Wednesday, May 12, 2010

Around the world in 10 mins..

Hello pals.. Nice meeting you after some time through this blog.. This one is not going to be heavy as the previous one as I ve been getting tagged into the league of some psychic directors who forget lighting in their movies !!

It was a saturday morning and the customary late mornings almost mid after-noon actually.. After a slow start took a casual stroll across the city centre.. If you are not well versed with the term "City centre" its actually the Ranganathan Street, Chandni Chowk or MG Road of every city in EEEEEnnnngggglundddd (That's how British pronounce England with their upper lips pointing to the heavens)..

Now the point here is not the pronounciation but few of my observations during that 10 min walk.. This is a developed country and there are as much minority population as the natives (Immigrants are called minority only for namesake 'cos they are equal in number to the natives mostly).. There were all kinds of shopping places which sells everything from Aston Martin cars to Colgate toothbrush..

As I started walking through the crowd, the first thing I noticed was a guy sitting with his dog nearby.. The striking feature was the citizen of a developed country was begging silently with his jacket spread wide open infront of him.. Not visibly handicapped he could have made something better out of his life but the thing I hated the most is that he even made the dog lazy like him !!

Passing on I came across a girl playing some sort of musical instrument for her living.. From looks and accent she could me located to eastern europe..

And I felt somebody dashing against me and passing on without even a word of apology.. In British culture invading other's personal space is quite a big crime that asks for a big apology letter.. Still there is no sign of them even turning back.. You guessed it right they are chinese and still haven't mentally come out of overcrowded China..

When I speak about population I can't place myself in any better position because India isn't too far behind.. But Desis (How Indians are fondly called abroad) seem to have the ability to pickup the culture of any place quite soon and the accent even sooner !!

Continuing my walk I came across an african gentleman in his business suits and was busy dealing some business on his phone even on a saturday after-noon..

And as all center of attraction there are no shortage of young people all around having fun.. Spring having set in people are out of their jackets and enjoying the warmth of the Sun..

Skateboarders, Kids, Dads with strollers, even Super-man and i-man were the characters I could come across in that short walk through the city centre..

And thats it folks I hope I didn't trouble you much into thinking and leaving with the thought of going around the world in 10 mins :)

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  2. at one pat of time itreminds me, if people don't want to change themself then no one can control beggars in any country lol. have seen beggars in the well developed countries like Germany, US, France, Holland, Poland (developing countires too...

    btw it was really nice to walk with you in the citycentre on week end lol. thanks for sparing ur time... well spent 10 mins with good observation :)

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