{"id":106,"date":"2018-05-09T13:57:00","date_gmt":"2018-05-09T13:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dwarkaparichay.com\/blog\/2018\/05\/cities-heaven-or-hell-it-is-way-i-you\/"},"modified":"2018-08-09T07:15:32","modified_gmt":"2018-08-09T01:45:32","slug":"cities-heaven-or-hell-it-is-way-i-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dwarkaparichay.com\/blog\/cities-heaven-or-hell-it-is-way-i-you\/","title":{"rendered":"Cities-Heaven or Hell? It is the way I &#038; you make it?!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\" trbidi=\"on\">\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<p>When,I was a child, my grand-mother used to tell me a story,every night before, I,went to sleep. Infact,that was the modus operandi adopted by the family to put me to sleep early.Being the eldest child, I was the favourite grandson of my &#8220;Dadi. My younger brother being very young in age just about 3 [i was five] stayed with the mother . The stories related to me by Dadi were of various kinds but,the ones on which I asked many questions about was about Hell &amp; Heaven. Conditions which prevailed in two areas were explained in detail &amp; many queries which I had about these were explained but not to my satisfaction but,the exercise was  enough to put me to sleep.<\/p>\n<p>Though,these stories made indelible impressions on my very young mind?  Persons who did good things, helped others, were courteous, had good manners et al went to heaven &amp; the others who were cruel, troubled others etc,told lies, were sent to hell by God\/Parmatama.<\/p>\n<p>Now, I am grown up &amp; live in Delhi. I visit other cities, too,from time to time besides going to various areas of Delhi.Well,believe me, while some small &amp; selected areas look alike heaven of the stories related to me,rest of the areas  resemble the hell of those tales, heard in childhood.I ask myself the questions-Are the persons living in heaven in Delhi have done good things, helped others, have good manners &amp;  the others in hell- alike areas are cruel,troubling others et al,  &amp; the answers which my mind gives, do not match with the logic\/explanations, what Dadi told me?!<\/p>\n<p>As my Dadi is no more with me, I ask the readers &amp; my friends the same questions-<\/p>\n<p>Why only small portion of our Delhi\/other cities resemble heaven of my stories &amp; while the rest reek of hell?<\/p>\n<div>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<b style=\"color: #38761d; font-size: x-large;\"><i>Vijay K. Saluja<\/i><\/b><\/div>\n<div>\nDirector, Giraffe Heroes India<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.giraffe.org\/global\/india\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">www.giraffe.org\/global\/india<\/a><br \/>\nFormer Chief Engineer[civil engineering]<br \/>\nNew Delhi Municipal Council<\/p>\n<p><b>PS<\/b>: In my subsequent articles,I will share some of my experiences,how&#8220; Heaven` like conditions are possible in most of our Delhi.It is not that difficult to obtain,the same?!!!! How to wipe away,hells?<\/p>\n<p>What inputs need to be there? <\/p>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When,I was a child, my grand-mother used to tell me a story,every night before, I,went to sleep. Infact,that was the modus operandi adopted by the family to put me to sleep early.Being the eldest child, I was the favourite grandson of my &#8220;Dadi. My younger brother being very young in age just about 3  stayed with the mother . The stories related to me by Dadi were of various kinds but,the ones on which I asked many questions about was about Hell &amp; Heaven. 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