gurgaon is the city i love to hate!
i mean, the infrastructure is bad, conveyance is a pain ( going to delhi is a nightmare..) and its practically a concrete jungle- the only hangout places for some timeout being malls- and with their excessive rush, dats not really relaxing! fun- yes but definitely not relaxing! and if dats not enough- statistics show its really unsafe, especially for women!
and yet, after chandigarh, my hometown- which is the bestest place in the world- in terms of beauty, planning, infrastructure, and just about everything else- the only other city i can think of settling in is gurgaon!
its not hard to guess if thats a merit of gurgaon or its comparability with every other major city in india that has employment opportunities for the educated youth.
its about choosing which are the lesser evils in your perspective and rank-ordering based on your subjective priorities.
growth story or no growth story, can we Indians atlsest demand a better standard of living today! will things ever change? will our country's infrastructure ever be close to appropriate or is it a binary option for our cities- be underdeveloped or repeat the infamous bangalore disaster!
inflation may be soaring. .financial markets are down and out and retail is still an untapped opportunity! but hey, i think we have progressed far out in the last 60 years, to have some concrete policy decisions for decent cities! what really will it take? rather, will anything work or is it going to be a total demise of urban india through slow muder!
I beg to disagree with you with the title here...quoting of one example cannot be generalized across nation..and its not the question of policies which is debated most of the times...rather its the execution...
ReplyDeleteI completely agree..this city has only malls and in 3 years there will be 150 more malls (acc to a conservative estimate)...this so called millenium city doesnt even have a decent library......i am also frm chd and living in gurgaon is certainly a horrible experience.....these two cities are at the opposite end of the spectrum ......one is a city in which state has completely abdicated it responsibility and another one is a city which has got everything whatever it has demanded all through these years.....but dnt worry this is bound to change.......slowly slowly these so called gaurdian of the states are responding to the all these demands.....reply
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