DilliMeriJaan

Other than the fact that the walkers have to take a metro to participate, not much else is sacrosanct about a #DelhibyMetro Walk. Ofcourse it’s not completely random. We do start with an objective and destination. We do a decent amount of research. We have a planned itinerary, till the walk begins! At which point, we tend to go where the road takes us... This time we set out to watch fruit-bats on Janpath Road. They roost on gigantic Arjun trees and seem to be wide awake in the day. We started walking from Central Secretariat Metro Station, just so that we could walk down Rajpath and allow ourselves, to wander off here and there. There is a metro station ( Udyog Bhawan) right next to the Fruit bat trees but where’s the fun of starting exactly where the destination is. So we sighed at the magnificent Rashtrapati Bhawan and oohed at the India Gate for the millionth time, on our way. Then we came upon the Archaeological Survey of India ( ASI ) Office and it’s bookstore. This is ...