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Note to us: As we cope with the ongoing democratic crisis in our country, apart from the pandemic, I hope that we as a country stay strong, united, and stand for what’s right for the humanity, irrespective of our race, colour, background, caste and everything else that supposedly separates us, because it doesn’t.
What does a city give you?
Here’s something I’ve been thinking for the past couple of weeks/months. In fact, this question has been in my drafts for over a year now. After having lived for more than a year in each of the three cities I moved to, there has been a certain connection with each one of them, in unusual ways.
If you ask me, I’m very much a city person. A city is like a family you could talk to whenever you feel like. No pressure. A city speaks differently to different people. For some, it is reminiscent of sorrow, while for some, happiness and everything in-between. And it’s certain places and incidents in the city that become symbols of such emotions. They become the physical manifestation of your thoughts and feelings. The answer, thus to the question is, A city gives you memorials, in the form of these places, dedicated to you.
On the first day of moving in, I went to Connaught Place the very first time, and I felt like a stranger in the new city, which I was. Every other time I went there, it reminded me of being a stranger, in the midst of the crowd, even though I wasn’t anymore.
After two and a half years, I moved back to Bombay due to the pandemic. For those who know me, will probably know that I miss Delhi. It's given me many such places for many such emotions.
This newsletter is dedicated to the city I can’t wait to go back to.
Link Away.
Follow: The Delhiwalla is undoubted my favourite chronicler of the city. Follow him on Instagram or head to his website for long-form pieces on places and cultural anecdotes of Delhi.
Listen: Delhi by Jay(it’s me!). I too created a playlist dedicated to the city. Listen to it on Spotify. Warning: It’s a bit cheesy.
Read: Delhi by Khushwant Singh. I love the way he switches between the stories from the past and his present. The book timeline spans over 600 years and the author talks of many stories that have now been buried in many layers of the city.
Check out: Sleep Aid brand Product’s website background is a sundial that changes according to the time of the day.
Read: How to design a post-pandemic city. A look at how can we approach designing cities for the near future. Bloomberg Citylab is an exceptional digital publication that documents cities on multiple layers.
Try: Generate Startup Ideas with the help of GPT-3 AI Engine. I see you, next founder.
Check out: Projector is a platform that empowers people to create edgy and powerful well-designed content. Move aside, Canva.
It’s that easy: While writing this, I discovered an amazing shortcut to quickly switch in between tabs on Chrome. MacOS:
‘Command’ + ‘Option/Alt’ + Left Arrow/Right Arrow
to either move left or right across all your tabs. Windows:‘Ctrl+Tab’
to move right and‘Ctrl+Shift+Tab’
to move left across all your tabs.
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Loved going through this blog / newsletter, Jay! Look forward to these now. Thanks !