Delhi is now officially part of Gurgaon

The only culture in Gurgaon, it is said, is agriculture. And so it is that rarely, maybe once in a blue moon, does Delhi Times, the pull-out with Times of India, come out with a whole page about Gurgaon. And this morning I was really pleased to find one whole page titled ‘GURGAON’ and ‘LOCALLY VOCAL’.

It was nice to note that Pandit Ritesh, Rajnish Mishra, Debojyoti Bose and our own Sonu Nigam enthralled the audience. There is even a snap of ‘The audience’. But a closer look shows that all this happened in the ‘capital’ (of Gurgaon?). There is another article about the high walls of Tihar which have failed to stop an inmate from pursuing a degree in social work. Another about an exclusive Mughal evening of music poetry and dance organized by the ‘Embassy of Switzerland’, but where in Gurgaon is not mentioned. Another is about a stray which was mercilessly killed by youngsters in a North Delhi Colony.

So, dear readers, it is nice to get a lot of stories about Delhi in a page devoted to Gurgaon. There is not much news about Delhi in the papers and we residents of Gurgaon are really starved for news of our neighbouring city.

But there are only two explanations for this queer turn of events:

EXPLANATION 1:

Delhi has officially ceded to the city of Gurgaon and our Deputy Commissioner can look forward to taking over the reins of that runaway city. This is really good!

EXPLANATION 2:

There is no news regarding the cultural events being organized in Gurgaon. But no news, for once, is bad news.


And maybe that is why, tucked away in the corner, is a small box which says ,

‘If you’ve got an interesting event, goss (WHAT’S THAT?) or info about trends and happenings in your area, mail us itimes@indiatimes.com (sic). We’ll get back to you.’

So dear readers, please send in the latest events in your locality – the stray in the street had a litter, the neighbours son won at gilli danda, the maid did not come to work today. Send in anything as long as it is news. They’ll get back!!!

By the way, I looked up ‘goss’ on the Webster’s online dictionary and nearest it came was gosh, gross, toss or goose (Both uncooked and cooked)

NEXT ON THIS BLOG:

Now that corruption is the new byword in the country and everyone knows something about it, I thought that when the whole country is jumping on the bandwagon, I will also send in my piece – please look forward to it today evening!


(c) Dr Rajiv Bhatia