It happened so soon, I am still amazed its over - Vineet's trip to Agra to see the Taj Mahal!
No sooner did we reach New Delhi railway station, when we searched for a ramp, we were told by the coolies there-' The ramp is way off- around one kilometre away. Save time and hire two of us and you'll be out in no time.'Seemed okay to us and we hired two coolies and even then we had Vin being carried by his papa. Papa was very exhausted by the time we climbed a flight of stairs, then walked quite some distance and then another flight of stairs to go down. And all this while I kept thinking to myself- This is my country's capital city and look at its state - ramps have been made miles away!! Our Asansol city railway station is so much easily accessible. Nevertheless...This story is to be carried forward. So please read the end part about New Delhi Railway Station again...
So the first day we planned to around the nearby areas such as 'Rashtrapati Bhawan'(the President's residence) and the 'INDIA GATE". It was a beautiful evening and there was cool breeze all around. Vin took lots of snaps with his camera and saw the R B through locked gates. Many other tourists were also there. Then we took a walk towards India Gate situated nearby. We passed beautiful gardens and the Parliament House as well on the way. But Alas! when we reached India Gate no one was allowed to go up to it, 'coz there had been a haul of bombs by terrorists the day before. So we had to satisfy ourselves by taking snaps from a distance. It was a beautiful place- the parks in front of it- there were families sitting and chatting, small babies in strollers, young couples and plenty of snack-vendors. It was a very homely sight :)
So apparently a year or two back, Vin told his dad he wanted to see the Taj Mahal. I don't exactly recollect why he specifically wanted to see it and not another. So his papa said there will be a school term break in March and we can all go then. Then we forgot all about it. In January this year, Vin was chatting with his grandma who had just returned from her holiday to my younger BIL's home in Abu Dhabi. And he repeated about the Agra trip. That was how we were reminded of it and immediately we did the bookings. Time flew and on 22nd March, we boarded the overnight train to New Delhi (Agra city is just another 200 kms from Delhi).No sooner did we reach New Delhi railway station, when we searched for a ramp, we were told by the coolies there-' The ramp is way off- around one kilometre away. Save time and hire two of us and you'll be out in no time.'Seemed okay to us and we hired two coolies and even then we had Vin being carried by his papa. Papa was very exhausted by the time we climbed a flight of stairs, then walked quite some distance and then another flight of stairs to go down. And all this while I kept thinking to myself- This is my country's capital city and look at its state - ramps have been made miles away!! Our Asansol city railway station is so much easily accessible. Nevertheless...This story is to be carried forward. So please read the end part about New Delhi Railway Station again...
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| VINEET IN FRONT OF INDIA GATE, NEW DELHI, INDIA |
So the first day we planned to around the nearby areas such as 'Rashtrapati Bhawan'(the President's residence) and the 'INDIA GATE". It was a beautiful evening and there was cool breeze all around. Vin took lots of snaps with his camera and saw the R B through locked gates. Many other tourists were also there. Then we took a walk towards India Gate situated nearby. We passed beautiful gardens and the Parliament House as well on the way. But Alas! when we reached India Gate no one was allowed to go up to it, 'coz there had been a haul of bombs by terrorists the day before. So we had to satisfy ourselves by taking snaps from a distance. It was a beautiful place- the parks in front of it- there were families sitting and chatting, small babies in strollers, young couples and plenty of snack-vendors. It was a very homely sight :)
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