Hyderabad | 2011
There is a dull candor around town now-a-days. It is the color of cement. And its been painted on the sky, hiding the bright blue skies of any other October. Last Sunday an Aunt (who settled) in Guntur called. I asked her why she wasnt here? "Werent you supposed...
Hyderabad | 2011
Is it just my wish a memory of my naive heart Sepia tinted heroes who walk out of ancient forgotten words Where was ever such a time When one stepped ahead of many Herded the flock and Corrected the awry Where has he gone? Oh! Where has he gone! Now the...
Hyderabad | 2011
Even beyond the first glance there is nothing in common between the nice lady who sells tea near my house and Ileana. This particular nice lady selling tea on a kerosene stove is short, dark with broad shoulders strengthened in the rigors of hardship and a quick mouth that could...
Hyderabad | 2011
If ever written, an obituary of Hyderabad will have one entire chapter dedicated to the loss of its lakes. No one knows if it was a deliberate strategy, but by the time the kingdom of the last Nizam acceded to the Indian Union there were no less than 900 lakes in Hyderabad. They...
Hyderabad | 2011
What would we do without the genorosity of kind autodrivers? They who accept to take us around the city sometimes dropping us right at our house. If you have luggage to tug around they might even help you out by carrying your luggage with you. IN THE SAME AUTO!...
Hyderabad | 2011
I am sitting here waiting for my order to arrive: slow cooked chicken marinaded all night long in curd and tossed into a bowl of warm rice and served with the leg sticking out. It arrives in a copper bottomed vessel, I take a swoop of rice, tear a piece of chicken from the bone and mix it with...
Hyderabad | 2011
Here's a list of complaints I have heard about Hyderabadis. Lazy: The first thing that hits them. The hyderabadi will for leisure. I am told that even money cant get us going. Maids dont care, Auto drivers dont bother. Its supposed to be rude and its supposed to be inherent. Lousy Drivers:...