I am currently stuck in a limbo, homeless. I have vacated my Mumbai flat and despatched all the furniture etc to the Delhi flat with a (un)Professional Mover and Packer and flew down to delhi next day, only to find that the truck wil arrive not in 2 days as promised but 4 days. Besides, the flat I have leased out in NEw Delhi is still being painted/renovated. So much for INdian punctuality.
Being left unexpectedly homeless, I arrived in the great Main Bazaar of New DElhi, home to most of the back-packers and karma seekers of the world to lease out a cheap hotel.
This is an unusual place for an indian to seek a hotel. Common, every indian surely must have an uncle, nephew, acquaintance or someone in the great family who is living or knows someone living in delhi who can offer to put you up (?!).
Its also difficult for Indians to open up conversations with the other backpackers, as usually the indians around them are trying to sell something or cheat or mug them.
So owing to this strange situation, I have been staying rather calm and keeping to myself in the last couple of days, even while having dinner in the rooftop restaurant in the hotel i am staying. The manager seems to have taken a pity on me and tried to open a conversation by asking where I was from etc. Mumbai. The next thing he says " You seem to be a rather peaceful person sir, what brings you here?" almost bumped me. I have been called many things, but peaceful is not exactly anywere close.
Friday, November 2, 2007
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