HYDERABAD – THE CITY I GREW UP IN, THE CITY I LOVE.
PLACE:
Hyderabad- “The city of Nawabs” is one of the best metropolitan cites in India and is well known globally for its rich heritage with temples, mosques, churches and monuments, varied heritage in arts,crafts and dance enabled the city to preserve its culture from years.
CULTURE :
What makes Hyderabad such a special destination is its multi-cultural mix of people. In fact, in Hyderabad one can find north and south Indian people belonging to different religious community and different number of languages.
PEOPLE :
Hyderabadis are a pretty friendly people. Almost anyone will help a blind person cross the road if asked to, and they will all be eager to give directions if asked. But, on the other hand, so many auto rickshaw drivers will cheat you if they can, many police and municipal officers (government officials in general) can be bribed, women get stared at everywhere and really badly in certain areas, a fender-bender in the traffic almost always erupts into a very foul-mouthed and quite possibly physical fracas, just about everybody breaks traffic rules. Actually, to determine the ethics of the average resident of this city, you just have to stand at an unmanned traffic signal for half an hour. Yes, a point that comes up is that not all offenders above belong to under-educated and poor classes – for example, several cars jump signals, and several highly educated bureaucrats take bribes. We don’t know about our theory then – ask God.
RANDOM HYDERABADI FACTS :
1) Most Hyderabadis love chaat and pani puri and of course mirchi bajjis.
2) 7 out of 10 Hyderabadi under-17 students are trying to become engineers, and 2 out of 10 are trying to become doctors. The other 1 out of 10 is considered a non-entity.
3) A popular pastime among Hyderabadi youngsters is standing by the railings of the top floors at Prasads multiplex and looking down at the crowds. We wonder what they look for.
4)If you do not get tickets in many Hyderabad cinema halls, most times you can ask the owner where to find his men around his theater selling them in black (though he may ask you to pay him for the information)
5)If you own land anywhere in Hyderabad, it will most likely be grabbed by goons, and cops usually offer to help only if you part with half the land (okay, that’s an exaggeration – they ask for only a quarter).
6)The Hyderabad airport is possibly the farthest that any airport in the world is from its home city.
7)Autorickshaw drivers in Hyderabad are in general rude, and do not understand the concept of a straight line.
8)Public transport in Hyderabad, aside of the rather expensive autorickshaws, are buses and local trains. The former can be very crowded, and the latter untraceable.
9)The biggest addiction in Hyderabad is paan (betel leaves with nuts), and the related gutkha. People spit the red excrement from that all over the roads, and even if you can manage to stay outside the line of fire, you can’t manage to never step over it.
The sights, sounds, smells, tastes and experiences make Hyderabad what it is.
PLACE:
Hyderabad- “The city of Nawabs” is one of the best metropolitan cites in India and is well known globally for its rich heritage with temples, mosques, churches and monuments, varied heritage in arts,crafts and dance enabled the city to preserve its culture from years.
CULTURE :
What makes Hyderabad such a special destination is its multi-cultural mix of people. In fact, in Hyderabad one can find north and south Indian people belonging to different religious community and different number of languages.
PEOPLE :
Hyderabadis are a pretty friendly people. Almost anyone will help a blind person cross the road if asked to, and they will all be eager to give directions if asked. But, on the other hand, so many auto rickshaw drivers will cheat you if they can, many police and municipal officers (government officials in general) can be bribed, women get stared at everywhere and really badly in certain areas, a fender-bender in the traffic almost always erupts into a very foul-mouthed and quite possibly physical fracas, just about everybody breaks traffic rules. Actually, to determine the ethics of the average resident of this city, you just have to stand at an unmanned traffic signal for half an hour. Yes, a point that comes up is that not all offenders above belong to under-educated and poor classes – for example, several cars jump signals, and several highly educated bureaucrats take bribes. We don’t know about our theory then – ask God.
RANDOM HYDERABADI FACTS :
1) Most Hyderabadis love chaat and pani puri and of course mirchi bajjis.
2) 7 out of 10 Hyderabadi under-17 students are trying to become engineers, and 2 out of 10 are trying to become doctors. The other 1 out of 10 is considered a non-entity.
3) A popular pastime among Hyderabadi youngsters is standing by the railings of the top floors at Prasads multiplex and looking down at the crowds. We wonder what they look for.
4)If you do not get tickets in many Hyderabad cinema halls, most times you can ask the owner where to find his men around his theater selling them in black (though he may ask you to pay him for the information)
5)If you own land anywhere in Hyderabad, it will most likely be grabbed by goons, and cops usually offer to help only if you part with half the land (okay, that’s an exaggeration – they ask for only a quarter).
6)The Hyderabad airport is possibly the farthest that any airport in the world is from its home city.
7)Autorickshaw drivers in Hyderabad are in general rude, and do not understand the concept of a straight line.
8)Public transport in Hyderabad, aside of the rather expensive autorickshaws, are buses and local trains. The former can be very crowded, and the latter untraceable.
9)The biggest addiction in Hyderabad is paan (betel leaves with nuts), and the related gutkha. People spit the red excrement from that all over the roads, and even if you can manage to stay outside the line of fire, you can’t manage to never step over it.
The sights, sounds, smells, tastes and experiences make Hyderabad what it is.
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