Cocking a snook at the sceptics, crowds thronged Bhai Khadak Singh Marg where a Festival of Foods began on the eve of opening of CWG. People filled up space in front of States’ emporia where creativity unleashed itself in several forms.Bamboo was used generously to build benches, arches and sculptors with lights adding colour to the event. Folk dances on an open stage drew repeated applause from the onlookers while the rest literally queued up to click pictures of a unique wedding procession depicted in roped sculptors with a bride sitting demurely in a palanquin and her groom astride an elephant. Food and crafts from States as far as Manipur and Rajasthan were on offer with seats thrown in imaginatively. There was an air of festivity all around with scoops of ice-cream and Chandni Chowk’s paranthas adding to what was available in the Food Court. The only regret! There weren’t many tourists who have apparently stayed back in the wake of intense negative coverage in our media. To make amends, the media may now onwards focus on the brighter side but the damage cannot be undone.
Meanwhile Delhites have decided to hop on & enjoy themselves to the hilt.
As one drove back on the outer circle, there was another surprise in store. The shack-like shops housing Kake da hotel etc. near Super Bazaar had been redone to become replicas of the famed inner circle.
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