It has a been a long time since I went out…I mean like on a holiday…the last 1 I remember was when I was in Class 12 to South India…Since then the plans never worked out...This time I had my cousin visiting us from US. He was coming to India to see, feel and discover India n INDIOCITY (pronounced as – “inh-dio-si-ti” origin – 24th May, 2008 en route Jaipur). And the important thing here… I was to be his guide to all places…Me…who is at times confused between “Babar n Birbal” as the dad of Akbar… Waise its Babar, I know… :)… Ohhh!!! … I forgot Humayun, Babar was his Grandpa...
Chuck it all…Even he didn’t know anything so my scrambled knowledge didn’t matter much. I took him to some places in Delhi like Qutb Minar…Humayun Tomb…India Gate…President House… President House (bahar bahar se) for a special reason…I actually wanted to show off my picture with the then President Kalam inside President House… ;) … Also told him that commoners are not even allowed to roam around in here, only the invited 1’s and the distinguished 1’s are let in… Hehehe… Jokes apart, I never thought they maintain all these monuments so nicely…They renovate n paint all parts of the monuments except for a few with historical importance n are valued like that un-tampered only….Example – “Bebe Da Poot loves Preeto Ji” (Found this 1 quite good among thousands of love stories written on walls…I guess the Education Department should include that among Architectural Features of Ancient n Medieval Indian Monuments…found it as a Uniform feature with all I visited...)...
We also visited Jaipur n a few more places in Rajasthan. The trip was marred by the recent Jaipur Blasts n the very recent ongoing – Gujjar Reservation Protests…Visited some of the very beautiful palaces n forts in and around Jaipur…Explained to him the related facts… (Facts…should I say them ‘Facts’??? Actually was my noesis gathered from here n there including ‘Jodhha Akbar’…)… As well the learning acquired from susurrations of other Professional Guides explaining around us… Enjoyed a lot there…Even went to see the place where those kool scenes of ‘Rang De Basanti’ were shot… Made the most out of the trip in very scarce time…Had no time for eating, relaxing, sleeping and shopping (for which people are mad at me)… Had an exhausting journey back home again due to the blocked highways n protests around...
The most fascinating thing my bro found in India was the “Mc Veggie Burger “…He being a vegetarian n just those NV Burgers there in US, he was quite exhilarated seeing the vegetarian 1… Even took a picture of it to show to his friends back home… :)
N m excited too…wrote a post in less than 15 minutes…think it’s going to get better with time…
Quite a kool trip… :)
शुभ रात्री ... God Bless All!!!
- आदित्य ...
Chuck it all…Even he didn’t know anything so my scrambled knowledge didn’t matter much. I took him to some places in Delhi like Qutb Minar…Humayun Tomb…India Gate…President House… President House (bahar bahar se) for a special reason…I actually wanted to show off my picture with the then President Kalam inside President House… ;) … Also told him that commoners are not even allowed to roam around in here, only the invited 1’s and the distinguished 1’s are let in… Hehehe… Jokes apart, I never thought they maintain all these monuments so nicely…They renovate n paint all parts of the monuments except for a few with historical importance n are valued like that un-tampered only….Example – “Bebe Da Poot loves Preeto Ji” (Found this 1 quite good among thousands of love stories written on walls…I guess the Education Department should include that among Architectural Features of Ancient n Medieval Indian Monuments…found it as a Uniform feature with all I visited...)...
We also visited Jaipur n a few more places in Rajasthan. The trip was marred by the recent Jaipur Blasts n the very recent ongoing – Gujjar Reservation Protests…Visited some of the very beautiful palaces n forts in and around Jaipur…Explained to him the related facts… (Facts…should I say them ‘Facts’??? Actually was my noesis gathered from here n there including ‘Jodhha Akbar’…)… As well the learning acquired from susurrations of other Professional Guides explaining around us… Enjoyed a lot there…Even went to see the place where those kool scenes of ‘Rang De Basanti’ were shot… Made the most out of the trip in very scarce time…Had no time for eating, relaxing, sleeping and shopping (for which people are mad at me)… Had an exhausting journey back home again due to the blocked highways n protests around...
The most fascinating thing my bro found in India was the “Mc Veggie Burger “…He being a vegetarian n just those NV Burgers there in US, he was quite exhilarated seeing the vegetarian 1… Even took a picture of it to show to his friends back home… :)
N m excited too…wrote a post in less than 15 minutes…think it’s going to get better with time…
Quite a kool trip… :)
शुभ रात्री ... God Bless All!!!
- आदित्य ...
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