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Kanhaiya Conquers The challenges gracefully

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He has just finished his quick lunch which consisted of only 1 banana as there is no eatery or tea stall nearby where this good deeds seller is sitting and selling bananas 2.5 dozen for 100 Rs, that will be served to monkeys by the desperate customer who is looking for quick good karmas in a plastic utensil which has to be returned after the banana treat is over. On this sunny afternoon, probability is that only 1 out of 500 cars will stop to buy banana mentioned by kanhaiya, he is surrounded by monkeys always but they had never bitten anyone during his last 8 years long career as good deed seller, they will bite you only if you try to grab or harm their babies says kanhaiya. So kanhaiya believes that no human can achieve more than what is written in his destiny and believes in always being happy and showing gratitude towards life, despite of the complete financial responsibility of his parents, wife and kids who lives in a UP village, he visits his village once in 5 months as he canno...

Buddha Jayanti Park Exit Gate, OR Entry to Heaven

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Due to corona, government has closed many public places which also has the name of Buddha jayanti park which is known for its huge forest area and natural surroundings, their is no entry ticket to this park which is also the part of Aravalis, the oldest mountain range in the world, presently all of its entry and entry gates are closed for general public with multiple caretakers keeping an eye with a wood long stick in their hands to prevent any human entry in the park, but a silent entry can be arranged for couples who are looking for some personal moments with full privacy and security just by paying 500 Rs to a person with white hairs who has special authority to allow anyone in the park despite of being officially closed. In fact some autos are still waiting outside park gate for quick transport mode to anywhere in Delhi, if you are alone or with same gender then maya the money will not support you in this exclusive entry to the forest, while there is no official time slot for thi...

Malcha Forest Mysterious Walk

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It an official address of one of the preserved forest areas in Delhi, a city where people are always looking for parking space for their vehicles and most of them might not be aware or ignorant of this forest area breathing in the middle of delhi named as Malcha forest which is also famous for its Malcha mahal which is being exploited by many youtubers for its haunted status. The forest does not have any official basic facility for humans like water, washroom or even a seat to sit, it could be a memorable walk if someone visits here without any assumptions about the forest, one might not be able to guess that he is standing in delhi city if he directly reach in the middle of this forest. Forest serves as a official habitat for monkeys who have acquired almost every corner and centre of this jungle due to lack of birth control measures but they never mind any interference by humans may be due to some mutual respect, it also serves as a source of free and fresh wood that could be used ...

Kashmiri Delhi … Only Sunday

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Only Winters, Only Sunday, Only Sunny day.. Lodhi garden is visited by Kashmiri people and becomes a mini Kashmir and continues till sunset, it’s a complete surprise and treasure for a delhihite to see so many Kashmiris at a single place in the centre of Delhi, in other worda it could be short Sunday trip to kashmir for you where you can observe and feel the Kashmiri culture without actually visiting original state. It’s a completely different culture like sitting in a straight row to enjoy lazy brunch consists of those spicy and tastiest biryanis, females smiling and shining in groups wearing those traditional pherans which are like full body length gowns, the headgears covering their head, men wearing those plain yet elegant kurtas with same color cap walking calmly like they are listening to music from those lazy mountains. The families sitting in lodhi garden are completely ignorant of the Delhi traffic and absence of mountains and enjoying like they are sitting on personal shikara...

Urban Monkey Never Bites

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What comes in your mind if someday you come across group of monkeys in front of you, first one could be that a surprise and sudden bite can come from any direction, but there is an exclusive place in Delhi left for only monkeys where no monkey had bitten any human during last 8 years as claimed by a banana vendor who’s destiny is to sell banana to humans who wants to feed the monkey’s for fun, thrill or due to astrologer advice. The lane officially named as Simon Bolivar Street if practically encroached by the monkeys who spend their full day on this street without harming any human or some free roaming cows and bulls. One end of this monkey street has all the embassies where you will find queues for visa application and also those foreign nationals on work permit and at other end of street airport metro can be seen flashing fast, but these friendly monkeys are not aware neither they care about these places as they have no idea about facility of travelling to other country. The locatio...

HariKrishan Ji - The Human & Good Deeds Seller

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What could be the better proposition than this, when you get opportunity to become your own boss, working hours are full of solitude, good deeds are part of daily routine. Meet Mr HariKrishan who sells banana to those who want to earn good karma by feeding hungry monkeys who are fortunate to born and brought up in delhi otherwise they had to work hard for their survival in natural forests. Harikrishan Ji starts his day by visiting kotla market early morning to buy fresh bananas at wholesale price to sell them to monkey feeders during the course of day, as it is the law of nature that challenges comes in all jobs, so this job also has 2 major challenges, one is to finish the stock of bananas as soon as possible as this yellow fruit is highly perishable in nature, and the second challenge is the policewalla who has some weekly monetary demands from all street vendors irrespective of the product, so that can be managed by spending 200-300 Rs , harikrishan ji admit that he does not mind pa...

Born in India, Made for the whole World

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When you see him from far, he looks like Bohemia the famous rapper, when you see him without his black shades, he looks alike Will smith, but when you talk to him, he turns out to be a traveller like a free bird travels from one country to another in different weather conditions, Meet Mr Pranav who is sitting on a bench of a south Delhi famous garden enjoying or rather living the lush greenery and posh people, he is sitting in a plain maroon shirt with matching colour elegant cap barefoot with socks and shoe removed in this winter evening while rest of the humans around are in multiple layer clothing, It is very rare these days to spot a person sitting doing nothing without reading, listening, watching, exercising or sleeping, so this is the most unique observation about pranav that he is sitting and doing the toughest task in the world that is art of doing nothing, and even more this human do not believes in planning or investing for future that resembles to hippy’s life, but unlike ...