Looking for a two bedroom furnished apartment in Delhi? Here are a few ideas for you. Stay in a hotel is the best bet! No seriously, there are some fantastic places to stay if you have a big budget. If you can come up with around a thousand US a week you will be in the pink. Every hundred you come down from there - curiously it falls incrementally that way - so it gets a little closer to being in the grey, shall we say. You will still do okay down to about $500. That's if you are staying out of season and you get a good searching man. In season and you are looking at even more spondoolies
I have met the ultimate apartment hunting soldier. His name is Pradeep and he is a kind of deity in my eyes. He will find the right apartment and then get you a really good deal. I'm not giving his details away easily. He's mine. I found him. Get your own. Plus, he's too busy. You have to be careful too. Once one of these soldiers have found you a place, some demand as much as one months commission. You have to sort that out before you start.
The best areas are Greater Kailash (GK)1 and Vasant Vihar and lots of the areas that are around these landmark colonies cum precincts. If you look at a map go south of Connaught Place from around 4 o'clock to 8 o'clock. Great markets and very easy going people and good food and places to hang out. It is close to get to a lot of the interesting places around Delhi from here too.
Now as you zone in on a place you have to get used to the address system. There is a kind of formula to the house lettering and numbering it's just that no one has bothered to work it out. So GK enclave B57 would be near A sector numbers yes? No. B is near N which backs onto W. S is near A, and C is over near E - unless you mean GK 1 but not GK 1 enclave.
D?
'Yes there is.'
Where?
'Doosra' - (another one.)
Another one?
'Hai' (yes)
Where another one?
'Over past M market.'
What near Archana arcade?
'No.'
Right. I'm getting the hang of it.
Some many days and dozens of apartments later - from GK to Safrajung to Hauz Kaus to Green Park to Vasant Vihar and more. I landed two great deals and lost them again. Then I landed another one. If I wake up remembering where it is chances are I can have it. Yours for just a lot more than you can afford. But hey. What a week. Ha! Ha! Come on sir, great place this GK, hai. Of course, your right. Beats a hotel any day.
So to ensconce and wait for Saturday's court ballet. Spoke to big boss man lawyer tonight, his name is Kailash co-incidentally, (I'll call him greater if we do okay) and he has given me some faith to fill the loose sails. I can feel the breeze picking up a little. The ship is creaking back to life. I have eaten close to a kilo of indian sweets in the last two days, but hey, I'm sober and I can nearly spell hughmer again. God love you all for good wishes and thoughts and prayers. And you can pick your own god or saint or so forth. Neelu quite likes Shiva today. Krishna seems to be a little off colour at the moment. Me, I'll pray to Joseph. He had a bit of fun and got stuck with the baby.
