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Dear rain, Can you wash the sins stuck on me? Can you make my happiness, moist? Can you make my friendship, cold? Can you storm the path way, of my life? Can you delay the time, of my birth or death? You want to fight me, let me take off my umbrella.

Sketches of Dilli

Delhi, The city of cities. The city of Galib and khusro is a mega polis now, engulfing villages and towns, attracting immigrants and offering jobs. The city got ruled by many dynasties, many rulers from different parts of the world. For me, its my hometown and a place of good memories, nostalgia, adventures and surprises. Exploring the city is still my favourite past time. It is said that the very first city of Delhi was Indraprasth, Made by the Pandavs during the era of the Mahabharat.  The Indraprasth was one of the five villages given to the Pandavs. They made it the capital and developed it and built beautiful palaces and structures. Archaeological surveys confirm it to be at the site of old fort. The other cities include Rajputs’  city’s  remains,  Khilji’s Siri, Tuglaq’s Tuglaqabad, Jahapanah and Ferozabad, Dinpanah by emperor Humayun ,  Dilli by Shershah Suri and British’s Imperial New Delhi. Not going chronologically, this essay is on my Dilli, what I have experienc
The sky was dark, The clouds were dense Moon was there I had a sense  clouds got cleared and the valley got lit the grey turned blue and black got hit Saw the moon rolling down the hill,  I took my camera and joined the thrill. We started to talk and had a walk,  It started to rain, he vanished again.