Day 4: Bhidh mein ghum…

Dawn was breaking as we approached Delhi the night sky was just beginning to turn gold near the horizon… I was still trying to shrug off the sleepiness when the muezzin’s call for Morning Prayer filled the air; there was the silhouette of a minaret and dome almost right next to the rail way tracks; which took my breath away…

We caught a train the day before in Gorakhpur (three hours ride away from the border), around 6:30 am we stopped in the station in Delhi, even at that early hour the station was swarming with ppl, we were caught up in a sea of nameless faces…

It was drizzling in Delhi when we came out of the station and boarded a bus bound to AIIMS… we’d come to India to attend the annual medical students festival; Pulse… around 5000 students from around 106 medical colleges were to attend this year… it took us almost the whole day to complete registration…

While waiting we were able to see around AIIMS which was a city in itself with its very own Olympic size swimming pool!! I am sure the place would’ve been at least half as big as Male’!! Hassan (a Maldivian doing mbbs in AIIMS) and Munshidh (my cousin also doing mbbs in Delhi) showed us around. By the end of the day we’d run into some Maldivians thanks to Munshidh, some were friends from my school days and others colleagues who’d worked with me in IGMH… though it was my first trip to Delhi, it wasn’t such a strange place after all!

Thanks Munshidh, for all your help… the stay in Delhi wouldn’t have been the same without you around!!