At the mall...

Stayin alone becomes easy if the place you live in has a few good places to hang out and spend some time. the presence of two malls in lucknow really brought my spirits up. the whole act of going about and loitering in the mall and nearabout areas is called ganjing in lucknow.

What i would like to talk about however is a few things i observed during the many hours that I have spent on sundays over the last couple months wandering about in the malls.

Firstly i fail to understand the use of the wooden gate arch at the entrance which emits strange noises.What exactly is it detecting? Has anyone who has ever passed through it been stopped. the great insight the arch gives is the instruction to walk. The arch has this led that says walk. What else would one do at the entrance of a mall? stand and appreciate the narrow entrance?

The next strange phenomenon is the initial reaction of many people entering the mall.the sheer size of the mall coupled with the sudden pleasant weather seems to have them enthralled. Many people stop and gaze at the mall jus after passing through the entrance thus blocking the way for others.

The most widespread wierd practise at the mall is the act of people using the escalator. I am convinced that about 60% of people visiting the malls come there to learn how to use the escalator. Without an exception one will always find a set of people hesitating to get onto the escalator,one would also find a set of ladies franticakky worrying about their dress getting sucked by the stairs and the most irritating one would be the set of people who pretend to be afraid of using the stairs, just because they feel it looks cute and their companions trying to teach them how to do it.

But then the whole fun aspect of going to the mall is precisely this..looking around at others and trying hard not to look tooo amused with their antics...