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Gurgaon - A city with a bad reputation

After spending a little over 4 months in this city, I think it is time for a comparative post like the one I did for Melbourne . So here goes… The first thing that almost everyone said when I mentioned that I was moving to Gurgaon, was, “Oh gosh! Why? It is not safe! You will definitely come running back!” The supporters of the city were few and far between. These are people who have read the news reports; visited the city sporadically, or visited ‘Gurgawa’ which is the older rustic part of the city. For sake of convenience, I will refer to the newly developed part, which is where I live and work. To anyone who first visits this city, it does indeed look like a swanky, fast-paced symbol of 21st century India. As you drive by the glitzy glass offices that house some of the biggest organizations in the world, you imagine yourself working and / or doing some business here. The metro line running overhead is reassurance that you are in a city with public transport of internationa