In the midst of chaos

I was at Delhi Haat today. Perfect flavour of traditional and contemporary Indian culture permeated the market as usual. But I was not here to shop, I was looking for some offbeat clicks for my camera and off the several I clicked, this one seems to stand out. 

I never saw this statue alone. Even the first time I noticed it, it was in conjunction with the chaos around it. It immediately came to my mind that if I pick this statue of Buddha from the place where its sitting right now, its immediately going to loose its magnificence. I would not want to take the Buddha home and keep it on some quite corner of my house. The chaos at the backdrop actually accentuate the meditative pose of Buddha. As if he is reiterating one of his famous sayings..... CHAOS IS INHERENT IN ALL COMPOUNDED THINGS. STRIVE ON WITH DILIGENCE.

Now Delhi has a local friend.. :-)

I came across guys at www.rentalocalfriend.com trough one of the magazines articles about them. I was immediately fascinated by the idea that they have so successfully managed to spread across. The site provides a resource through which we can interact with appropriate local references while we are traveling and thereby explore the cities much in our own ways. To quote the website - "a different travel philosophy for everyone who wants to be a traveler, not a tourist".

It took me microseconds to decide that I want to be part of the RentALocalFriend's culture. Interestingly when I contacted Nathalia she told me that one of the prerequisites to be a local friend is to have a short welcome video of yours shot in your city. So here it goes....