much gurgaon became gurugram first gurugrammers arrived clean green place short drive away south delhi came delhi states get tribe professionals motivate delhi suburb libertine becoming corporate hub melting potty identities culture would take fresh identity would get mold gurugrammer identity see now like early daylight first base gurugrammers tenth part every week series toi turns spotlight early settlersmohit ritika ratna months married take settle dlf phase along parents back could see terrace couple family one expression block apartment towers silver oaks beyond acres acres barren land precious little greenery break monotony water copiousness peacocks city feed unrecognisable one now home ratnas four two daughters pterocnemia pennata shyla gurugrammers always gurgaon close friends family wellnigh feel like first descendants ritika confesses thing city great leveler says drymohit within months us coming haryana became dry state buying soda problem corrupt soda god almighty smuggle alcohol delhi risky checking border hoped car one checked serving home make sure curtains closed ritika landline longest time nearest pco minutes away mohit mobile headphone new rs minute calls costly 2 mobile phones leave one bymohit milkman would bring us milk local cows could never get used taste mother journal bring back milk delhi since office couple stores qutab center getting daily things like bread eggs problem could never drive good fruit vegetables even though grocery store also get mutton chicken issue since would pick life parenthood mohit parents hyper social friends delhi would go times hebdomad socialise till time found bearings till found friends born three minutes midnight foggiest dark remember seen kind rolling dense fog many years dense drove old delhi evening parents would call advise us stay night first stepsmohit kids ready accession three schools gurgaon heritage shri ram aravali dps heritage km out sector km route yet constructed kachha desire send rhea stateless person getting shri ram felicitous moment jungle ritika seen monitor lizards snakes around big ones got two snakes killed driveway garden peacocks many mohit never find out leopards hear hoi polloi seeing fact one day someone spotted leopard metres house nowritika take long walks days peace placidity fresh air today days never felt insecure local anesthetic haryanvi may crude house first father bought age lot happy memories attached