G se Gurgaon
I’m not a critical expert on cities. It was only after working during my internship that i learnt what Mumbai was all about. Before that, i was just a simpleton Mumbaikar (for two months ) nostalgic about a Bombay that wasn’t mine. It was only during my days of MBA ,i saw how a city behaves just like a person. Some days are good for it. Somedays, not so. A city develops its character by the people who build it. Mumbai, as we know it today, was built by immigrants. Delhi was built by refugees; people anxious to have a place they can call home. Who built Gurgaon? However, I’ve been here for almost 2 years now and I’ve noticed certain undeniable observations here. Listing some of them out with no malice towards those who are capable of looking at the cheerful side…
- Gurgaon looks like a city waking up from a terrible dream.
- The dust never settles for less here.
- Everybody’s in a hurry. Haryana explained.
- What happens in Gurgaon strays in Gurgaon.
- It’s boiling during summers with nobody to turn off the sun.
- Everybody’s eating “Soya Malai chaap”.
- Theka’s , clubs, pubs are more easy find than fresh air.
- Going by the earthquakes, dust storms, unseasonal rains and warm winters, Gurgaon is yet to come to terms with my presence here.
- This city is the perfect mix of unsettling dust, filthy pigs, sweltering summer, rude autowallahs, bored cows, corporate residents and farce.
- Love is like the Gurgaon summer. No, wait. Forget it.
- Gurgaon didn’t go to the pigs. It went to the people. Pigs were here first.
- It takes 3cm of rain for this city to flood.
- Dusty. Dustier. Gurgaon.
- In Gurgaon, it either rains like dogs and pigs or it doesn’t.
- Mumbai mein rehne ke baad sabhi sheher gaon lagne lag jaate hai.
- Completing two plus years in Gurgaon today. That’s like a lifetime of dust of katnataka.
- Baarish mein maloom lagta hai ki Gurgaon kitne paani mein hai.
- After moving north to Gurgaon, i’ve developed a healthy respect for junk food.
- Gurgaon is not THAT bad. Just makes Delhi look better.
- When in Rome, be a Roman. When in Gurgaon, honk.
- The greatest difference between Bombay and Gurgaon is people from the former won’t give you wrong directions just to entertain their ego.
- Mumbai has sea. Gurgaon will never have a sea.
- During winter, it’s pitch black even before the clock hits 6.
- So used to the contaminated air in Gurgaon that i might fall sick in a cleaner city.
- Before Christmas, the correct reply to “how are you?” was “freezing”.
- Why are ALL the cars dented in Gurgaon?
- It was only after watching Everest (2015) that i realized Gurgaon isn’t THAT cold.
- Not a day goes by here i don’t see a moron driving while talking on phone.
- Gurgaon tries way too hard to be a city.