January 13, 2011

A moment of great realisation.

I realised something yesterday. My entire life has been centered around two places (No, not school and home, but the location of my school and home). I've been living in New Delhi for about 14 years, out of my extremely long existence on this planet of 16 years, I lived in Assam and Kolkata for a while before that. So, right from the start, Ive been staying in the same locality, since like forever. And Ive been going to the same school from Nursery.

So home, school, tuitions(AVTE, Maths, Hindi), dance classes (SDIPA and Danceworx), VERY brief experiment with guitar classes, fabric painting classes (It was summer. I was bored. And stupid)...they're all located at one of these two places. And call it luck or whatever, Best friend #1 lives REALLY close to  my home and Best Friend #2 lives RIGHT next to my school (Almost, anyway!)

Yeah, okay. So now Ive decided, I need to "expand my geographical horizons", however lame that sounds.
I need to STOP being so lazy and push myself out of my comfort zone. I need to go to different places, explore them on my own, instead of being satisfied with stories my friends share.

Here's a list of places (In New Delhi) Id like to get to know better:

  • Khan Market 
  • Sarojini Nagar- I have NEVER been there. Can you believe it?! Now, that's just wrong.
  • Dilli Haat- Ive been there before, ofcourse. Went there this week actually. And I had a lot of fun. Which is why I want to go there more often.
  • GK II- This place is near my house, but I hardly go there. Shame.
  • Green Park- I went there, this week, to see a doc. The market place seemed pretty cool. I should hang out with my friends there! Should be fun.
  • Old Delhi- Again, Its a shame I hardly go there. In fact, "hardly go there" would be an exaggeration! I've been there what, twice in my life? And I just ate at some joint there.  
  • Connaught Place-Now, this place, I go to, kinda often. For KFC, British Council, and the other great restaurants there. But I want to see Janpath and Palika Bazaar and those garden things.



I travelled on the Metro the first time this week (I know, Im slow). I think this whole exploration of new places via new means of transport should be fun! Ooh, and if you think there are some other awesome places in Delhi I might enjoy, leave a comment please :)




Janpath

The Metro


Khan Market

Well, Sarojini!











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13 comments:

  1. Okay so Khan Market is the SHIZZ. :D
    And Sarojini Nagar...sigh....I could live there....thankfully I live only a 3 minute drive away.
    YAY I feel so un-left out of Delhi after this post!
    thank you :)

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  3. Ooooohh, you seriously need to to expand your 'horizons' :P
    Whenever you go to Khan, call me ;) How could some1 like Dilli Haat? Isn't that an extremely dull place. I would only go there if I wanted to eat.
    Please don't go 2 a joint when you're going 2 old Delhi. I can take you to some places(roadside) which serve yummy food :D

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  4. @Kanika: Haha! No problem :P

    @Ujjwal: Thanks :)

    @Vatsal: Arrey waah! You commented! FINALLY xD
    Sure, I'll let you know for Khan and Old Delhi :)
    Nooo. I like Dilli Haat. Yeah...the food is one of the main attractions naah!

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  5. hell yeah Super duper like!
    I'm a crazy traveller myself, and places like old delhi, cp, sarojini, khan are my babies.
    (My geograohy sucks, but i LOVE these places nevertheless) COME with me sometime soon?
    we shall chill, photograph, shop oh and yeah HOG LIKE PIGS =D

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  6. I'm SO taking you to Khan and Sarojini. ASAP.
    Before the farewell! Make a plan. NOW.
    And I'd love to explore old delhi better with you next to me on the rickshaw. ;)

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  7. Dipin, I'm taking her to Khan. You take her to Sarojini :D

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  9. Woman, you need to get out of your house. Let's go check out some of these places on our own. For eg : I've never been to CP! :| Geez! Plus, Nilanjana and I already have plans to go rape delhi with our cameras. So come along! :D

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  10. And lady, listen to me. GK2 is closer to your house than your school. And you hardly come here? Wow. =P

    And and and, chuck green park. It's actually boring. Nothing great. You need to go to Adventure Island. And WOW! And let's see, South Ex! :D

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  11. @Nil, Vatsal, Dipin, SOI: Thanks for offering guys! :D
    We shall make plans soo, oh yes. :)

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  12. i live in West Bengal and have lived here my WHOLE life and I've been to Sarojini Nagar a zillion times :P (sorry to make you jealous) so yeah if you haven't ever been there...you really REALLY need to go there. It's heaven. period.

    aah even I need to explore Old Delhi when I next go there...i have like almost no memories of when I did go some, let me see, 100 years ago? :P

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  13. I have been to all those places even though I lived in GK1 N-block. Maybe it's because of the time I had. I knew that I was going to leave India, so not to regret u have to go thre asap! :)
    and Palika bazaar is so confusing.its underground, kinda O shaped and things are expensive, but they r actually cheap..so if u wanna buy something frm thre make the price lower, or if they tell u its RS.500..buy it for 150 :P

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Go on then, Comment! *pokes shoulder*
Your shoulder, that is. Why would I poke my own shoulder?

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