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Add comment August 30th, 2009
What every Hyderabadi must read: The Last Nizam by John Zubrzycki
WHEN MUKARRAM Jah, heir to a great and fabulously wealthy Indian dynasty, first visited Australia in 1972, he couldn’t believe the quietness of Perth’s streets. “It looked like there was a curfew,” Jah recounted later. “I saw two policemen approaching and waved them into the safety of the hotel lobby to find out what had happened. They asked, ‘Where are you from, mate?’ told me it was a typical Sunday morning in Perth and went on their way.” (more…)
Add comment July 1st, 2009
You are a Hyderabadi………….if:
1. Your address reads as 23-404-32/67A-43 (New MCH number 56-678/4A/B-22),while you actually live in the second house beside zamzam cafe in lane behind Anand Theatre on SP Road.
2. You end up buying only a salwar kameez, whether it is a theatre workshop, food mela, consumer expo, designer jewellery show, science show or an automobile convention.
3. Your street has at least one roadside mobile hotel that serves Chinese delicacies such as ” Vegetable soft needles”, “Navrotten Kurma”, “Chicken Manchewurea” or “American Chompsee”.
4. Your answer is ’seedha chale jao’ when somebody asks you for directions,whether it is to Malakpet, Masab Tank, Malkajgiri or Moosapet.
5. You come across tailors sporting the board: ‘Immidiot delivery in two days onli’.
6.You can speak Hindi, Urdu, hyderabadi hinglish, except Telugu, fluently.
7.You ask the waiter to get you some ‘Aam ka achaar’ even if you are sitting at a lavish continental banquet dinner with exotic Chinese, Mexican, Italian and Lebanese cuisines.
8. You order for a tea just after having had a Caramel custard.
9. You have at least one Srinivas, Prasad, Raju, Rao or Venkatesh within six square feet. OR you have at least one cousin, friend, colleague or acquaintance with these names.
10. You have at least one cousin, friend, colleague or acquaintance in the US in software.
11. Every time somebody gives you a piece of good news, the first thing you ask them is ‘Party kab hain ?’
12. Refer to any past as ‘parso’, be it yesterday or long before three hu ndred years.
13. You call 11 AM as subah subah.
14. You label your boss as ‘Dimakh Kharab’
15. And it doesn’t matter where in the “Gulf/middle east” you are leaving you always tell you are going to “Dubai “. (I know of one family who still keep telling everyone their son is in “uno Dubai mein hai” but he is physically in Yemen for the past 5 years.
16. You are 15 minutes late and you feel you are on time.
17. You look at the fixed pr ice stand and still ask ‘dene ka bolo’
18. If you do not eat rice at least once a day you will die.(Nothing other than Rice is considered as a meal)
19. You feel offended by someone looking at you (Kaiku ghoor raa be?)
20. You think you are a born shayer and use some typical filmi batein in stylish urdu and crack some romantic jokes.
21. While someone does the above, you say to yourself ‘chubbe saale ,mooh dekh aaine mein, tere ku kaun pat thi, pataaney waala tho main hi hoon’
22. You can say the typical “Light le le baap” a nd be cool without analyzing what the situation is.
23. You feel its legal and your Nizami birth right to show your hand and stop the traffic (better than a traffic police) while you cross the road whenever and wherever you like.
24. You can hang out in a Irani cafe the whole day after ordering one cup tea and a empty saucer for yourself and your dear friend and you chat like thats the last day with each other.
25. You eat Paradise Biryani or bawarchi Biryani atleast once in a month
26. You go to the Petrol Bunk and say “Panch Point Single Oil maaro yaaro” and hand over 15 bucks.
27. You can relate the words ‘Nakko’, ‘Hou’ ‘Kaiku’ ,’hallu’ and make these the integral part of your vocabulary.
28. You tell your friend that you will ‘just come back’ (”abbhi aathu mein”) and your friend knows that either you will take a couple of hours or not come back at all.
29. You end up watching every movie you come across , and end up saying oh! that was good , but it could be better if it was made that way
30. You are reading this and secretly admitting that you are, after all, a true blue Hyderabadi [J] You know one thing….. Once a Hyderabadi, always a Hyderabadi… and you will forward this site for sure to Hyderabadis … because only they can relate to it.
Contributed by Amarnath Dixit, Sydney
Add comment March 4th, 2009
Quotable Quotes
“Where did he get the money from? Did Jesus send him the money? I am surprised at the massive hoardings that have come up all over the state.”
- Chandrababu Naidu taking a dig at the CM’s son-in-law, Brother Anil Kumar.
Add comment December 8th, 2008
Radio taxi, the most reliable way to go anywhere in Hyderabad
Early morning flight at Shamshabad. Make-or-break business meeting at Hitech City. Wedding jewellery purchase ar Lad Bazaar. Art show at Saifabad. Late night movie at Panjagutta. Pearl buying spree at somajiguda. VIP to be received (mother-in-law’s first visit!) at kachiguda. Kalyani biryani at Mehdipatnam. Admission interview at Gachibowli. Gutti vankai at  Kukatpally. Doctor’s appiontement for grandma at Jubilee Hills. Girls’ night out at Banjara Hills.
Introducing Meru taxis, the most reliable way to get from from anywhere to anywhere in Hyderabad. All you need to do is call 4422 4422 or log on to www.merucabs.com.
Satellite-tracked taxis for prompt service. Digital tamperproof meters. 24Ă—7 Call Centre for total Dependability.
Carefully selected drivers trained at our own Meru Training Academy. Features that make the Meru taxi service truly world-class.
Add comment April 18th, 2008
A Request to Extend Your Services to the Cancer Patients
This is regarding Support and Charity to Leukemia [ Blood Cancer ] patients at Indo – American Cancer Institute – Banjara Hills Road no : 14 .Â
Generally children between the age group of 3-15 years are adversely affected by this dreadful disease. It slowly deteriorates the immune system by reducing the white blood count and may lead to death sometimes.Â
Cancer is one such disease , which impacts not just the patient , but the entire family as it involves Emotional , Physiological and Financial stress . The chemotherapy [ therapy involving drugs] will be administered in 4-6 cycles and each cycle would cost around 25000-50000 INR. Â
The medical billing demoralizes their confidence and efficacy to fight the ailment especially in cases of middle class and lower middle class sections.
Indo American Cancer institute apart from being a research centre , it is also a non- profit foundation trying to offer treatment in the lowest expenditure possible. (more…)
Add comment April 12th, 2008
Route Options to New Airport at Hyderabad
Here are the route options to reach the new international airport. Good luck!
Add comment March 10th, 2008
Hyderabad International Airport Official Site
The Rajiv Gandhi International Airport’s official site is www.hyderabad.aero
It is well designed and informative. Dont forget to participate in the contest where you can win international airtickets.
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Add comment March 9th, 2008
When will we learn?
Here are 2 pictures to demonstrate town planning in Hyderabad. One is a picture of road that they cannot expand because of the Hindu cemetary. We are sentimental and superstitious lot and wont touch the cemetary land. So be it. What about a new mall coming next to it? Can it be avoided? Shouldnt it be used as a parking lot for the shopping and business district the area is turning out to be? Or just turn it into a park and create a lung space. But another mall? Please! No!
Add comment March 8th, 2008
Hyderabad in Numbers: Begumpet Airport as Real Estate
Land at Begumpet: 700 acres
Present market rate: Rs.38.72 crores per acre
Total value: Rs.27,104 crores.
(Data: ToI, Photo:www.hyderabadplanet.com)
Read more on the Hyderabad Airport
Add comment March 7th, 2008