Dil waalo ki Dilli. Really?

I remember sitting with my roomies and explaining them how hyped the whole "Delhi is not safe" scenario is .

But I think my pride for my very own dilli was momentary. EVERY day is a new day for the new criminal records. Be it rapes, robberies, assaults, you name it, we have it .

Somehow, I come across this line a lot of times when discussing about the 'halaat' of Delhi - "Its all about which area you stay in" . I am sorry but my hostel is in bhawana - a lil' village on the outskirts of Delhi and I remember how they helped me when I locked my car keys in the car and yes, "they" were the no so cool people who according to us are the roots of crime because of the AREA where they live.

I don't remember watching so many people cluster around a guy who was hit by a car in the oh-so porch golf links 'ilaaka'.

Sheila Dixit once said "jab tak ladkiyaa kuch karengi nahin, eve teasers ki tadaar badhti jaayegi "

Ma'am, I really hope you've read the news where the girl actually did something and then was brutally murdered after 5 boys assaulted her in public.

According to witnesses, this happened on a busy road and when the girl screamed for help, the traffic was as swift as a water turbine. the same traffic which does not even wait for the firing siren of the ambulance.

This rules out the "we have to do something to stop it" phase that our leaders are after.

So what do we do?

Don't step out of our homes? Okie. Agreed.

What about the 72 and 71 year old couple who were doing so andwere murdered by their very own servant.

So what do we do?

Don't keep servants? Okie. Agreed.

What about the husband who killed his wife,mother of two and then cut her into 70 pieces and kept her in their house .

Well, lets do one thing! Lets not live. Because we have no other option.

"Barso se hum 5 hi cheezo ke liye larh rahe hain

Roti, kapda, makaan, paani aur padhai

To kese hogi dekh ki praggati? "

Sorry but now, I think we need to fight for something else.

The right to LIVE.

Honestly, I did not write this post to alert you. I shared this because I am tired of justifying that my very own dilli aint that bad place for you to visit.

But I guess, I will lose this pride very soon!