TravelPie : Delhi Darshan : Connaught Place

Day 2

Day 2: Connaught Place(Aka CP Aka Rajiv Chowk for the Metro Commuters)

The majestic Connought Place lies in the heart of Lutyen's Delhi. The Circular structures that often mark the Presence of Delhi on Google Maps,are that of the Connought place.

Though most of the buildings are in white, you can observe here ,nearly all the colours of Delhi ,at their best.

Some Trendy,Some Classy, Some wierd, Some Confused,Some Amusing, Some Hilarious, Some Extra Juvinile,and Some pretending themselves to be Larger than life!

Quite populated, be it a vacation or not; it houses most of the couples trying hard to escape into some Good Times,away from their regular schedules. It is their moment indeed! Many People earn their Living by selling Books,novels,flowers, chana Masala,Popcorns,Ice Creams etc. Probably, their sales are much larger than the big fat Shop owners!

A pretty no. of Luxurious and Expensive restaurants,are lined up,for your reception;provided You've enough Bucks to pay for each smile they shower upon you! :-)

Shoppers,once here, dont pause or wait for some freaky guys to deliver you a packet,inspite of all the efforts of Flipkart's recent Ad! :-P

They Choose,Grab,Own all with a pride, and a "I am the King of the world" kinda feeling keeps radiating from their faces.

 Probably, some people,as you'd observe, shop just to make others envy,many a times,its turns the other way round.

 ;-)

You could find people busy clicking selfies, and few of them,posing a BMW ,Audi or a Mercedes Benz, in their background, while their true owners are busy swiping their cards in some Brand X showrooms.( How many of you have actually 'sefied ' yourselves like that? That's bit crazy, but You can go crazy sometimes :) )

"Central park has greenary in abundance ", I heard a guy, busy spotting the green dots!

Some Popcorn, Some chips, and a Movie; you'd love to, if you have someone to show it off to;

" 180 Bucks for just a handful of Popcorn! That's Robbing in public!", I heard an Old Man freaking out at the Well Polished Popcorn seller, who had an appreciable amount of corporate glare.

All he replied to the Old Man, was just to give a fake smile at him, mostly sarcastic!

Now that, we were finally done with the movie, we had to leave the airconditioned theater.

It was Hot! Very hot!

Seemed like Global warming was done, inflicting CP in just 12 hrs of the day!

It becomes even more populated in the evening, with some teenagers, highschool kidults joining the crowd and literally living up their Lives, as they call it!

So, in a nutshell, CP offers, activities of a lifetime! You cant really miss it!

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TravelPie : Delhi Darshan : Paharganj

Day 1 PaharGanj, New Delhi

With the beams of Sunlight filtering through the shimmering canopy over the concrete lanes, the ambience is made up by the aroma of Flowers, Food and Fragrances.

Towards my right,is the famous " Mashhoor Paneer Waale Chhole Bhature" followed by a tagline illustrating its monopoly over the Paharganj Market or in a broader sense, all over Delhi!

The daily commuters,and amidst them a few amateur tourists, are busy collecting plates and their respective 'Bhature' from a 'Not so hygenic' looking Counter,populated by three men,darkedned by the immense heat they had been accumulating for the past 50 Years or so.

Moving on, a series of Restaurants pave our way to the Hotel lane. You literally have to hold yourself,or else you shall be dragged to these  restaurants,No matter how hard you try to cope up with them.

Following the Food lane, was instilled a corridor , containing Hotels and Lodges,tariffs being completely in your Budget; which in turn house small shops with glassed walls, claiming their monopoly over the travel Industry of India! It says " Ticket Confirm karaye, Air Ticket,Tatkal Ticket, starting @ 999 " , except for the "*" mark that would be visible on Large Hordings.

There are People,and People and yet more.

To cross the same safely, you must be Sturdy enough to evacuate your locus through the arrayed streets and Markets.

The Market and the independent Rehris sprawl over a large area, most of them ,selling anything that you try to imagine, and at prices that are either much above or much less than your expectations; obviously depending upon you Bargaining Skills and Adjustments!

You can find "Banarasi Pan Bhandaar ",wherein they provide beetal leaves,stuffed with typical Indian essence,beetal Nuts,Mouth Freshner, mint extracts, sweetner, and a small piece of cherry; which will be enough to melt into your mouth and give you a sensation like Never Experienced before!

and it all comes for a decent price of Ten bucks!

As the noon approaches, the heat intensity increases to extent,enough to compell you to carry yourself to the Airconditioned Restaurants lined up near RamNagar. Two purposes are already served once you spend an hour or so in these, one The Heat,secondly, Rest to your feets.

The evenings are even more colourful,when the lanes studded with dotted Multicoloured bulbs mark their magnificence,illuminating the dusty streets. The Shopoholics would find themselves at the right place.You would seem to get confused and a bit amused at the Variety being offered. You've got to make the way out for yourself. The Sounds are no less. A small FM Radio,kept over a wooden plank,attached to the wall of the wooden shop  is utilized to its maximum,using Speakers with extra bass and treble. If you are accustomed to Soft Music,I guess,You've to struggle really hard, to make out the correct song from a dozen songs being played simultaneously,from the music lovers!

A Large nearly flat open container stores nearly fifty litres of Extra Creamy Milk ,which are served with a frothy appearance,tickling your taste buds to have the same quickly, But Wait! This is to be careful, or else your taste buds will be violently burnt,owing to the huge amount of Latent heat it has accumulated over the periods of Heating and Reheating.

Beware of each an every person,that you would come across,as they could literally,grab you and pressurize you enough to pay for a Hotel Room, that you may not be in need of even!

The Nights never pours down,its upto you,at what time you say Yourself Good Night !

The place never sleeps,rather you would have to !

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