During my recent trip to Uttarakhand , I was faced with a problem I had never encountered before. We were passing through Delhi, but we had hardly any time in the city. On earlier visits when I have had to change trains/flights at Delhi, I have always arrived in the morning and left again at night, visiting relatives in between. This time, I was arriving in the city at night, and leaving again early in the morning. There was hardly any time to visit people. I would only have a couple of hours with them before I’d have to leave again. For the first time, we considered booking a hotel, but there again, we were hesitant about the actual hotels, the costs involved, and the logistics of getting from the airport to the railway station and then back again from the station to the airport. That’s when we remembered reading something about a corporate-managed lounge at Delhi station. We soon figured out that we could book online and pay by the hour. Besides, we also learnt that there wasn’t ju
Samhith, with an officer from the Border Security Force, clicked at the Wagah Border.
The nameless, and often faceless people of the Border Security Force, are who help keep our country safe.... They were the only reason I re-visited the Wagah Border.... I might have lost my enthusiasm for the pomp and show of the falg lowering ceremony at the border, but for Samhith, it was a memorable occasion, one rendered even more memorable by this pic. More about my experiences at the border in the upcoming posts.
Amd imagine being in Delhi I have still not been to Wagha! Chhavi will probably come to the knees of this tall officer! Such a lovely picture.
ReplyDeleteYes, Mridula... and she will love all that hungama out there.. samhith did :D
DeleteI salute the spirit of India!
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Absolutely, Renuka!
DeleteI too salute them. Unfortunately I could never go there though my son and daughter had been. Congrats Samhit.
ReplyDeleteIts never too late, PNS! maybe you will still go there someday soon!
DeleteSalutations to those brave officers! Nice shot.
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thanks Niranjan!
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