a city which breeds politicians and bureaucrats cant exactly be one where citizens are genuinely concerned either about the city or their fellow citizens delhi is a city which emerged out of partition more than anything else the babus and the politicians give it a unique character it is perhaps the most conspicuously consuming city and yet the areas where all these wealthy live are actually infested with mountains of garbage all their selfridges plastic bags are left to rot in service lanes behind their illegally constructed houses which is why the city can never progress in real terms it can only grow fatliberalism is only to be found in bars clubs and the million fashion shows that this city hosts but theres the dilliwalas double standard here liberalism is allowing your daughter to wear a mini but asking her to cover up with a shatoosh just so the colony guard doesnt lech it is also a city where you almost never marry the woman you love since papaji must always arrange thingsemotional quotient its all about remembrance day only we celebrate funerals and memorial days of big and small leaders yet at the core its cold why because almost everyone has come here to make a life for themselvesmaterialism quotient very high seen diwali or the neighbourhood shaadi our fashion designers are trousseau providers and card parties are the index of material wealth so it really doesnt matter if you are diddling your own brother or fleecing the government as long as you can keep the sharab and the kebab flowing the delhiite will flock to your party the day that dries up so does his feelingsthe average delhiite is hardly hedonistic because when it really comes to hardcore hedonism he is either drunk or asleep or both raves are the new mantra for survival and a blind date at some silly multiplex is nirvanaiq did you ask you must be joking here intellectualism is a communist concept it has nothing to do with knowledge besides what will you do with brains when the city is nothing but a glorified akharaindias largest black money market is in delhi which is why the delhiite is very enterprising meetings are never about work they are about getting the work done and things fixed delhis culture now thats an oxymoronmentally the average delhiite is ten with the heart of a 16yearold which is why bottompinching and eveteasing in delhi is agefree we even had the husband of a college principal whistle at girls in this citythe political quotient is very high everyone wishes to be a vijay goel and trumpet the fact that they are close to both vajpayee and advani it is important to drop their names as often as you can and if you really want to brag you just use the words babji