Indore Journal 5

Hey!
I finally got hold of my sewer line work! Finished it by lunch. Then I had to go for field survey. I was waiting to go to the field from the day I was here, to check out how the city actually is. :D

Today's blog will be more about the city rather than what Nandan ji made or what happened in office or how dumb I feel in the office. lol

So we set out for the field survey at 4 pm on Nilesh's bike. Oh! You aren't familiar with Nilesh. He is the one I was talking about who keeps working all the time, he never even lifts his face. He doesn't speak much as well. He has a very likable personality though. A very sweet person. So, I was the pillion and we started our journey.

Indore Jail: The first striking thing when we were going that struck me was this flyover which was totally covered and you could see the faintest bit of what was behind it while driving, finally I had to ask Nilesh what it was. After seeing that I really don't want to go to prison, totally cut off from the outside world. Life would suck there, I guess, well you never know. ;)

Endless Nallahs: I think the city has endless nallahs flowing everywhere, even the river that flows through the city has been converted into a Nallah and the colour of water is totally black but that's the case with all Indian nallahs I guess. I sometimes wonder how nallahs inside Delhi are so black. How does sewer water turn black? Loads of industrial waste gets dumped into the nallah, these wastes include all kinds of chemicals, residual material and stuff. But since all the industries in Delhi have pushed out of the city into the periphery, how is it possible that the drains are still black. Bhai kya karte ho subah?? :P

Senseless drivers: You cannot miss senseless drivers over here. They are totally insane its like a 5 grandmas spinning their yarn sticks together, that's how motorists move here. Losers!!

Old City: Roaming around in the old city was an amazing experience. Its almost the same in character as Delhi's just the scale is smaller. Muslim dominated, amazing aroma of freshly prepared food, lots of bustle, narrow lanes and people walking chaotically all around.

Rajwada: Rajwada is like the centre of Indore and arguably the most important heritage building here. I didn't get the chance to go inside, I'll make sure that I go there before leaving. The entrance gate is magnificent with multiple floors in red and white. I think its red and beige sandstone work and has influences of Rajput and Maratha styles.

Bus Ride: Bus journey was good. Any city is best experienced either on foot or its public transport. Foot pe karne ka itna time nahi tha toh socha chalo bus me chad lete hai. Can you believe, bus stops here have electronic boards to tell what time the next bus would come!! Delhi please grow up (in this matter only, lol). Saw some nice buildings on the way out of which I could recognize just one called Gandhi Bhavan. It has a huge clock tower. Bus ride was fun with the locals chit chatting about their daily events (couldn't resist eves-dropping). :D

Just one more thing in this blog. Saw Bandit Queen last night. Amazing amazing movie. Seema Biswas!! Hats off to you lady. What a portray of Phoolan Devi. Absolutely spell bounding.