Living Alone In Delhi – Inside Delhi’s Lonely Apartments!

Living alone in Delhi isn’t a cakewalk. There are different facets of this unpredictable city. Everyone is running for something or the other here but the fact is that Delhi is still living! I am going to tell you a story. It’s about Karen. He came to Delhi in the year 2002 for his English Honors Degree. It’s been seven years now and he is still trying to decipher this city. Karen completed his mass communication from a reputed institution and currently he is working with a good advertising agency. A day in his life sounded like a battle to me. So let’s live a moment in Karen’s way!


Inside Delhi’s Lonely Apartments!


Karen’s life starts with an irritating knock. The kurewala (garbage man) never lets him sleep even on Sundays. He wakes up reluctantly and greets the man super politely. Oh! No water again… He then runs to his terrace for stealing water from other’s tank. He finds a tank full of water for a change. After taking bath from the stolen water, he sprays lots of deodorants and dashes out from his one room apartment. Karen’s morning begins with Ahmad’s chai. Drinking hot tea in a winter morning is sheer bliss. It not only rejuvenates your mind but also inspires you.

Karen is never late to his office. He is always on time. After exchanging hellos, he plants himself in front of his comp, checks his mails and sees who all are there online but he hardly chats. He does his work with full passion and dashes out of office on time. Karen is a tea lover so he dresses up and goes to another tea shop. He loves to enjoy a smoke too sometimes. He packs his dinner from his favorite South Indian restaurant. He loves to enjoy dinner with his T.V. It’s 12 o’ clock and Karen feels sleepy…Suddenly, his phone rings…

The story of Karen starts from here…

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