Curt, see! (no courtesy)

It is a truth universally acknowledged that Delhiites are a rude people. So rude that at times you regret living in this city amidst those people. Anyone coming to the city would know in no time that politeness and courtesy are the concepts completely alien to Delhiites.

Anyone coming to the city by road will have the first taste of the locals' temperament by the incessant and mindless honking behind them. In civilised societies the horn button is pressed scarcely and when needed. In Delhi, the city quite averse to the term “civilised”, the finger is taken off the button scarcely. I have even seen people blowing horn on an empty road!

The normal reaction time of a person is six seconds. But drivers on Delhi roads do not realise it. So, the instant the person behind you blows horn, he expects you to get aside at that very moment. Else, he would honk the guts out of you or worse, would trample you under the wheels of his expensive super machine. Bl**dy A**! And yes, if you meet with an accident on Delhi roads, do not expect anybody to help you. Never.

That is not enough. You ask someone for directions in Delhi and more often than not you would be misguided or would be refused. Don't believe me? Try asking for directions from a shopkeeper in a busy Delhi market. All you would see is a gesture from hand telling you to move on or a dry “aage pata kar lo”. A friend recently forwarded a mail that had pictures of a few funny hoardings. One of them, installed over a shop, read: “Pata batane ke 5 rupey aur patey par pahuchane ke 10”. Hark!