RaJkOt MaRvEl

It is no wonder whosoever if she/he lands Gujarat, the only thing that comes in the mind is Mr. Narendra Modi. It’s not a big surprise he is the CM. we had covered 5 sq. KM the night we reached Rajkot. The one thing that is evident from here was that you are expected to remember the name of the streets, and if you have to go to a hospital you are supposed to go to karva street or something I never figured out that name scribbled in Gujarati.
Gujarati by the way is a beautiful language; though I never understood any of the sounds that came out of the people’s mouth, it was nice to hear Gujarati. The grandson’s of MK Gandhi always called each other as bhai and I was always called Sriram Bhai. I say them Grandson of MK Gandhi because you will not find any liquor shop or any non-veg restaurant.
These good hearted people never tied a cow and the holy shit is always there every step you keep on the roads. So with careful steps we roamed n roamed till we were lost.
I never forgot to eat this jatia or gatia whatever who cares how it is spelled or pronounced, the taste was heavenly; mixed mango salad, jilebi’s and big chilles added a better taste to the dish; we ate till water flowed from our eyes.
It took 2 days for me to know that there were two parts of Rajkot- Old Rajkot and New Rajkot. You should be wondering what’s a big deal in that, to give a best example; you will never find a branded showroom anywhere in Old Rajkot. The other thing you will never see in Old Rajkot is Gals; Oh my god the extreme level of desperation was not for the 45 degree heat but for gals (Rs.1000 will be given to the person who finds a gal in Old Rajkot). It’s really a dry state (I mean no alcohol)
The Other Face of Rajkot: As every place has its own peculiarity, I will say Rajkot is famous for this small big 3 wheeler vehicle fondly called “Chakkda” which is powered by Air-cooled highly powerful En-field engine (famously know as “Bullet”), are you guys wondering what this damn thing pulls?..The answer is everything; all that you need is a round thing which you think can roll around like tyre. It’s the advanced version of our modern technology of our highly used Buffalo Cart.
When it comes to Food Guajarati’s haved a good taste…all that you eat will have a little bit of sugar in it starting from pickle; Gujarati Thali is special here and if you don’t have at least once it’s a crime.
Rajastan Royal in Rajkot: I was never been to bed before 12.00 all I did was roam around the whole Rajkot searching for nothing and I found nothing. Each day was different, though there is no much stuff to see around it was interesting to search for new stuff; I will say this globalization has ruined the world and where ever you go you find the god damn same stuff.
Swami Narayan temple here in Rajkot was a should see stuff, it was though colourful; the crowd was amazing; hey forgot Lord Krishna ruled this temple along with my favorite Hanuman and Lord Ganeshji and the a small look at all of them is really enchanting; I am damn sure you will look at them for more than 10 mins. The one thing I discovered was that all the gals here don’t hang out in café or movies they come to the temple; and those who really wanna make fortune work it’s the right place.
Night’s dinner at Chowki Dhana was explicitly served by Rajastani’s and there is no match to any other food I had all this day sitting in Gujarat. The items to eat were plenty you will get a feeling that you have finished eating seeing the items served; it took 10 mins for them to serve the complete items. The taste kept you away from thinking that your stomach is getting filled…….Guess what we had finished our dinner only by 1230AM. The time in the Rajastan(resort) was moving fast as we watched Rajastani dance, the puppet show…and the IPL finals. It had been a vacation for a week than a On-Duty out at Gujrat where I really finished getting the feel of Gujrat and Rajasthan.