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Article: Simply put, I will grow old in Delhi
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- The Hindustan Times
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- December 19, 2007
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Avishek G Dastidar
Hindustan Times
NEW DELHI, India, Dec. 19 -- No matter where in the world I am, Delhi is one place I always come back to. Primarily because this is where my parents are but also because this city holds some very special memories for me.
It was in Delhi that I shot my first film, a documentary. It was in the classrooms, hostels, shops, lanes, rickshaws, food and everything comprising North Campus that I experienced college life for the first time. A significant part of my youth was spent here. Some of my best friends that I met during those years are still in Delhi. So do I belong to this city? Of course I do.
I am more of an Old Delhi person. The crowded bylanes, the ...