Recently, I went to Delhi - yet again. I wanted to take my child to a park and what better place than South Delhi! This was his first visit to a park, which had flowers of multiple colors. This park is the 'Lake Park', also known as Sanjay Park, and it is located in Laxmibai Nagar. In this time of the year, flowers are blooming & the weather is neither too hot nor too cold. This park was named as Lake Park because it houses a small lake that has a beautiful small bridge running over it. Then there are ducks - at times left lose in the park. And flowers. Lots of flowers. Colorful flowers! You'll find squirrels nibbling away at tit bits, birds chirping. And on the opposite side of the entry to the park, after the boundary wall, are railway tracks where sometimes a goods train may pass now and then. Oh my! Is this a perfect place to spend evenings with family and friends!
My toddler enjoyed this visit so very much - even though it was a very short visit. He could show his displeasure and unwillingness to come back home - and without any words.
Look at the beauty!
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Few days back, I was searching for parks near the place I live. You know, similar to Lake Park, where I can take my child during evenings or maybe for a picnic once in a while. The results that came up were - amusement and theme parks, IT parks, logix techno park, royale park (a hotel), Park Plaza (yet another hotel), software technology park, unveiling of a concrete park, so on and so forth. So basically, there are no parks for children here. What used to be parks meant for children to play, have been turned into concrete jungles of sandstone elephants and meaningless structures by Mayawati. She spent around 680 crores (allegedly) on converting a green park to a sandstone park, which is apparently closed for the public. So, my question is why? I didn't understand it then, I don't understand it now.
Can Akhilesh Yadav convert these parks back into green parks again? Are you listening Mr. Yadav?
My toddler enjoyed this visit so very much - even though it was a very short visit. He could show his displeasure and unwillingness to come back home - and without any words.
Look at the beauty!
.JPG)
Few days back, I was searching for parks near the place I live. You know, similar to Lake Park, where I can take my child during evenings or maybe for a picnic once in a while. The results that came up were - amusement and theme parks, IT parks, logix techno park, royale park (a hotel), Park Plaza (yet another hotel), software technology park, unveiling of a concrete park, so on and so forth. So basically, there are no parks for children here. What used to be parks meant for children to play, have been turned into concrete jungles of sandstone elephants and meaningless structures by Mayawati. She spent around 680 crores (allegedly) on converting a green park to a sandstone park, which is apparently closed for the public. So, my question is why? I didn't understand it then, I don't understand it now.
Can Akhilesh Yadav convert these parks back into green parks again? Are you listening Mr. Yadav?
