Interactions in the National Capital in recent days
Spate of spiralling rents across National Capital of Delhi to a major festival in Mizoram covered the range of topics during varied interactions in the National Capital. Udhagamandalam and its positioning in Tamil Nadu as a hill terrain which engineers flow of tourists round the year featured in one to one conversation with a resident of Tamil Nadu at present staying in Delhi. Even in the months of May and June those visiting Udhgamandalam had to sport woolens vis-a-vis local residents who were all ready to step out sporting a cotton fabric at the most.
The political turmoil in Tamil Nadu featured in talks with never to miss merger of EPS and OPS factions which both of us believed would in some way help to derail the efforts of those who were determined to give a jolt to the state govt. The govt elected to office last year should complete its tenure was the common refrain with an urgency to see that those who were bent to bring a split did not succeed in their mission. The major festival in Mizoram, known in local parlance as Chapchar Kut festival, figured in talks with a guy from Mizoram taking coaching for Civil Services Exam conducted by UPSC. The Chapchar Kut festival held in spring drew support from different quarters and enabled people from different backgrounds to have a first hand experience.
North East residents joining the mainstream
The Mizoram guy showed his disapproval to high rents prevailing in the capital and maintained increasing frequency of North East students joining the mainstream, high rents and reserved communities being no deterrent. Commonly believed the local residents on a few and far occasions stepped outside to have a word or two with North East people but the very fact that North East students and senior members left no opportunity as and when made available in the city and this mirrored the changing dynamics of the national capital. They were as important stakeholders as anyone else and Mizoram guy's engagement with city people had begun to elicit response, if not spectacular but at least believable. On another day and on another outing came across a guy from North East State of Manipur also taking coaching for Civil Services who seem determined to pursue his path not to be dethroned by high rentals and high cost of living in the city. Alternatives were few and far and about 75 per cent of North East people in the national capital were from Manipur was what he could gather over the months with never to miss the never eroded script of people of this region. As for the major festival in Manipur it was Lai Haraoba organised in the month of May.
Speaking in Hindi to get to know metro staff
Meeting Sonia again from the North East the other day who had difficulty to procure a metro token in view of no change at the counter, i gave the change with the understanding that the Hindi she spoke was the Hindi the metro staff could understand and sticking to a manageable local dialect helped her in day to day affairs. Meeting Mr Babu from Kerala he spoke about a major festival in Thrissur held in May where hordes of elephants participated and festival had in attendance people from all across the globe. Meeting Chirag and Karan from Indian Institute of Tourism and Travel Management, the two boys were confident the course they were pursuing would hold them in good stead in future. Chirag who hailed from Darjeeling spoke about New Jalpaiguri (NJP) station the one had to approach to go to Darjeeling. If one intended to go to Darjeeling by toy train one had to go to Sukna from NJP. It was a chance meeting with a guy from Panipat near R K Ashram Marg who spoke about the fast racing vehicles in the national highway leading towards Panipat. It were the buses and trucks which defined the speed followed by spate of private vehicles.
While taking a metro the other day i came across a guy from Manipur running a restaurant in Delhi University's North Campus. Having a 50 per cent stake, the restaurant went by the name Dolma and returns from the same were handsome.
Al Jazeera news coverage
Balaknama newspaper run by street kids in India featuring in a story/documentary put by Al Jazeera news channel was interesting. The coverage of floods in Bihar by the same news network was elaborate. Equally elaborate was the coverage of Rohingya refugees fleeing to Bangladesh from Myanmar. Plurality of thoughts this news channel presented had engineered viewers from all across the globe to watch the same. Nigeria's Chibok girls freed from Boko Haram and their return to a boarding school in the city of Yola as covered by Al Jazeera was also interesting.
Spate of spiralling rents across National Capital of Delhi to a major festival in Mizoram covered the range of topics during varied interactions in the National Capital. Udhagamandalam and its positioning in Tamil Nadu as a hill terrain which engineers flow of tourists round the year featured in one to one conversation with a resident of Tamil Nadu at present staying in Delhi. Even in the months of May and June those visiting Udhgamandalam had to sport woolens vis-a-vis local residents who were all ready to step out sporting a cotton fabric at the most.
The political turmoil in Tamil Nadu featured in talks with never to miss merger of EPS and OPS factions which both of us believed would in some way help to derail the efforts of those who were determined to give a jolt to the state govt. The govt elected to office last year should complete its tenure was the common refrain with an urgency to see that those who were bent to bring a split did not succeed in their mission. The major festival in Mizoram, known in local parlance as Chapchar Kut festival, figured in talks with a guy from Mizoram taking coaching for Civil Services Exam conducted by UPSC. The Chapchar Kut festival held in spring drew support from different quarters and enabled people from different backgrounds to have a first hand experience.
North East residents joining the mainstream
The Mizoram guy showed his disapproval to high rents prevailing in the capital and maintained increasing frequency of North East students joining the mainstream, high rents and reserved communities being no deterrent. Commonly believed the local residents on a few and far occasions stepped outside to have a word or two with North East people but the very fact that North East students and senior members left no opportunity as and when made available in the city and this mirrored the changing dynamics of the national capital. They were as important stakeholders as anyone else and Mizoram guy's engagement with city people had begun to elicit response, if not spectacular but at least believable. On another day and on another outing came across a guy from North East State of Manipur also taking coaching for Civil Services who seem determined to pursue his path not to be dethroned by high rentals and high cost of living in the city. Alternatives were few and far and about 75 per cent of North East people in the national capital were from Manipur was what he could gather over the months with never to miss the never eroded script of people of this region. As for the major festival in Manipur it was Lai Haraoba organised in the month of May.
Speaking in Hindi to get to know metro staff
Meeting Sonia again from the North East the other day who had difficulty to procure a metro token in view of no change at the counter, i gave the change with the understanding that the Hindi she spoke was the Hindi the metro staff could understand and sticking to a manageable local dialect helped her in day to day affairs. Meeting Mr Babu from Kerala he spoke about a major festival in Thrissur held in May where hordes of elephants participated and festival had in attendance people from all across the globe. Meeting Chirag and Karan from Indian Institute of Tourism and Travel Management, the two boys were confident the course they were pursuing would hold them in good stead in future. Chirag who hailed from Darjeeling spoke about New Jalpaiguri (NJP) station the one had to approach to go to Darjeeling. If one intended to go to Darjeeling by toy train one had to go to Sukna from NJP. It was a chance meeting with a guy from Panipat near R K Ashram Marg who spoke about the fast racing vehicles in the national highway leading towards Panipat. It were the buses and trucks which defined the speed followed by spate of private vehicles.
While taking a metro the other day i came across a guy from Manipur running a restaurant in Delhi University's North Campus. Having a 50 per cent stake, the restaurant went by the name Dolma and returns from the same were handsome.
Al Jazeera news coverage
Balaknama newspaper run by street kids in India featuring in a story/documentary put by Al Jazeera news channel was interesting. The coverage of floods in Bihar by the same news network was elaborate. Equally elaborate was the coverage of Rohingya refugees fleeing to Bangladesh from Myanmar. Plurality of thoughts this news channel presented had engineered viewers from all across the globe to watch the same. Nigeria's Chibok girls freed from Boko Haram and their return to a boarding school in the city of Yola as covered by Al Jazeera was also interesting.
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