Raipur Snapshots

I'm just jotting down some things that I came to know about Raipur since the last 3 years


1.Traffic in raipur is mad. Oh and that’s because the people are mad. They never slow down, ever.

2.You will find delicious Gulab Jamuns in 'Sharma chaat bhandaar', near gahdi chowk... its yummy...!!

3.The local film posters are...in one word..hideous!!

4.You will find 7 of 10 girls in striped tops.

5.The weather is...aweful! Summer persists for three fourths of the year...the rest one fourth is Autumn....No Winter!!!

6.The city has got very little greenery...whatever trees are left, these people are chopping them off as well to increase to road width (told you..mad people)

7.Auto rikshaw facility is very good...very rarely you will feel the need of a private vehicle.

8.Even after almost 5 years, many people still dont know that they have got an NIT in their city...

9.The shopkeepers at the local market charge you almost 50% more than branded stores.

10.A few days back a doctor at the local hospital prescribed me an anti-allergic (cetrizine) for an insect bite (I couldn't control my laughter, and started laughing at the doctors face).

11.Most doctors here would advise you to get admitted in their respective hospitals, along with glucose salines and injections of every sort even if you have got normal fever.

12.Raipur is littered with Marwari/Sindhi people...Nine out of Ten people you come across is a Marwari/Sindhi.

13. 75% of the people prefer overtaking from the left rather than right . Now thats bizzare. Told you..mad people.

14.As with every other city, there is nothing to do in Raipur except go to the malls and 'chill out',ogle at people who dress up to get noticed, eat fatty foods, buy overpriced items etc. Raipur also credits itself for having the ‘biggest mall in central India’. Wow, we really have developed!

15. City mall/Magneto are the places where all the students are hooked up doing the aforementioned things.


So all in all....I love Raipur!!...:P