This one will definitely ruffle a few but then, it is my blog, isn't it?
I actually feel like arguing but stop myself one step short realizing it may usually be futile. Cities like Bangalore, Gurgaon (yes, it is Gurgaon and not Delhi), Hyderabad and Mumbai have always faced the wrath of people working there. Most of them don't like their work cities. Most of them do not belong to these cities.
My simple question is - if you have a problem with everything ranging from traffic to rents to 'heartlessness' in here, why are you here? In questioning all the wrong things, one tends to forget that these are the cities with opportunities. They never asked to be the chosen ones but government policies, location, etc. worked in their favor. It is only the residents who realize how their towns changed into big cities which actually is the root cause of all the problems. I can speak for Gurgaon, been living here since birth. I have seen fields turn into glass buildings - a small town next to Delhi change into a city with the third highest per capita income in the country (after Chandigarh and Mumbai - yea, it is true!) Along with these mind bogging changes, it obviously had to bring with itself some problems. No one can deny that.
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My deal is - stay and make the most of it. These cities provide you your bread and butter (even though you may own vast fields in your hometown but you are still here, right?). Learn to adjust with these changes. Globalization and people movement starts from within. Deal with it as you would with say bland food in a foreign country but you'd still stay right?
I guess people make the most of it once they are probably forced to stay. I personally wasn't a fan of Hyderabad and am not even today. But yeah its fine as it goes on and life is not as bad as it seems. I believe more than anything probably its the people that make a city. How long can you stay while cribbing? Not much I guess!
ReplyDeleteFor the first couple of years when I was in Hyderabad, I was fighting it. The idea was to go back to Gurgaon / Delhi at the first opportunity. But then, like all love affairs, I don't know how or when it happened - I fell for the city's charms! The very differences in culture and character from Gurgaon that I had initially resisted, started drawing me to it. The laidback attitude, the weather, the drives to airport on the new expressway, the struggle to get hold of movie tickets on the weekends, food, the soft-spoken people and their 'hyderabadi' language. In the five years that I was there, Hyderabad and I saw each other grow!
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