With the busting infrastructure it is progressively becoming difficult to locate anything. Right from the locality where we want to go to the building that we want to visit to the workstation we sit and work inside the building.
During my childhood, holding my father’s hand I used to walk around a couple of kilometers distance around our house and see most of the landmarks of the city. Now getting out of that house and to reach 1KM perimeter line takes a minimum of 20 minutes because of heavy traffic. We cannot see any other faraway landmarks other than the tall buildings that surround our house and almost cover the sky. Sometimes we have to use magnetic Compass to see which direction is east as we cannot see the sun.
The new land marks, signature towers, shopping malls and posh office complexes are increasingly becoming tough to remember as where I have seen which building. Each time I visit a ‘Class A’ city, I see a new face of it. It is as good as catching up with the mobile jargons used by latest generation.
Thanks to Google Maps on my mobile and Google Earth on my Laptop that made my life so easy. I would give a recent example in my life. I was trying to locate a new house in the city where I have shifted. Used Google Maps on my mobile and found which direction it is from my office and what are the alternate routes that I can choose from my office to home. And even the direction that the house is facing to communicate to my father who is particular about Vaastu Science.
Imagine RJ on your FM radio is continuously receiving traffic information from listeners and broadcasting the alternate routes to you. You have planned to visit a client by 11am but you know that due to traffic congestion you cannot reach them before 12 pm. And they acknowledge the same as they can see the live traffic information on their screens too, and converted your meeting into working lunch meeting.
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Very right Sreedhar, it is extremely difficult to cross the average street today than it was to hold Daddy/Mummy's hand and explore the nuances of the city. Most places in India today (due to lack of citizen's discipline mostly) are notorious for forgetting to preserve their past and not even thinking about the future!
However, since your site is about Ekkada (Where?), and hopefully you will have millions of visitors looking for answers to Ekkada (Where?), truth be told, all information (past and future) of any city is now accessible if one really wants to "get-into-it". Some cities have Time Out, a magazine that specialises on the uniqueness and activities of the city. Most city dailies also list the gigs (cultural, gastronomical and musical) of the week gone by and the week coming in. Specifically for Delhi, there is a magazine called First City - an excellently elaborate attempt to showcase the goodness of the Indian capital. Also, if one is on the lookout, one can see websites that are dedicated to Arts, theatre, music, movies etc. that are ironically, specific to a particular city. In fact, most important of all, so I have learnt, the best way to see a city is just explore it one your own, take your risks and take your time to discover things yourself!
Or, you can just have a friend take you around and personally help you explore the vastness, the rich heritage and fantastic arts and culture scene!
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