malls and life..

Best part of Gurgaon is, successive chain of really massive shopping malls located on either sides of the road, maybe on a half-a-mile road strip. Heterogeneous mobs from all sorts of places in all sorts of attire move in to malls. As I see, most of the people(like me..) come over for window-shopping,killing time, just shooting the breeze, strolling around leisurely. I like the way I get lost in the crowd, pretty girls sporting shades, looking busy, hustling around the cafés and pubs,clothing stores, but essentially checking out smart guys, maybe I guess.

On regular weekend evenings, I reach over the malls, may be in 10 minutes, on our good old cycle-rickshaw. I'll walk around, unhurriedly, chewing on thoughts, staring at activities performed by representatives of various products to attract the crowds, occasionally buy a pair of jeans, have some good coffee,perhaps a couple of good fiction paperbacks, then get tired and go back. The other day, I spent nearly 5 hours in a mall, without realizing it. Best part of it in an amazing book store.Landmark. Checking out all kinds of stuff till I got exhausted and ran out of steam. It's truly one of the best stores I've ever walked into.It has got books on virtually every conceivable topic under the sun, categorized in a noticeably impressive manner.

The way the “mall” culture has been spreading rapidly across the cities, doesn’t really surprise me, especially, by looking at the way people resorting to it. Notably in metros, people end up getting clogged in traffic. As the malls developed, they soon realized that it’s better to spend time totally in them, which has plenty of alternatives to chose from on a myriad of things. May be shop around for a while, watch a movie,choose to have dinner from multitude of cuisines around, all this without having to get caught-up & annoyed in serious traffic. In my viewpoint, particularly here, malls are the only kind of place, people resort for amusement . However,it’s quite a sight and I've had a pleasant time staying in Gurgaon.