withering away at various places, particularly on stairs. More important is to keep the present system up and running; snags reported in metro running leading to clubbing of trains have to be sorted out. THere is no need to rush with ongoing construction assignments as someone has suggested. More important is to preserve the existing infrastructure.

Taking metro from central delhi, reached INA in no time. Took a bus from here towards Kotla where the cyber i visited and stayed for long had no power to engage in a game of ping pong. After a long wait left to go to other side of South Extension with a hunch there would be a cafe nearby. Finally located one where the history of sites one visits and how effective is the way to get back to them was being enumerated. It is only plain clotheswallahs who would seek, otherwise why would a gentleman  get into this dirty habit of raising a stir here and a stir there.
Came out of cafe to proceed towards a bus stand which is quite close. The bus was 544 which while halting at the stop had occupants getting down who had cricket bats with them. Some who chose to stay inside too had bats and there were some who were hooked to a cell with no sporting of a hat. It was a Saturday when the capital chase had not turned grey, those with their back had an objective to act; those with cell had an interesting session to tell.
A Saturday which revealed there are five Sikkim Bhawans in the national capital; more need to bring on board  with a staff a mix of local and those coming from these places as that would lead to a  discourse that is soft .

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