Around this time last night, mum, dad, uk and I were on a Delhi bound Spicejet flight. The plane left Chennai at 7 pm and reached Delhi at around 10 pm. It was our first time to the shiny new Chennai Airport and we were all really impressed with well how shiny it was. We were there at 3.30 pm (hours early) ; after checking our luggages in we pretty much had nothing to do but sit down and wallow in the oomph of the airport. ( I thought it was going to take us at least an hour to get our baggage through but we were done earlier. My check in alone weighs 25kgs but I'm allowed only 23kgs! God help me.) The plane finally left chennai, I let uk take the window seat.
The views were amazing... no really. The roads looked like tiny veins of lava running in straight lines, there were webs of yellow lamps scattered all over, cars moving like bugs. I thought of an idea to propose to. Someone. You spell the words "Marry me" with lights on, say, a cricket ground and get him to see it. (Um.)
Well you get the picture. It was just that beautiful.
I decided to tweet throughout this trip so I remember these things later.
In the morning we went to a family friends' place and she was to show us around Delhi. We did visit some places. I liked the idea of one unified faith... I am speaking of course of the Lotus Temple or the Bahai' place of worship. It is a comman place of quiet and meditation; people of all religions and castes are encouraged to pray to or meditate their God in silence inside a huge hall. The hall looks like a giant lotus... giant but not monstrous. And around the Lotus you'd see a clear blue pool of water beckoning you to come take a dip. The inside of the hall evidently looks like the inside of a Lotus and I'd like to think that they chose the Lotus as their symbol because it beautifully conveys the idea of many religions merging towards a path that leads to one God. No, seriously, you'll think of it too when you're inside. Frankly its the one idea of reaching God that I like. Yet.
After brief lunch at Tamilnadu Bhavan, we went shopping in Sarojini Nagar. And then we made quick stops at Rashtrapathi Bhavan, India Gate and The Parliament. I wish we'd went inside to take a good look and I wished to find a tour guide who could tell me interesting titbits about these monuments. Oh and also I must say no picture of these monuments do justice to how majestic and beautiful they all look in real life.
Two more days to roam around Delhi. Whew. Ta!
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