Delhi door nahi(thi)

The reason I prefer google tourism to physical one - you can visit the places as close as you wish. You can see each part of the architecture, zooming to your eyes’ content 

I don’t do well with people. People in a group- for more than a small encounter. So obviously I am in a kind of a soup. And as usual thinking about quitting. 

Here comes yesterday’s events. We visited Indira Gandhi memorial preceded by Birla Mandir. Which is not so majestic as Hyderabad mandir. And marble idols - they look more like dolls to us than Gods. We want our God to be black - like our hearts.

And another grouse is they did not allow our mobiles inside in this Mandir. Mobiles have now fused into our body and we feel physical pain without it.

And know this ye temples - allowing mobiles inside will result in free publicity for you. 

Looking at old photos of Indira Gandhi in Indira Memorial you realise how beautiful and regal she was. And how like you and me, attending school(in a saree? - it was 1930s though), playing with children and grandchildren. But we unlike us - meeting international politicians like Kennedy and his wife,

And do you know that in her time, people would jokingly say - there is only one man in India and it is her!

Rashtrapati bhawan was a disappointment. We were not to get down from the bus. The sight seeing was marred by an inept tour guide and Internet fed new generation old timers.

I have so much to say about Akshardham temple. Not very positive. 

Am I upset about the we had to wander clueless, pathless. Searching for the entrance to  temple- the basic requirement of the temple. Or the way we were shoved around from one auditorium to another, from one quadrangle with talking dolls to another. Or the way the staff were as cooperative as government office staff. 

Or aathe way all the shows - be it films, or boat ride or even music show, all were just publicity efforts. 

Dear, it is a temple, not a shopping mall. 

Only the water show was worth watching- with laser and fountains. You can ignore the story narrated in the background.