New Delhi: hundred years

Delhi is one hundred years old today. How will Delhi look hundred years from now?Those who live here would have moved away and new people would come here. Perhaps our great grand children would write about roots of family from Delhi recollecting with awe and bewilderment on how beautiful life was here.

Hundred years ago today,British had shifted their capital from West Bengal to Delhi and had planned city of New Delhi very well.They  had thought this would be their pride for centuries to come but within 16 years had to leave as we had become an independent country.Even now British writers recollect with nostalgia about the days of the British Raj.The English royalty or the ruling monarchs held Durbars like the Mogul kings presiding over the Indian masses.

Those days had vanished when India awakened and became free(64 years ago)Since then,Delhi has expanded several times. The people are extremely adaptable; as soon as the metro railways(5years ago) came people moved to newer areas-up to the reaches of the train and had colonised swiftly;mobile usage came very very fast, we have digital Delhi as we pay taxes and electricity bills on line.Internet usage is highest here.Bank transactions and shopping are all on line too.The city buses's services can be obtained from their websites. Delhi's citizens are high spirited people who will take up all challenges fearlessly.

Delhi people enjoy going out,shop and hang out in evenings.The annual trade fair is a big success here as more than one lakh 50 thousand people flock to the Pragati Maidan every day;they are visible on goggle maps.On those days when the fair is on,you can see Delhites from space!

We are looking forward to a future when we will become a more just society, we will adopt newer technology to empower the people. We will industrialise fast and remove the drudgery that workers face in keeping up with the churning wheels of the economy. The peace loving and religious people of India will do well in the this century and the centuries to follow for we are full of hope,cheer and goodwill.We are a hardworking people and we have good value systems that pull us through difficult times. We will overcome all hurdles and become a good example of how a culture should be like-vibrant,daring and adaptable like Delhites.What would Delhi be like hundred years from now?Thousand years from now, people would be the same kind as they are now.