Delhi
“National Capital Region” or NCR is a phrase that was coined in our times. We were “stuck up” in the national capital region of Delhi, between NOIDA, Delhi and Gurgaon for three decades. We saw the transition from Palam Airport to Indira Gandhi International Airport, Old Delhi Gurgaon Road to NH-8 to NH48 and many more, until one day when pollution, and finally pestilence caught up … There is though much more to Delhi – historically and culturally than what is made out politically. “Dilli meri jaan” will always beat in our hearts.
Gwalior Light Railway
On a trip to Mathura, Vrindavan, Barsana and adjoining areas during Holi 2017, we had two days of inactivity in the region. We decided to take a drive along the narrow gauge, Gwalior Light Railway or Maharaja Railway. The Gwalior Light Railway was built by the Maharaja Madho Rao Scindia of the Gwalior State. In 1942, the Gwalior Light Railway was renamed the Scindia State Railway. In 1951, the system was purchased by the Central Railway. The stretch of 198 kilometers made it the world’s longest narrow gauge railway, and it remained so till the government shut it down in 2020.