Do It Go

My friends is heading to India for the first time. I cannot believe how lucky she is she has her travel booked and then met some really nice folks from India through her Sangha. Apparently these people are very wealthy by Indian standards and have a nice house they offered for her to stay in instead of a hotel. She jumped at the chance to stay with an Indian family in India. After the meeting she ran home to cancel the reservations she had booked for herself in a five star hotel India. Now even more excited to be going than ever before I anxiously waited to hear about her trip and adventures in India. She flew into Delhi and this family arranged for their driver to meet her at the air port and take her back to their house. She said it was an experience. The massive crowds in the streets, the pollution and the poverty were overwhelming. The drive navigated his way through these streets filled with people, animals, carts, buses and other cars like a pro, after all he wasn’t new to all of this. She sent back several reports as her trip progressed. She said the contrast from the streets and slums of Delhi to the compound where she was invited to stay was starting. The driver drove the car through the crowds of people up to a gate in a vary tall and long wall. The gate opened and there were guards to keep anyone other than the car from coming in. She said it was unbelievable, once passing through the gate is was like the garden of eden. Lush tropical garden with pomegranate, fig and mango trees. Water fountains and a pond filled with gold fish and koi. The house was large and the compound consisted of several buildings. The main house, quarters for servants, gardener’s, guards and gardener’s and guest quarters. A very stark contrast to the suffering and poverty out side the walls. My friend came home in awe of the contrasts that are India, poverty next to wealth, crime and squallier next to great insight and enlightenment.

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When traveling to Delhi, 5 star hotels are the perfect way to make your accommodations in luxury comfort.  Our hotels are remarkably distinctive in style and panache, providing a splendid base from which to see a remarkable city.  We specialize in hospitality and graciousness, insuring that your stay here will help to revitalize the body and mind.  Dining here is splendid, featuring local and national cuisines, with international touches, prepared by our first-rate chefs.  There are also exercise facilities, and plenty of wonderful extras that make our hotels an exquisite experience.

Delhi is an amazing city.  One of the longest continually-inhabited places on earth, Delhi attracts artists, intellectuals, people in business, politicians, and others from all walks of life, intrigued by the city’s magic appeal.  There is also a thriving performing arts community here, reflecting the populations they serve.  One performing company not to miss is the Asmita Theatre Group.  Founded in 1993, their mission is to showcase works that are aesthetically innovative and socially relevant, catering to a large cross-section of the population.

Their work is very much grounded in the community here, and speaks to contemporary and very local issues and concerns.  But there is also a genuine attempt to appeal to everyone, so that visitors here will find a lot to admire in Asmita Theatre.  They perform almost entirely in Hindi, so an evening of theatre here will be very much a reflection of the place, and is a fantastic way to begin to learn about the people who live in Delhi.  The company’s director, Arvind Gaur has an extremely impressive resume, having directed over 48 plays, all over India, in the U.S., and in Australia.  He has worked on traditional plays, contemporary comedies, political dramas, and solo work.  His commitment to the form, and dedication to bringing the work to the people of Delhi, is in line with the company’s mission, and gives excellent reasons for visiting Delhi.

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Located on the banks of the Yamuna River in India, Delhi is the second largest city in India and the eighth largest city in the world. With a population of almost 16 million people, this metropolitan city is Delhi. The official name is National Capital Territory of Delhi. The city boasts of income levels higher than average. Due to the major political, commercial and cultural influences, Delhi has become quite the cosmopolitan city. There are ancient and exquisite buildings, such as the world’s tallest freestanding brick minaret, the Qutub Minar, and the Humayun’s Tomb built in 1560.

When exploring Delhi you will find that is a whole new adventure in itself; it is a maze as you navigate the mansion lined crowded streets. Vehicles of all descriptions are bustling hither and yon, whether it is buses, trucks, rickshaws, carts, cars, they are all going somewhere. So getting where you want to go is definitely part of the excitement. Delhi hotels Asia are another integral part of this adventure. Beautiful, statuesque buildings, richly decorate, these hotels are found throughout the city and are there for your comfort. There are many to choose from such as the world renowned Taj Mahal, The Imperial built in 1931 with its Victorian charm blended with Art Deco, the Oberoi New Delhi or the Maidens Hotel. All offering the finest in amenities, swimming pools and spas, hot tubs, fitness centers, wheelchair accessibility and of course the fabulous restaurants offering mouthwatering cuisine.

There is more than plenty to do in Delhi with all the wonderful museums, forts and monuments, the ornate and breathtakingly beautiful places of worship, exhibits, parks, gardens, art displays, street festivals, shopping. And the nightlife is abundant with the numerous nightclubs and bars, all flashing their festive decorations and bright colors, the hip music for dancing or just plain listening and watching. Rock and rolling or reading, it’s your choice in Delhi.

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The most savvy traveler will always hold a special place in their heart for five-star hotels in New Delhi.  These hotels are a magnificent combination of tradition and dedication, and speak of the best that Delhi hospitality can bring.  The interiors are sumptuous, and suggest an atmosphere of decadence and luxury.  They are places to totally refresh the mind, body, and spirit, and the city is one of the most incredible places on earth to get a sense of perspective again.  The whole human drama plays itself out here every day, and often several times a day.

There is a spectacular sense here that people watching was originated in these streets, or, at the very least, that New Delhi has turned people watching into an art form.  There are multiple languages and cultures that live here, and are carried by human hearts as they move through the city, in a fantastic display of life in the here and now.  There are remarkable local traditions and stories, and in some of the Hindu stories, the place of the monkey god Hanuman signifies devotion, righteousness, and strength.  For many traditional people, the god is present in all monkey forms, and monkeys are creating some interesting situations for the citizens of Delhi.  Rhesus monkeys in Delhi are starting to attack people in droves.  They come looking for food, and their manner of scavenging is rather unpredictable, creating dangerous situations, and even death, as the Deputy Mayor S. S.Bajwa lost his life due to complications from head injuries after being swarmed by rhesus monkeys on his terrace.

Monkeys and humans have always had an interesting relationship, especially when living in close proximity.  It is a long story of negotiations of space, and there are always problems in working it out when the populations start to grow.  But one solution in Delhi is rather new.  Officials are starting to bring in another kind of monkey, langurs, to scare off the rhesus monkeys.  Langurs are a larger, black-face species, that rhesus monkeys are typically terrified of.  The solution is effective for keeping the rhesus monkeys away from where langurs are acting as guards, but the rhesus monkeys are creating new troubles where they are starting to have larger concentration, and the langurs also have their own problems.  The langur’s tail is extremely effective as a weapon, and can actually break the skin.  So there are many who claim that this is merely replacing one problem with another, and the real issue here is a question of ecological balance, which would require a much more complicated set of solutions.

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