My Love-Hate Letter to Delhi

Ever loved someone you also hated? What about a place? For Blue Dino her relationship with Delhi has always been like that. But listen to why, despite all the reservations, she keeps finding herself back there time and again…   Transcription: Delhi. Dilli. Oh, what a love-hate relationship I share with you. On one hand, you gave me my lovely childhood and quite a few of my memorable teenage years. And on the other, most things I now hate about people, I first witnessed in your belly. Perhaps that's why I never long to be one of your inhabitants, but also find myself time and again pulled in your direction. You have become that necessary evil in my life. Though, just when this toxic repulsion of mine hits its peak, you somehow show me a glimpse of that much talked about 'dil' in you. That beats loud and proud, thanks to the dilliwalas. And this was one of those moments. Strolling along your winter streets, I chanced upon a dog all snuggled up on his own personal bed, one branded with several happy Pikachus. And that right there sums it up. Nowhere else have I seen dogs so caringly warmed as in Delhi. Mattresses old and new, some from the rich, others fashioned by those less privileged; whatever it be, in winters, the Delhiites share their warmth. So I keep coming back to you. Tossing all my hate aside. For the heart that often gets lost behind the pollution, though still thumps many a beat to warm your soul.   Our Website: https://likeridingafish.wixsite.com/my-site Follow us on Instagram: @likeridingafish   Music Credits: https://freemusicarchive.org "Woke up this Morning (TP 53)" by Till Paradiso  License: CC BY (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode)    Background sound from Pixabay