Thursday, September 21, 2006

Gurgaon Weekly 2.0


The Spectacular Taj
It's one of the most beautiful buildings u can't afford to miss. Also the agra fort. Both symbolises how u can spent money if u hav enough. nd i don think anybody will ever build something of tht sort again..even the richest man !! The trip was gud but the -ve factors were heat nd the lack of hotels wher u get proper fud..something of our choice.B'coz t'was an A/C bus we weren't affected with tht heat . But i guess i've taken a lot of water tht day !! We took a guide to xplain everything at agra fort. As joy told Shahjahan had 332 "setups" nd there is a mosque dedicated 4 them called "Nagina mosque". The magical number 332 has amazed joy quite lot nd for a couple of weeks he was always talking abt tht while i were mesmerised with the beauty of Taj !! Actually shahjahan planned another taj for himself jst opposite on the other side of yamuna..but his son aurangazeb imprisoned him b4 tht tragedy happened !! but u can still c the platform made 4 tht. !!
The roads to agra weren't tht gud. so tht journey was shaky n bumpy. Only we 3 were mallus. so we joined thee gultis nd tamilians in singing songs !! It was time 4 me to give the best effort to reproduce the tamil songs i've heard so far in my life !! u knw sometimes it helps !! on the way we visited "Mathura"- birthplace of krishna !! its said ther r 5000+ krishna temples ther. the guide took us to a place wher he is supposed 2 hav taken rest aftr "Kaaliya Mardhanam" . On the way v saw a bldg wher "Mira bhai" lived. now it houses widows/unmarried women who r fed frm the earnings of the temple nearby . but ther it's all business. v don't feel any bhakti if u go ther !!! by the time we reached back at the guest house t'was midnight !!

The Malls @ Gurgaon
Malls r somethings u can't resist to visit again nd again. Once u're inside u donno how time progresses. At a nearby place cld IFFCO Chowk , we've 3 . nd many more coming up !! all with those brand showrooms nd multiple theatres. u want to simple spent money lik "rajnikant does in arunachalam" ..jst go ther. if he had gone ther it would hv been finished in 3 days nd not 30 days ( u c tht tamil influence is showing up here n ther !! even they speak always in terms of cinema. 4 every matter they hav an instance frm movies. ). But wherever uc u get to c a lot of .......u knw !! we'll wonder sometime y they r wearing something ?? u get 2c couples sitting nd chatting here n ther !! nobody'll ask u even if u sit ther the whole day ..i guess !!
All 3 malls viz ..Metropolitan, Sahara nd DLF city centre r big ones !! the first being the best among . In sahara u've a big bazaar meant for middleclass lik us !! take 3 get 2 free lik tht !! itz lik making a roadside seller to do business in a mall !! but u get a t reasonable prices .. even v bought some t-shirts frm ther. the malls r a major reason i've exhausted my first month salary !! they're savvy !! last weekend v went 4 "pirates of the carribean' movie at DT cinemas in city centre !! Rs. 150 ticket nd u can't carry eatables inside....coke+popcorn = Rs.90. we opted to remain hungry !! back at NIT we were freely dwnld-ing movies..here 150 bucks !!earlier v went to PVR 4 ticket. but sold-out. maybe itz better than DT. thtz y here seats were mostly vacant !!

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