The 10 freedoms of Dilli

Shivjeet Kullar / TNN / Aug 21, 2007, 00:02 IST

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Delhi enjoys the freedom to do a lot of things -- like eating whatever one wants or getting drunk whenever and wherever...

Delhi enjoys the freedom to do a lot of things -- like eating whatever one wants or getting drunk whenever and wherever...
Okay, so this is Independence month. This is when we salute 60 years of India. And if India is celebrating 60 years of Independence, Dilli is too. So, this is a good time to look at what we have in Delhi by way of freedom. May I present to you 10 freedoms we enjoy in this city.
Freedom to eat: Whether you want to eat out for 200 bucks or Rs 20,000 there is a place for you.South Indian, French, Italian, Chinese, Punjabi Italian, Punjabi Chinese – it’s all there.
Freedom to beat: Unfortunately, everyone in this city seems ready to beat everyone else. On the roads, on the flyovers, in the parking places there’s so much rage going on.

Freedom to make it: They say Mumbai is the city of opportunity but I feel Delhi is the capital of potential success. Where else can Chholewallas become kings and cabbies become fleet owners?
Freedom to fake it: In a recent survey on Delhi’s sex habits, one out of three housewives confessed that they did not know what the big O was!
Freedom to shake it: Give a Dilliwallah an excuse and he or she begins to boogie-woogie with energy. Ever seen a

baraat in full flow on the road? Mike Jackson and Elvis – move over.
Freedom to take it: In the previous colony I lived, in Sarvapriya Vihar – one big dude actually blocked off a section of the road and made it his private park. Now in GK2 most of the pavements have been stolen for gardens and hedges. Moral – in Delhi he who wants to... takes it.
Freedom to Assimilate: Delhi-ties are carrying Swiss knives, demanding French pedicures, opting for Chinese acupuncture and speaking American. Oye ji – the world is in our mutthi.
Freedom to inebriate: Look into the cars during rush hour in the evening. Half the fellows in the cars are mixing liquids in a glass and drinking. In the back of cinema halls, from car boots near parks, in cola bottles in Dhabas... Delhi is one big bar, hic!
Freedom to build great: No matter how small or big his house is, a Dilli guy is free to build the facade he wants, English sloping roofs, Italian windows, French cobbled walls – Dilli is a crazy collection of architecture.
Freedom to urinate: Unfortunately, unlike the great civilisations, we don’t have enough rules or bathrooms. So on any average day 23,00,00,563 men do it somewhere in this city. Parks, walls, fences, pavements – just whip it out and stream it out.
Happy Independence Day, Dilli!

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