Ariza | Hyderabad | 06 June 2011, 8:00am
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: The best form of speed control is a hyderabadi two wheeler. Each time the new comers assume precedence on the road the hyderabadi driver who has just emerged on from the side lane will inch closer, onto his way, closer still, until anyone who doesnt want a collison will give up and break. Then we pass.
Zero Culture: Now this is hard to take. Delhi has its round of cultural activities - plays, music! Apparently they are everywhere and all you have to do is emerge from your house and culture drops onto you. What happens here - a random act in HIFT or Ravindra Bharati?
No History: This be a long post of its own. Isnt hyderabad really a dimunituve of cyberabad? The hitec city is your city's ancinet symbol right? Where are the sites of ancient battles, evidence of kings?
Food: Over-rated. They'll give us Biryani, yes, but everything else is smothered in chilli. Dosas are better in Chennai, Butter Chicken in Punjab.
Fashion: Always late. Yesterdays summer collection. Nah... we are stuck a decade behind. Case in point: have you looked at the Telugu film posters of late?
Weather: Cant make up its mind. Summer isnt counted - its not Hyderabadi, its Indian. A national property - never meant to be federal. Winters dont bite and the rains dont help.
Roads: A mirage. Somewhere outside the city is a road that is oh so smooth and oh so fast you will trip. It begins there because no one can spoil it by using it.
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