Under Construction
You can't imagine the amount of construction that is going on here in Gurgaon.
In a single stretch of road, there can be 10 to 20 office buildings under construction - multi floor, glass facade buildings. In another stretch there's 10 to 20 apartment complexes under construction. Nevermind the third and fourth stretches.
It's insane.
Obviously that much construction requires a lot of money. A whole lot of money. Five years ago this area was corn fields. Now it's a money farm.
I've never seen this much development in one place. Not only does it take money, but many many people.
People without shoes. People filling dump trucks with handmade wooden shovels. People installing glass facades with scaffolding lashed together by hemp.
They get cell service in the basements of buildings, but can't keep the water clean.
They respect each other. They drive without traffic signals and speed limits because they can.
They work like mad - whether busting rocks with hammers or integrating source control into content development, they work like mad.
The TV shows fame and glamor, but right outside your doorstep (next to the mega mall) is a family sleeping in the bushes, a constable (not a police officer) peeing on a wall and a pile of cow shit. There are no pretenses. TV is just fantasy. I think maybe some of us have forgotten that.
- b
ps. On a side note. I've already lost weight. With the ab flab gone, I almost have half a six-pack.
In a single stretch of road, there can be 10 to 20 office buildings under construction - multi floor, glass facade buildings. In another stretch there's 10 to 20 apartment complexes under construction. Nevermind the third and fourth stretches.
It's insane.
Obviously that much construction requires a lot of money. A whole lot of money. Five years ago this area was corn fields. Now it's a money farm.
I've never seen this much development in one place. Not only does it take money, but many many people.
People without shoes. People filling dump trucks with handmade wooden shovels. People installing glass facades with scaffolding lashed together by hemp.
They get cell service in the basements of buildings, but can't keep the water clean.
They respect each other. They drive without traffic signals and speed limits because they can.
They work like mad - whether busting rocks with hammers or integrating source control into content development, they work like mad.
The TV shows fame and glamor, but right outside your doorstep (next to the mega mall) is a family sleeping in the bushes, a constable (not a police officer) peeing on a wall and a pile of cow shit. There are no pretenses. TV is just fantasy. I think maybe some of us have forgotten that.
- b
ps. On a side note. I've already lost weight. With the ab flab gone, I almost have half a six-pack.
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