It was 40 nostalgic years back when I used to travel in bus from Delhi ISBT to Shimla during my first job. The bus-stand was newly built but used to be dirty, crowded, chaotic, noisy. And those days too it used to represent the classical rudeness of Delhi.
Forward to this day, it was after few decades that I was traveling to Shimla in bus and visited ISBT again. It was early morning. The place is it still crowded, chaotic, dirty, stinking, noisy and now also almost threatening. And I heard it is renovated. It still represents what Delhi at the core is.
These places ( another disappointing one is outside New Delhi Railway station) symbolise quality of local civility and showcase raw street culture of the capital to the visitors.
Vendors, taxiwalaas, autorickshaw walaas in Delhi all need to be tutored by sending them to compulsory discipline and behavioural training to Mumbai, Kakinada, Cochin, Thirupathi for two weeks. Most Delhiites have this issue that they have never been to the world outside to experience what a good culture and public conduct is.
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