To my utter surprise, i was quite happy to see a guard offering me a trolley with a smile, for my luggage at the IGI airport..
Everywhere, i saw the banners displaying in bold:
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" A world class airport awaits you, till then inconvenience is regretted !! "
Leveraging on their recent success by marvellously renovating the Hyderabad international airport, am sure the efficiency and comfort of the passengers at IGI too is going to increase manifold.
Looks like India is all geared to host Common Wealth games in 2010.
Tourists from Jamaica who seemed to be spellbound by the diversity of India were sitting close to my seat in the waiting room. They also appreciated the efforts by GMR and wished the best for the future.
I was surprisingly given a royal treatment by the Alitalian crew..Courtesy the Italian flag on my T-shirt and BVB football cap on my head..)
The day unveiled one more pleasant surprise for me inside the plane..)
Guess who was sitting with me..??
A European lady in her mid thirties...
She sounded very listless in the waiting room, guess really tröubled by Delhi's scorching heat..)
Very innocently she asked me,
" Why is Delhi always so dirty,
why r people always cleaning,
Guess they have to start cleaning the very moment they have finished..))"
She happened to be a renowned social anthropologist, visiting Delhi University frequently for delivering lectures over diverse social topics!!
Probably a google search on her name " Britta Ohm" will throw a lot of light on her current projects in India ranging from Indianizing transnational television to Indian Software Revolution..
Her book on Indo Nationalism Globalization will be published soon costing 600 INR..
She almost took my interview..Wont be really surprised if i see my name in some of her upcoming books..!
I was really happy to be back to my charming city, Düsseldorf.. and enjoy the mesmerizing snowfall here!
We discovered a new city Wuppertal today, quite famous for covering the entire city by its suspended monorail ...the aerial ferry over the river wupper almost felt like a ride on a roller coaster..There r still so many places yet to be explored..! .
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Inspired by old hindi melodies these days, here i go with one of my favorites from the movie Anand..
Maine tere liye hi saat rang ke sapne chune,
Sapne, surile sapne,
Kuch hansee ke, kuch gum ke,
Teri ankhon ke saye churaye rasili yaadon ne,
Maine tere liye hi saat rang ke...
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Choti baaten,
Choti choti baaton ki hai yaadein bani,
Bhoole nahin bithi hui ek choti ghadi,
Janam janam se, aankhen bichaaye,
tere liye in rahon mein,
Maine tere liye ...
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Bhole bhale,
Bhole bhale dil ko behlate rahe,
Tanhai mein tere khayalon ko sajate rahe,
Kabhi kabhi tho, aavaaz dekar, mujhko jagaya khabon ne,
Maine tere liye ...
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Roothi raatein,
Roothi hui raaton ko jagaya kabhi,
Tere liye bithi subah ko bulaya kabhi,
Tere bina bhi, tere liye hi,
diye jalaye raaton mein,
Maine tere liye ...
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Remember there used to be a 
