I live in a crowded locality of the area and the
crowd present the scene of a meal in the evening. People return from the
offices, the students are back from the
school. The house wives come out to purchase vegetables, fruit and other
domestic needs. Some young boys and girl dress themselves in their Sunday best
and get busy in window-shopping.
There is maximum crowd in the vegetable market. The
ladies move from stall to stall and bargain for each and every item. They are
also very careful about short weighing and keep an eye on the weighing machine.
The shopkeepers have a sweet tongue and try to satisfy their customers by their
polite talk.
The confectioner’s shop is another place of
attraction. Little children guide their wards to the shop and make them buy the
sweets of their choice. The girls always go in for chat pakoras’ whereas the
boys prefer “Burfi or Jalebis”. The street hawkers pedal their wares very
nicely. The balloon sellers carry a whole bunch of inflated balloons to attract
small children. The toy sellers set their stalls on the pavements. The
news-boys sell the evening newspaper in a very nice manner. They shout out the
sensational news but keep the paper folded. As soon as the customer makes the
payment. he is surprised to read different head lines. Small children cannot
control their games. They throw the ball and run to pick it up. It is very
difficult for the cyclists and scooter to apply brakes and save them. Kite
flying is another hobby. When the kite rises high up in the sky, the eyes of
the flier are glued to the string. They do not care for the crowd around and
are injured in stray incidents.
The whole atmosphere is spoiled by the beggars and
the cows. The beggars use every technique to win the sympathy of the old
ladies. They apply different colors to their bodies. Some of them are dressed
in rags.
The scene of a busy street is very interesting.
Everybody is for himself but despite it, all of them make the street busy.
Without people there can be no hustle and hustle. It is the people, whether the
sellers buyers, make the scene beautiful.