Those 4 words sums up the whirlwind official trip to Hyderabad which suddenly popped up from no where on the afternoon of Wednesday and ended on Sunday evening. Definitely hyderabad is catching up quickly with other cities. With the kind landscapes one can ogle at near Madhapur, with the kinds of roads that my friend kept praising.. many more. do read on..
A list of things that I would cherish from this trip ....- gup-chup aka the pani puri of Hyderabad, samosa's (unknowingly I tasted mutton samosa's), the shared auto's and the cheating auto-walas(although very few and way way way better than chennai and bangalore autowalas), the "newly-bought-cars" on the roads that my friend kept pointing out,the tasteful houses of Jubilee hills,the tension with the wait-listed train tickets, the absorbing last day at work that made the trip worth it.(officially)
On the other side, the visit to Blue cross society along with my cousin who took an year off from being a Techie and decided to work with the less cared creatures of the world. I had a chance to listen to his plans watching an overcast Hyderabad skies from the Blue cross office and couldn't resist appreciating him. Man!! one needs real passion and most importantly should "love" what he/she is doing and before that realize what he loves. I tell you,this chap did realize what he loves and is after that. Wish he will be successful one day! I had no doubts, especially after knowing that despite of his broken finances, he is happy deserting the techie tag and passionate about the work he is doing.
Despite of little time to roam around, these things made the trip memorable. So yours truly is now trying to negate the unavoidable sleep, all credit to the tiring train journey despite of 3 AC and typing this all. Hyderabad you are charming as ever!!
Oh!! Lovely city it is. I spent two memorable years of my life over there. A lazy city where one can live the moments of tranquility which one misses in hectic life of Bangalore or Delhi.
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We din't get time to roam in the city. Neshtime we will surely do all that we wanted to. May be you should have done little work too to please ur manager :-)
ReplyDeletegreat to read ur experience Chandu... we've always wanted to visit Hyderabad.. have heard abt its beauty... btw, did u get to taste the Iranian chai? am very much interested to taste that too... and am sure u'd have got some wonderful pictures of the trip too.. hope to check them out when i meet u...
ReplyDeleteOk.... so u were in Hyd then..... And really appreciate that cousin of urs... very few ppl have the guts to come out of their comfort zones like that.....
ReplyDelete@sid-except for the traffic sense and greenery part,hyd rates better than bangalore.
ReplyDelete@arthi- Oye I just submitted the REPORT of the trip, i mean official, so some work in the midst of the chaos.
@prasad- nope no, didn't try the chai. lemme take you around hyd sometime soon. left my cam at home, so no pics :(
@Sum- Yessh I WAS in Hyd
@Chandu,
ReplyDeleteYes Bangalore is Greener. But both these Hyd and Blr are so lovely cities. I never went back since I left Hyd in 2006 but would surely want to visit again and catch up with Irani Chaai and Dum Biryani!!