Delhi metro – Its cheap, fast and
convenient but it comes with its own share of issues. A lifeline for the people
of delhi and Ncr , get used to the
unwritten rules to make your travel enjoyable. These are part core reality,
part observations….Rest upto you to decipher what is what.
1. If you are a smartphone user,
make use of the navigation app from google play otherwise do what the
foreigners do- carry a route map.
2. 3 Combat zones ( read
Interchange stations) challenge and assault your every sense…Rajeev chowk,
Central Secretariat and Kashmiri Gate. Kashmiri Gate throws your stabilization
radar into disarray with people boarding and deboarding with tons of luggage.
C. Sec can crush you under the stampede of people running to catch the metro
towards Badarpur ( Violet Line). Rajeev chowk is the baap of all…Max crowd, max
distractions ( the most beautiful girls), max confusion (direction arrows
towards exit can fuse your mind).
3. Rajeev chowk is just like
Mumbai local. You cant get down from the train, stand and look for
directions…the crowd will take you to someplace else if you stop, think and
look. Its not for people who like to walk with the speed of jogging. Get out ,
walk some distance with the crowd and then look for the direction you want to
go.
4. Looking for a seat??? Forget
it…until you want to get yourself seriously hurt..The mad rush for seats at max
all stations (except Rajeev) ensures that the coaches are occupied in max 20
seconds flat. You will be either pushed to the opposite door or would get yourself
hurt by the iron rod.
5. Situational awareness is
important. When you are about to board in a rush of people, try going to the
left or the right side after entering it..Make up your mind pre emptively. This
would ensure that you are either in the mid of the coach or the space joining
the 2 coaches (I call it the nest). Why nest?? Away from the hustle bustle of
the people , couples stand there and talk to each other like lovebirds , so
it’s a nest. I Have seen many people fall in the mad scramble..Just enjoy the
fights afterwards that happen for seats.
6. Caution with the fairer sex.
They enter the coach and stand just at the door holding the handle. So if you
are behind them, don’t expect them to move ahead. Find your way around them.
7. Train your ears to bear with
loud talk, absurd ringtones if your ears are not covered. Over enthusiastic
sales people discuss the whole month plan and office politics in the coach over
the phone, people coming from villages and the like have Bhojpuri and 90s songs
as ringtones in full volume. You are bound to get irritated… J
8. It takes old people and new
cellphone model users time to pick up their calls…they stare at the screen for
not less than 10 seconds to answer the call…god knows what they keep thinking
although number and name both flashes in big.
9. Want to look different infront
of the females?? Just be yourself... I carry a novel with me and am quite
engrossed while reading it. Not many guys have this habit so have noticed gals
looking with awe…stealing glances does help J
10. The most beautiful of the lot
is found at only 2 lines…yellow line ( towards D.U.) and the blue line ( going
towards Dwarka and Noida). The ones towards Rajendra Place are the working
class type as also with Noida ones. The rest constituted into non working types
mainly and single ( few can be committed).
12. A bit of loud voice helps if
you are part of a large crowd stuck in the coach and the doors are about
to close. Shout and make your way to safety. Those retractable doors hurt
really hard- twice on the body.
13. If you commute to office every
morning by this, then be prepared for being late..Any day a technical glitch
can mean crowds of over 2000 people and late services alongwith a new fad.
Metro stations and main lines have become the new suicide points for people.
They can jump from metro stations and also infront of an incoming train. Your
train can get late anytime and you`ll get used to the Sorry for the
inconvenience message really soon.
14.
A single thought which would
run through your mind when you see a absolutely gorgeous girl and a ok type boy
with her , “Isko yehi namuna mila tha?”…and you start the spot the differences
mentally.
15.
Whatever be the boy like to the
girl but he`ll be extremely caring, protective of the girl in the metro. He
will take care of the crowd for her, get her a seat, would make her comfortable…When
de-boarding she’ll be infront of him with his hand on her shoulder to support
her and save her from any pushing.
16. Which character had the
shortest memory??Ghajini??No….it would be you. With absolute stunners from the
whole of the city and neighbouring cities, the average mind retention time
would be only till you see the next stunner…a total assault on the senses.
17. Metro is host to the latest in
fashion. The perfect match of trendy fashion on the simplest of girls…the
perfect oomph factor.
18. Remember the Santoor ad ?? It
holds true…Prepare for heartbreaks…With no easily visible mangalsutra and the perfect
hiding of Sindoor, you can easily mistake that “Married” lady to be single. Its
either on the close scrutiny that you`ll spot the sindoor or a child will
excitedly shout “Mummy” to the same girl whom you had thought to her Bua /
Cousin sister… The dreamy castles just raze to the ground.. L
19.
Want to see and meet
foreigners?? 9.20 a.m. onwards groups of them can be found along with their
guide on the yellow line at Rajeev chowk…The tourist destinations are there.. (
See I told a secret).
20. With your restlessness taking the better of you,
you`ll meet children in the metro who are fun to watch. Small boys asking too
many questions, little girls holding their fathers hand tightly…you just see
them and get lost in the innocence. Just wave to them when you are about to get
down and they`ll return the gesture and it will bring a smile to your face.
21. If you are sitting on the seat
and a senior citizen is standing infront of you then they`ll stare you with
such ferocity that you`ll wander that whether you committed any crime by sitting?
22. Its said that the communters of
metro are hard pressed for time so a bit rude…Wrong…there are exceptions. There
have been instances where people have made way for the blind to enter first,
giving them a seat unmindful of their own discomfort, helping them with
directions and if both are lucky enough to get down on the same station then
helping them reaching their destination otherwise requesting other commuters
with the line “Bhai sahab inko station par help kar dijiyega”? and affirmative
nods following. Everyone comes forward in helping them…
There can be a lot more
things to go into but these are the main points which would help you in
enjoying the journey because its fast, convenient and magical..Its delhi`s
lifeline…
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