Tuesday, February 2, 2010

What’s common between recent flyovers in delhi and pseudo art styles?

What’s common between recent flyovers in delhi and pseudo art styles?

They look swanky and cool, and you say, oh India has really become global.
The view from a flyover, gives a rather new perspective of the city around you and the views from these styles gives the same notion about the world around us.
The flyover over near ber sarai and in front IIT delhi campus was completed in a hurry some time back, partially due to the upcoming commonwealth games. It got opened to traffic, probably to ease the traffic jam that used to pile up on the outer ring road. The queer thing of the opening was that the flyover was not complete. The basic road was laid but the amenities like lane lines and street lights were and are still to be installed. It was still ok, the traffic situation. We felt a little better; we got to our destinations earlier.
Well, back to our flyover. Hmm, so the winters came over, and the ride over the flyovers became bumpy. I wondered why……..???????
So one day, traveling in the bus, I peeked out the window and looked at the road, by gee it had these cracks , like the ones you see during the foot cream commercials, on the road.
I thought, it must be some modern technology. But a few days later, I saw some repairing work done on the technological cracks.
The Flyover had failed.
I see so many cool-looking aesthete styles at the galleries these days. So many techniques, so much eye candy use of digital softwares. But like so many flyovers they all look the same after the first time. So many actually look like each others facsimile. One gent gets famous and the many others get to the easy task of aping the Hero.
But like the original, initial flyovers stood the test of time, so have the original masters. Their style even though , at the first sight might feel like the rest of the wannabes, looks authentic and strong after a little peering through.
And the wannabes have those cracks in winters, the cold hard period of life, clearing because the style is superficial, which got built without any manthan(introspection/hard work), done with a fake sense of urgency as well with feeling that one might not be able to catch up.
What’s good with such an unprepared style or flyovers which will turn defunct and useless after a little wearing out? Its just bad investment if you put your money on things with little shelf life. We should think it over, what we are and what we really want to be.

It’s another story that even if all the flyover projects that are planned for the near future, are to be finished today, they still won’t be able to withstand the increasing traffic in the city.

2 comments:

  1. Well I thought of beinga facsimile.. But I have learnt the hardway too. :)

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  2. I am glad you could relate to the article. I hope my message gets through to those who reads this post :)

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