Mumbai might be the financial capital of India.

Bangalore might be the IT hub.

Chennai might be the largest urban agglomerations in India.

But, Delhi has something that these cities can never possess — the spine chilling winters!

Come November, and the climate decides to cool down. The ice-cream wallahs dwindle in numbers; mothers start taking out the woollens; school-going children start getting late for college; moongphali and popcorn sellers mushroom around bus-stands and railway stations; and the local GP gets scores of patients complaining for common cold. That’s the beauty of Delhi’s Winters! Dilli ki sardi is hell-famous!

So what makes Delhi’s winters so HOT?

The chilly weather itself!

Oh yeah! When you shiver endlessly while walking down the road, not able to see anything due to thick fog, the sight you become when you have to wear two sweaters because you cannot help it!

The Food!

Winters are a food lover’s delight! Moongphali, gajak, kaaju, akhrot, and what not else! Sipping endless cups of tea; sitting outside in the sun and munching carrots and raddishes; devouring til ke laddoo and moongphali ki patti; having vegetable soup every evening! Eating mom-made panjeeri and the lip smacking combo of makki ki roti and sarson ka saag, reaching college damn early and having that essential cup of coffee, while ambling around an almost empty campus!

The Nostalgia!

Remember the last time you caught cold? Such occurrences form the bulk of my journey through the winter season. Yet, I love it! Believe me, catching cold is fun! Sitting in a rajai and studying for exams; waking up all night in the cold, listening to FM… There are way too many things to write here!

I am a proud Delhi-ite!

Just look at these pictures, and you’ll get to know what I am talking about…

For the Delhi-ites, this is a normal sight: people squatting on the floor of metro trains. These people think as if yeh unke baap ki jagah hai, and that they can sit anywhere they like. By doing this they make their, and their fellow passengers’ lives in grave danger, in addition to eating up some valueable standing space in packed trains.

What if a train had to come to a drastic halt? Those standing will fall on those sitting. Somebody will get a sprained ankle, somebody a twisted neck, or somebody else even a broken bone. The effect will be disastrous, but it will teach surely them a lesson 

Worse still, sitting on the train floors is an offense according to the DMRC rule book. Somebody make these people understand, please!