I went for my morning walk . From my new guest house .Situated on a small road, half way in between a 2Km stretch of the 8 lane golf course road in Gurgaon – DLF Phase-1.
After my usual long walk I turned around the signal @ one end of the main road and decided to take the return path on the opposite side .
Within a few minutes I realized my mistake .
This road has a generous median separating the 4 lanes of traffic each way .And there are big bushes and street light poles and a thick wire mesh protection on both sides ! Making it impossible for anyone to jump across .
That meant I had to do an extra one Km up and cross the road, then walk back to my guest house lane !
However I thought – this cannot be possible in India – a 2 Km stretch of un-breached fencing !! I am sure there would be several enterprising fellow country men before me who would have faced a similar situation of crossing this road anywhere in between the 2 Km stretch ! Surely someone would have cut a small hole in the fences somewhere in between so that one can crawl through / or cut a small section so that we can squeeze thru to the other side !!!
And with this renewed hope I marched briskly closely inspecting the median fence .
And, very predictably , as I neared half way , there was a small cut in the fence – bang opposite my lane !!
And I happily dodged a passing vehicle , squeezed thru the opening and trotted up to the other side .
Very happy indeed ! I gained a few extra minutes of the morning !
And not so happy too – I lost the opportunity of losing some extra calories in the process !!
Krish..
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