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DELHI, the capital city of India, the one which I believe confides in it rather entire India. I am someone born in Almora, lived in Dehradun, Lucknow, obra and all of those places. So basically I am a girl who has not been to the capital city. All that I knew was from friends, newspapers and the internet. It was now in February 2015 that I actually got an opportunity to come here. Not that I have never been here before but I would say let’s not count that one. I mean come on, I was, I don’t know maybe 12 or 13 years old and now when I come I am 21 years old. I won’t even say that now I have some sort of “Akal” but then I would say that maybe this time I have at least some sort of comprehending skills and more importantly observing skills.

So, here I was in Delhi in February 2015. And I fell in love with this city, the moment I entered here. I mean just think about it. There is so much of rush over here. So much of commotion. I come from a place where the most far off place would be a just ½ hour away. But here I was, in a city where to go from one corner to the other would require at least an hour or more. So many cars, taxis, buses, and people.

But then as I told you, before February 2015, I knew about Delhi only from friends and newspapers. So, what I knew was that Delhi is not safe at all. A girl can’t even walk in Delhi. People in Delhi are hideous. More of greedy and kind of those who don’t help people. I would say I agreed. I mean come on there have been people from Delhi in Dehradun and the only thing that they ever did was how good Delhi is and how boring Dehradun is. I being someone, who surely won’t tolerate any shit about a place where she lives. So the fights were obvious and the image formed. Delhi people are hideous morons who only think about themselves.

Moreover, this belief was firmed when with Delhi, entire India and the humanity was blown away after the Delhi rape case. News channels always have their own way of telling how the things are. And Delhi got the tag that it is not safe. When I finally reached Delhi my parents and the relatives confirmed the tag. But then I would say I am a kind of a rebellious person and my freedom is the most important thing for me. So although there were things like I can’t go here and there, I did go.

But I would say my experience was fine. Or I would say rather good owing to the reputation Delhi has. I walked in Delhi as if it is my hometown. As if all the people around me know me as if they are there for my security. There were times when I did felt lost but then I did manage and I did get help to reach my final destination. I won’t brag but I would say no one commented or touched the wrong way, I don’t know whether it was my luck or the Delhi police is finally doing some good work.

I have no answers but then for sure there is a question, “Why blame the city?” We often say “Delhi is unsafe”. You can do this and not that. But then yet again, whatever is said about Delhi is also true about Dehradun. I mean come on, it’s the same way for any of the cities of the country. So why blame the capital alone!!

I live in Dehradun and the issues, the warnings they are still there. Rapes. People are killed even there. Burglars do exist, burglary does take place. Eve teasing happens. So what is the difference?? You may say that the number of all of this is more in Delhi but then so are the number of people living in the city. After all, Delhi is like mini India.

So maybe I have been here for just 7 days and that there is a lot more that has to be discovered. Maybe the love and the safety that I got from Delhi was just my luck or maybe I was in areas where Delhi police doing some good work. You may even say that the choice of my getting out of the house and the choice of clothes was the reason. But I will still argue,” Why to blame the city alone when the entire country has become one kind of a hell?”