Like all Mega cities, new and old, modern and ancient live together in Delhi too.
The confluence of two distant ages is amazing to watch.
Though I was watching it constantly, last December when I was at Purana Qila in Delhi, I saw the sea of cars just from corner in Purana Qila. During that moment I realized that the city of cities has been holding these two eras in a nice way together.
The point was again emphasized when last Dunday I was at Feroz Shah Kotla. From a 14th Century Jami Masjid, I could see flyovers and cars running smoothly.
It is not that the ancient and the modern has nothing to do with each other. They have learnt to co-exist peacefully.
The confluence apparently is peaceful, but who knows what price has been paid by people - in the past and in the present!!
The confluence of two distant ages is amazing to watch.
Though I was watching it constantly, last December when I was at Purana Qila in Delhi, I saw the sea of cars just from corner in Purana Qila. During that moment I realized that the city of cities has been holding these two eras in a nice way together.
The point was again emphasized when last Dunday I was at Feroz Shah Kotla. From a 14th Century Jami Masjid, I could see flyovers and cars running smoothly.
It is not that the ancient and the modern has nothing to do with each other. They have learnt to co-exist peacefully.
The confluence apparently is peaceful, but who knows what price has been paid by people - in the past and in the present!!
I am amazed to look at the sea of cars. Yes the progress comes at a price!
ReplyDeleteYes, a lot of price!!
ReplyDeleteI hate cars in my pictures of old buildings and keep on lookng for angles where I can avoid them. I know it is hypocrisy, travelling in a car and then hating them! :)
ReplyDeleteSunilbhai, ours is the generation caught in various types of dilemma(s).
ReplyDeleteIn our impatience for progress, we sacrifice our past for the present?
ReplyDeleteAnd also sometimes sacrifice present for the past? I am not sure, which way we are moving!
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