Who is a "Delhiite" ?
That one thing which always struck me when I started living in Delhi--more than its food, locales, and people--this term, "Delhiite"? Who is a Delhiite? Really, a very enigmatic question and I am still grappling with this question, after three years of my stay in this beautiful city, that is Delhi. I remember the first year of my undergraduate study in Delhi. Everywhere I went, this one term captured my imagination like nothing else. It was a term you were supposed to know. Are you a Delhiite? I never came across this term in the IDiva videos I binged upon. I never came across this term in my most favourite TV serial, where the protagonists stayed in East Delhi and Central Secretariat, and fell in love at the Humayun's Tomb!! But as you step in Delhi, you ought to know who is a Delhiite!! I thought of possible ways to answer this question. It may be someone who resides in Delhi. But for how long do you need to stay in Delhi to be identified as a Delhiite? Some people w...