Delhi is situated in the heart of an extraordinarily diverse country, India. In terms of diversity, the capital is nowhere lacking, you will find people from all religions, ethnicity, regions and even other countries as Delhi is also the educational hub and is famous for its very own university; THE DELHI UNIVERSITY which attracts students from all over the globe. Moreover, Delhi is not only famous for its education, the night life of delhi is also considered to be the wildest one. Delhi is also one of the biggest tourist spots as many monuments like, India gate, Red fort, Qutub minar, Humayun’s tomb, Nizamuddin dargah and many more which attracts tourists from all over the globe.
Talking about the food which is one of the most important things as delhites love to eat 🙂 the food here is mouthwatering and also an attraction for a lot of tourists. Chandni chowk is famous for its major chole bhature and its paranthe wale gali,street food including chaats, golgappe,bhelpuri which is full of flavours and will surely satisfy all your cravings, while old Delhi (Shahjahanbad) is famous for its delicious and wholesome Mughlai food, all kinds of variety for food and all flavours are present in which you can devour yourself in, you’ll surely find you comfort food to fit in here. There are end number of foods that you will find in Delhi, all of them are worth exploring,further, delhi is also divided into further sections; north, south,east and west all specialised for its own genre of food.
Here’s how you can start a day in this beautiful city, beginning with the very heart of Delhi, central Delhi. You can begin your day by firstly visiting a beautiful gurudware, named bangla sahib, the holy shrine of sikhs, or you can also visit the pracheen hanuman mandir,both situated in cannaught place, visit to this mandir on Tuesday if you want to experience the wholesome crowd being all religious, and ofcourse you’re going to be hungry while doing all this, either you can have langar(feast) provided in bangla sahib gurudwara which is available at all times of the day or after visiting the hanuman mandir you can have the famous kachori just outside the hanuman mandir. Now that you have started your day spiritually and with wholesome blessings, its time to explore the fun parts of delhi and explore its beauty and get to know about the rich history of delhi. There are several places that you can visit to know about the Mughal era of Delhi, you can start by visiting Qutub minar in Mehrauli, whose construction was begun by Qutub ud-din Aibak but completed by his son in law, Illtutmish, this is a beautiful, tall monument with verses written on it. After this you can visit Humayun’s tomb, in nizammuddin,there you can see the burial process that these Mughals used to follow, its this beautiful tomb, which was earlier surrounded by ponds and lakes which have now dried up. One of the most magnificent forts in delhi, is situated in tughlaqabad, known as the tughlaqabad fort, built by Ghiassuddin Tughlaq, you can literally see the barren land completely destroyed and the land which is still flourishing with trees with pink flowers, only separated by a wall, its a beautiful sight to have. While doing all this you can always have street food which is delightful.now lets visit the one thing that dellhi is majorly known for, RED FORT, built by emperor Shah Jahan in 1639,relocating the Mughal capital from agra to delhi, he was later imprisoned by his own son, Aurangzeb for the succession of throne. The enriched history of delhi reflects beautifully in its monuments and architecture. Now if you wanna know more about the political structure of delhi, you can visit the rashtrapati bhawan, Bharat mandalam,sansad bhavan(parliament house) etc., all of these have huge structures and very tight security. Central delhi was especially built by britishers as a replica to their own country and these walls still stand, if you are eager o read books and enjoy the british structure, do visit the British council library in Cannaught Place.
Now that you have explored the day life by seeing all the monuments and learning about the history of delhi, get ready to experience one of the wildest night life of Delhi, for that you’ll have to come to south delhi for a safer crows, though Delhi is a very unsafe city, South delhi is slightly better as you will encounter a more classy crowd here, the best days to explore the clubs is Friday as you will meet more Porsha crowd, you can find amazing clubs in Hauz khas, the music will be blasting on the speakers, you can drink and smoke however much you want and not have a care in the world, after that you can go out for a night ride as the city which is full of crowds and traffic in the day, it grows quieter and prettier and you can end your day with a peaceful yet a very beautiful ride..
Delhi in itself is an amazing and wholesome experience, people here are very hot-blooded, angry, passionate but at the same time welcoming, its not possible for you to come to delhi and not learn cuss words as they’re so widely spoken, people here are also adaptable and will treat you as their own, its commendable to see how early friendships and bonds are formed amongst these people, it is completely rightly said that delhi is indeed, dil walon ka sheher..