One Djinn to rule them all,
One Djinn to find them.
One Djinn to bring them all
and in the darkness bind them.
It will be one year in a few days. One year of the daily love affair with the autorickshaw. An year of wonder, angst, irritation and surprise at the winds. A place ensconsed in history as much as history ensconsed in India. Of Rajputs and of Sultans, of Nawabs and Mughals, of Britishers and of Punjabis. Of drunken brawls and khadi overcoats. Green'n'yellow buses, flashy Honda CRVs and Government Ambassadors. Of neem trees amidst paved footpaths, smooth gravel and golf courses. Kebabs and chaat, kachori subzi and HCF. Bazaars, behemoth malls and parking lots. Student protests and necrophiliacs. Dhaula Kuan, Mehrauli and Connaught Place. Medical, Safdarjang and Dilli Haat. One year of Delhi.
Haanji.
One Djinn to find them.
One Djinn to bring them all
and in the darkness bind them.
It will be one year in a few days. One year of the daily love affair with the autorickshaw. An year of wonder, angst, irritation and surprise at the winds. A place ensconsed in history as much as history ensconsed in India. Of Rajputs and of Sultans, of Nawabs and Mughals, of Britishers and of Punjabis. Of drunken brawls and khadi overcoats. Green'n'yellow buses, flashy Honda CRVs and Government Ambassadors. Of neem trees amidst paved footpaths, smooth gravel and golf courses. Kebabs and chaat, kachori subzi and HCF. Bazaars, behemoth malls and parking lots. Student protests and necrophiliacs. Dhaula Kuan, Mehrauli and Connaught Place. Medical, Safdarjang and Dilli Haat. One year of Delhi.
Haanji.
11 comments:
ah! :)
Ki haal-chaal???
changa haiga ji...
tusse dasso tuade ki haal
i hope i got that right now...:D
oye rohit...good to see you back!
:DDDD.........when u off to KL???? or are u already there??
no i leave thursday..back on tuesday!!!
:) nice post...wer is tat djinn verse from
had been to a play based on William Darylymple's book 'City of Djinns' that night...not so sure but its from the book...
hey u're in KL now... but I really hope you have a good time... haanji
lovely conjugation..!!!
Greetings ~
Yeah those words are from the book...and the play was good...!
Congrats on surviving - Delhi ..lol...
Came through Kalyan's blog and think you mentioned that you are looking for prayer wheel - if you enter Jama Masjid before that there is one "oldest girls school" next to that are some shops selling all buddhist stuff - you will find many kind of prayer wheel. Or try Ladakh bodh vihar bank opposite to ISBT....
Tk care ~
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