Here I am, in the capital of the Indian subcontinent. A dream place, for many youngsters (I am still young, you know) like me. Delhi, is the place to be, with all the economic growth and development (Or whatever!!!). Especially after the CWG, Delhi has become modern, na, ultra modern, they say! The roads are neat and clean, there is green every where and definitely the metro travel has made, life here sophisticated.
The shopping malls, the KFCs and the coffee days are still there. They were there in Chennai as well, and in Bangalore, and in Kolkata and in Hyderabad! and they say these days, even in the Tier II cities they are there. Well, cities, are the modern world. modern India! India, lives in its cities. Mahatma Gandhi, probably was wrong, when he said, India lives in its villages.
I love these cities, with all its plush and pompousness. Life is made so easy; The travel, the communications, availability of everything, next door, makes city living easy. Easy, simple, pomp, plush are the adjectives i can recollect, when i want to write about the metro's, rather, the cities. But, happy? such an adjective never turns up. I am afraid that city life has become such a monotony, that the happiness of playing hide and seek, the thrill of swimming in the lake, the fun of playing cricket with your friends, or even the serenity of the family time are being lost out.
I went for a jog along a garden here, and was startled by a scene, which clearly depicted the life we live in the cities. A man, was laughing out aloud, and sadly alone! It is called laughter therapy, it seems. Sad, he had to laugh alone and to think that we were doing this all the time in my place!
Sad, the modern man in the cities, had to be taught to laugh and made to laugh alone! and sadder still, he had to do it, because it is a therapy!
The shopping malls, the KFCs and the coffee days are still there. They were there in Chennai as well, and in Bangalore, and in Kolkata and in Hyderabad! and they say these days, even in the Tier II cities they are there. Well, cities, are the modern world. modern India! India, lives in its cities. Mahatma Gandhi, probably was wrong, when he said, India lives in its villages.
I love these cities, with all its plush and pompousness. Life is made so easy; The travel, the communications, availability of everything, next door, makes city living easy. Easy, simple, pomp, plush are the adjectives i can recollect, when i want to write about the metro's, rather, the cities. But, happy? such an adjective never turns up. I am afraid that city life has become such a monotony, that the happiness of playing hide and seek, the thrill of swimming in the lake, the fun of playing cricket with your friends, or even the serenity of the family time are being lost out.
I went for a jog along a garden here, and was startled by a scene, which clearly depicted the life we live in the cities. A man, was laughing out aloud, and sadly alone! It is called laughter therapy, it seems. Sad, he had to laugh alone and to think that we were doing this all the time in my place!
Sad, the modern man in the cities, had to be taught to laugh and made to laugh alone! and sadder still, he had to do it, because it is a therapy!
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