hi everyone
recently the correspondants (led by merve)landed up at old fort and humayun's tomb 4 taking pics .i ve been born and brought up in delhi and am 20 yrs now.i must admit that it was my first time to these places and i m still to see the birla temple and qutub minar amongst others.
i was completely dumbstruck by the magnificence of these structures.they have been reasonably well maintained given standard s of restoration work in india ,but were completely empty. these places offer excellent opportunies 4 spending time wid family ,friends or just ur shadow! there were a few goras there .....thats abt it. India Gate ..wich is usually crowded is a welcome exception to the "empty look" that these places bear. i put up this question to my french class whether they had visited these spots .most of em replied "No". tho we visited the spots on a weekday..i imagine that weekends wear a bare look also as oppoesed to the malls and multiplexes,pubs,discos .Perhaps this is a loud statement made by Delhites that "The symbols of Delhi have indeed changed" and that "They'd rather take their heritage for granted".The symbols of a city also essentially constitute facililites and places where there is massive activity and which a city can t do without......the metro,dtc and blue lines , local markets,the business districts like cp and ito,gurgaon and noida(!),mobile telephony,street vendors,coffee shops ,fast food joints,universities,India
Gate (thank God!) etc etc
Campus 18 correspondants ...maybe we really need a rethink about what we wanna shoot.So "The night club Elevate" is that on our list??
Mon Jul 09, 2007 9:38 pm
