gurF**kinggaon!

sun sets on the concrete empire.

this is a city that i have come to despise. not just because its completely devoid of any kind of chaos but also because its succeeded in killing the spirit of everyone who came to live here in search of a better life. Oh im sure there are people who 'love' the 'clean streets, the peace and high rise apartments with service quarters'. But really your only form of entertainment or community life is the MALL!!! And the promise of a better life seems to come at a big price.

the women still cant go out after 8 on their own, kids especially teenagers have no places to discover and the men can either play golf or you guessed it - take their family to the mall. there is NOTHIN ELSE TO DO. and if you dont have a car or a bike well you might as well be under house arrest unless you can spend 400 bucks on a cab journey even its only to the chemist and back about 3 kms away.

!!!! is this our 'shining new indian city?' i dont think they built a city, more like a dwelling. very nice looking dwelling but definitely not a city. nothing puslating, heaving or even shifting here. hell even the trees look thoroughly bored.

however, there IS hope. the metro is coming to Gurgaon from Delhi which means migrants, which means new cultures and ideas and HOPEfully someo of that ingenious indian entrepreneurship. Gurgaon needs some hawkers desperately.

and not everyone toes the line.

Calling themselves V for Vandalism, some deliciously evil delinquents have nicely made a dent in the trademark gurgaon indifference with political slogans (noone fucks with my democracy), personal shout outs (love you Mom) and other such insights expressed in public places in blood red. You see their handiwork in secret places, on a pillar holding up the vast jaipur highway, on the basement walls of a commercial car park or on some gola sellers cart.

here is something that i stumbled upon which curiously enough speaks of an advertising guru who's founding agency has a reserved parking space right here in the place of 'vandalism'