‘Life in Gurgaon’ Archives
Tau Devi Lal Biodiversity Park, Gurgaon
Tau Devi Lal Biodiversity Park in Sector 52 Gurgaon is one of the few public parks in the city that gets some noticeable–albeit inadequate—attention from the city administration on its upkeep. A walk around this 2 acre park gives a clear impression of someone’s [Read More]
Paradise Lost
I’ve been a Gurgaon resident for close to 17 years. The first 7 years were spent in an apartment that we’d booked way back in our youth with dreams for a ‘clean and green life South of Delhi’ – our apartment builder’s catch phrase to attract young Delhites to [Read More]
Birding as more than a passing interest
I started looking at birds closely about 14 years ago. I can estimate this time somewhat accurately as I still remember my first focused birding walk of that long ago. It was in Sultanpur Bird Sanctuary on a wintery morning when my son, Kabir was just over a year old and we [Read More]
Renewing Driving Licence in Gurgaon
For more than a year I’d been repeatedly checking the expiry dates on Kishore‘s and my driver’s licence and worrying about the pain we’d have to endure for their renewal. The dates were only a few weeks apart so–like many things in our married [Read More]
Election and Power are Directly Related in Gurgaon!
I’d dreaded this time’s election not only thinking of its mismanagement in Gurgaon but also because in the weeks leading up to it, suddenly we had electricity almost all our days and nights. As a result, we acquired the bad habit of being in a cool house and [Read More]
Voting Blues in Gurgaon
The hour I spent at the Chiranjiv Bharti School in Sushant Lok, Gurgaon earlier today washed away any feelings of patriotism or civic sense that I’d summoned to cast my vote. The 3 stalls outside the school building were full of anxious people crowding around 2 [Read More]