What can I say, it is the most overwhelming experience I have ev
er had! It is difficult to describe the way the city hits you. New York City is probably one of few American cities that receive so much media coverage and yet nothing in the world can prepare you for it. What with 200 feet tall video advertisements and tastefully done 50 by 50 feet murals and The ABC News Ticker and Ernst And Young building looking down on you and the Paramount Broadway Theater lit up in all its glory and the New York Police Officer traveling on horseback as he surveys his domain and the bright yellow New York taxis with apna desi cabbies racing past and honking at you and the people – My God – its no joke – so many people – Blacks , Whites, Hispanics, the rich, the sophisticated , the poor , the bums, the weirdos, the street side saxophonist playing his lonely tunes as he begs for money , the colors , the noise , the glare, the intensity – it makes you feel like the most insignificant thing in the world. It’s as if the City can bend down and swallow you whole. There was one point when I was standing at Times Square, I could have cried.
