Hills are alive with the sound of NCR

Wave out if you can see us. But if you’re in Delhi-NCR, don’t bother. You are, or will be, wrapped in a thick blanket of fog, so… But Delhi-Noida-Gurgaonwalas are having a field day with the weather. Everyone’s Insta captions are brimming with ‘Hill station vibes, no travel required!’ and ‘Manali, who?’ Forget 5-hr torturous road trips to the mountains. They’re just stepping outside into their balconies and being transported to a mystical land where visibility is as low as everyone’s patience on Delhi roads. There must be a fjord behind that lamppost, right?

The chaiwalas have declared ‘peak tourist season’, serving ginger tea to foggy-eyed residents ‘trekking’ down from their apartments who get a taste of shipping in Simla… sorry, sipping in Shimla. Some adventurous souls are even wearing Massimo Dutti puffer jackets, declaring, ‘Why waste money on Kashmir when Gurgaon has the same vibes?’ If a hailstorm will do for snow, hey, Noida was good enough in the last week of December. Bollywood’s actually planning a ‘Switzerland location’ movie. ‘The hills are alive with the sound of Delhi-NCR…’ a musical set in foggy Gurgaon, where Juhi Chisti sings her heart out, while dodging honking cars. And because no vacation is real unless it’s posted on social media, NCRwalas will have pics galore – all beautifully foggy, wonderfully unclear.