It is without doubt the second most unsolvable conundrum in the Capital City of India after the amazingly obnoxious traffic snarls.
"The Peak Hour Rush" associated with , i would say what right now is the lifeline of this city , the Delhi Metro.
I prefer to call the Metro a " System " as it is pretty well planned and handled just to be called a medium of transport. Just like the Mumbai Local is the Lifeline of Mumbai , the "System" is the mode of peaking into the minds and souls of the people of Delhi and NCR
For every amazing thing in this universe has its cons and this piece of art that has made travelling like a cakewalk in the city has many that are unseen to the common man's eye. As a matter of fact the advantages are way beyond the few cons the DMRC has and that is surely the main reason for it resounding success. A success of a magnitude that the Model is being replicated to other parts of this Nation speaks a lot about the initiative and the time spent in the meticulous planning and execution of the whole damn system.
Yet it has taken just a fortnight for a fellow traveler from the Financial Capital of this Nation " Mumbai" to somehow have a perspective about the magnitude of the weird state of the minds and the confused souls of the people who commute through the system regularly.
It is a widely known fact in the country that the people of Delhi are the most amazingly non flexible when it comes to loosing their temper but some how in the "System" you tend to observe the flashes of brilliance among the people that just makes the above written so called known fact totally redundant. Seeing some one step on your shoes and hearing a low voiced sorry does give you a feel that you are not actually in Delhi , instead you are amazed at the peculiar calmness the system has bestowed on the minds of the people.
Nevertheless fights , arguments do happen , some might lead to fist fights as well ( never witnessed one till now ) but that has more to do with the confusion of the commuters with where to actually stand and how to give way to the fellow commuters when some highly influential station is about to be reached.
For the people in this city do like to stand in the space between the doors on the either side instead of going in the middle of the coach or utilizing the vast spaces that have been left by the manufacturers at the junction of two coaches. I don't know whether it has something to do with the prevalent impatience that the people in this city have or is it simply their unawareness about the fact that the Metro's Air Conditioning System is at its strongest at the junction of the Coaches.
Among st all this commotion and confusion and the hurry , the most important thing that a person (who likes observing ) never misses to observe in this city is the promiscuous eyes and the reaction of the prey to the continuous stares and the passing of comments , but in this context i can frankly state that the mindset of the people in this city has undergone some vast changes with time ,especially on the Peak Hour System when everyone is in a mind boggling hurry to reach their destinations. They still cast some curious glances over some pretty faces but that is something you can do once in a while and no one would hold any objections against it.
On a serious note the truth is , this city might be called the Rape Capital , but it has another facet of it that is somehow hidden from the outside world by a cloak, the facet that can only be experienced once you start being a part of this magnanimous city and are completely immersed in its benevolent "System".
New Delhi && Delhi Metro Part1 ... To be Continued !!!
"The Peak Hour Rush" associated with , i would say what right now is the lifeline of this city , the Delhi Metro.
I prefer to call the Metro a " System " as it is pretty well planned and handled just to be called a medium of transport. Just like the Mumbai Local is the Lifeline of Mumbai , the "System" is the mode of peaking into the minds and souls of the people of Delhi and NCR
For every amazing thing in this universe has its cons and this piece of art that has made travelling like a cakewalk in the city has many that are unseen to the common man's eye. As a matter of fact the advantages are way beyond the few cons the DMRC has and that is surely the main reason for it resounding success. A success of a magnitude that the Model is being replicated to other parts of this Nation speaks a lot about the initiative and the time spent in the meticulous planning and execution of the whole damn system.
Yet it has taken just a fortnight for a fellow traveler from the Financial Capital of this Nation " Mumbai" to somehow have a perspective about the magnitude of the weird state of the minds and the confused souls of the people who commute through the system regularly.
It is a widely known fact in the country that the people of Delhi are the most amazingly non flexible when it comes to loosing their temper but some how in the "System" you tend to observe the flashes of brilliance among the people that just makes the above written so called known fact totally redundant. Seeing some one step on your shoes and hearing a low voiced sorry does give you a feel that you are not actually in Delhi , instead you are amazed at the peculiar calmness the system has bestowed on the minds of the people.
Nevertheless fights , arguments do happen , some might lead to fist fights as well ( never witnessed one till now ) but that has more to do with the confusion of the commuters with where to actually stand and how to give way to the fellow commuters when some highly influential station is about to be reached.
For the people in this city do like to stand in the space between the doors on the either side instead of going in the middle of the coach or utilizing the vast spaces that have been left by the manufacturers at the junction of two coaches. I don't know whether it has something to do with the prevalent impatience that the people in this city have or is it simply their unawareness about the fact that the Metro's Air Conditioning System is at its strongest at the junction of the Coaches.
Among st all this commotion and confusion and the hurry , the most important thing that a person (who likes observing ) never misses to observe in this city is the promiscuous eyes and the reaction of the prey to the continuous stares and the passing of comments , but in this context i can frankly state that the mindset of the people in this city has undergone some vast changes with time ,especially on the Peak Hour System when everyone is in a mind boggling hurry to reach their destinations. They still cast some curious glances over some pretty faces but that is something you can do once in a while and no one would hold any objections against it.
On a serious note the truth is , this city might be called the Rape Capital , but it has another facet of it that is somehow hidden from the outside world by a cloak, the facet that can only be experienced once you start being a part of this magnanimous city and are completely immersed in its benevolent "System".
New Delhi && Delhi Metro Part1 ... To be Continued !!!
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