SOJOURN TO NEW DELHI

THE  TIME OF MY VISIT TO THE NATIONAL CAPITAL COINCIDED WITH THE BJP LED NDA GOVERNMENT'S NEW MINISTRY FORMATION AT THE NEW PARLIAMENT.ONE WEEK STAY IN NEW DELHI BROUGHT JOY BECAUSE OF TWO REASONS .ONE IS THE VICTORY OF OUR PARTY IN THE ELECTIONS AND OTHER BEING IN NATIONAL CAPITAL REGION.FOR THE FIRST TIME.OUR PARTY'S SPRAWLING OFFICE AT DEEN DAYAL UPADHYAYA MARG WAS A TREAT TO WATCH FOR ITS MAJESTIC PRESENCE ON BOTH SIDES OF THE ROAD.THE WHOLE WEEK OF MY STAY IN DELHI DIDNT INVOKE ANY KIND OF BOREDOM BECAUSE OF ITS UMPTEEN ATTRACTIONS WHICH KEPT ME ENGAGED THROUGHOUT.SINCE IAM AN ART LOVER MY FIRST VISIT WAS TO LALITHA KALA ACADEMY AND TO TRIVENI KALA MUSUEM WHERE GREENPEACE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITED THE NATURAL DISATER CAUSED BY CLIMATE CHANGE IN DIFFFERENT PARTS OF INDIA THEY DEPICTED THE WOES OF THE PEOPLE WITH PICTURES AND NARRATION WHICH WAS MOSTLY UNHEARD OF.

THE DEPLETION OF MANGROVES IN SUNDERBANS IN BAY OF BENGAL ALONGWITH THE HEATWAvE DISASTERS IN NORTHERN PARTS OF INDIA.OCKHI CYCLONE DEVASTATION IN KERALA AND FLOOD AFFECTED AREAS OF ORISSA WERE FEATURED POIGNANTLY .I MET ONE CAMPAIGNER OF GREENPEACE CHENNAI YASIN FAHMIDA WHO DESCRIBED THE CAUSE AND MADE ME JOIN THEIR SIGNATURE CAMPAIGN TO DECLARE HEATWAVES OF NORTH INDIA A NATURAL DISASTER. MY VISIT TURNED BLEISURE SINCE I HAD SOME BUSINESS INTERESTS TOO.I MET MY OLD PAL WHO'S THE NEWS BUREAU CHIEF OF A LEADING MALAYALAM DAILY IN NEW DELHI.ALL ATTRACTIONS ARE WELL CONNECTED BY BUS AND METRO RAIL.IF YOU ARE FAMILIAR BUS WOULD BE AM IDEAL CHOICE SINCE ITS ECOONOMICAL BUT IN SOME PLACES AUTO RICKSHAW ALONE PLY.THE NATIONAL MUSUEM HAS MAMY COLLECTIONS OF HISTORICAL IMPORTANCE.AND JANTAR MANTAR WAS UNIQUUE FOR ITS ANTIQUITY.THE RAMPARTS OF KARTAVYA PATH AND NATIONAL WAR MEMORIAL STANDS OUT BY ITS GRANDEUR.AKSHARDHAMTEMPLE OF NEW DELHI WAS OPEN FROM THE VERY MORNING TILL EVENING FOR DEVOTEES OF SRI SWAMI NARAYAN.THE STAY WAS EXHILRATING INSPITE OF SOARING HEAT.THOUGH I MADE A POINT TO MEET ALL MY COMMITMENTS

 THERE ARE STILL TO EXPLORE IN NEW DELHI WHICH WAS CURTAILED DUE TO MY VISIT SCHEDULED TO ANOTHER METRO CITY MUMBAI.