My experience in Delhi is not good at all. Here if you are fresher then your salary will be nominal and the house rent will cost you about half of your salary. If you are a bachelor then you are bound to live with a roommate otherwise you will not be able to afford it. Unfortunately if you are working with a call center then sooner or later your roommates will either kick you out or you will kick him out. The cause is clear; your work schedule will be unusual, most of the call centers have night shift, and your roommate will not be able to tolerate you sleeping in the daytime or you will not be able to tolerate him making noise during your sleeping hours. If you are not working with a call center but you fortunately have another job then it is bit better. Even though you will have other problems like if you do not smoke and have a roommate who smokes, or you are disciplined and others are not or you like cleanliness and that is not your roommate’s habit. The worst problem I have perceived is that if you like to stay quiet and alone and your roommates have many friends who come by all the time and ask you “Hello How are you” and they are really get your nerves. If you have some job experience then you can probably get a better salary and you can afford a flat by yourself, this is good, but if you are not happy with your landlord then it is a big trouble for you. You cannot find another home easily. To find another home you need to contact to a property dealer who will ask you for one or two month’s rent as a commission, that will cost you probably your one and a half month’s salary. If you are married and a fresher then please do not come to Delhi. Your life will be too tough to survive some time impossible. If you have many bachelor guests they will visit you once or twice a week. They will not be busy at their home, so they will just come to your house to have a fun talking to you and your wife. You will obviously not forget about Indian hospitality and offer them some food, which put a strain on your budget. Let me tell you my story. I am an Administrative Manager of a training company. I am a married 29-year-old man and my salary is about Rs 13000/-. My house rent is 4000/-. My house is not big but the rent is. I have a one-room set that has one room a small kitchen and a bathroom where you cannot put your washing machine. If you put your washing machine inside, then you will have to take a bathe sitting on top of the machine. One day I got a call from my father. I was informed that they are coming to see me, and they will stay here for almost two months. I began searching for a two-room set. My office hours are 9am to 5pm. It was not easy for me to search for another house.There was a property dealer behind my house but his office hours were 11am to 4pm so I could not meet him without taking the day off from my office. I got a one-day leave from my office and fixed a meeting with the property dealer Sharma Jee. Sharma Jee was a very good man. He assured me that he would search for a good home for me. He gave me another time to visit different houses. I tried to convince him that I couldn’t get another leave in a week but he would not give up. He told me clearly that if you want to change your house then you have to come on Wednesday to visit some good houses. I began thinking of some excuses to tell my boss. The next day I called my boss and told him that I have a meeting with the property dealer therefore I will not be able to come. My boss replied “No problem you can get a day off without pay for however much time you would like I have no problem with that at all. I listened to him and took my head in my hands. I did not want to tell my boss another excuse. But what could I have done? I met Sharma Jee the next day. He showed me two or three houses. One house was good but the neighborhood was not. There was a young couple living over there, always shouting at each other over nothing. I did not like that. The one I liked was quite decent. I told Mr. Sharma to go ahead with this place. The second step was a meeting with the landlord. Mr. Sharma told that the landlord is out of town. “It means one more day” I thought. This time I did not call my boss. I thought I would see what would happen. After this meeting I will not skip for any reason. Finally I met the landlord, and the negotiations happened. It was bit expensive, but the house was very good so I thought I would manage. This was about Rs 8000/- a month. At the end of the meeting the landlord asked me “ How many of you are going to live here?”I told “Me, my wife, my two children and my parents.” As soon as he heard this he surprisingly said “No no no I have this house only for bachelors. I cannot rent it to a family. I already told Mr. Sharma. Mr. Sharma apologized it and told me that he had completely forgotten about this condition. Next morning I was determined to go to the office. On the way I was continuously thinking about what would I say to my boss. I had not come for a long time. I entered my office and I shocked to see that a lady was sitting there and working at my desk without my permission. I directly went to the director’s office where he said to me that I was fired. I went to the account office and receive my PF and my balance salary and came back home. I could not understand what I should do? I called my father and told him that I am coming home to Patna because I got a long leave. I left Delhi forever.When I arrived at Patna Railway station I met one of my old friends who was going to Delhi. “Are you coming from Delhi?” “Yes I am” “Do you have any idea about house to live in Delhi?” “What?”
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