Life of a hyderabadi....

"Akhir, Hyderabad ki zindagi kya he" .Whats all about hyderabadis ,and thier way of living.This mail explores certain ascpects of hyderabadi life style.I wish to seek some reviews basing on which I will post more.

A Hyderabadi on the road

It some time looks stranger than fiction when a Hyderabadi while driving on the road feels that he is the 'king of the road' and the traffic rules are meant (only )to be broken, so don't ever cross the path of a Hyderabadi when he is on the move. In case if you cross his path, he invariably tries to get into an argument as if 'raking up a fight is in the blood' of Hyderabadi.Even if he is wrong, as the proverb goes "barking dogs seldom bites "(Shara** style), he tries to get you by neck but the crowd around him stops him by holding his hands while he vainly tries to get his hand over you (a Hyderabadi seldom gets into fitscuffs )so don't worry you won't be beaten but you have to bear the choicest abuses in the Hyderabadi slang. The Potti Patana "Hyderabadi Ishtyle"

So far so good, the other aspect of a hyderabadi life style or rather estyle is "potti patana". It is the favorite pastime for some while for others it is a fulltime job. A Hyderabadi would try all the tricks in the book and outside the book to get hold of the woman of his dreams. With the girls of the generation next it is "potta patana hai". If people in rest of India were carried over by the movie "Hyderabad Blues" that it is taboo for guys and girls to be seen in public together,then they are going to have a culture shock if they come to Hyderabad.So don't believe those confused desh returned non-real Indian (NRIs).If you don't believe me have a dhekko on the Necklace Road -the scene would put to shame even the overly romantic French. Bindaas Batein

The bindaas attitude of Hyderabadis is personified in the numerous cafes of the city where in you get to see a whole lot of bindaas Hyderabadis sipping tea for hours together. One might wonder as to how these people have all the time in the world to indulge in such long sessions. There is so much of time available with folks over here that at times you have to literally ask them to go for want of peace.

Warning:

Beware of some nerds living around garden cafe ,Sec-Bad YMCA(Yocs and KC janta).They are extreamly intellectual and are always angry that swedish society has not awarded them nobel prizes for thier ideologies and symbolisms,trivias,Information oveload's.Make sure you drive around clock tower to avoid YMCA road , if your are a mere mortal .

"Abhi" never mean NOW...and Parson never mean day before yesterday.

eg "Parson ich apun world cup jeetenaa" Nakko is a famous word used forever! Lite lena mama! is ubiquitous

Irani cafe and Irani chai A typical scene in an Irani cafe The Steward shouts "Ye chotu ..Ek Chai La Rey" and gets it himself(!) to serve to his customers. We are talking of Irani Hotels where some people build their lives around it. They sit for hours and hours and chat with friends, families and even strangers. Irani hotels are an excellent franchise( but of course no royalty, no ownership and no rules). They can only run one way and that is successful way. Every one likes the "Chota Samosa" made out of Onions that are special to any Irani Hotel. Fine Biscuit, and the world famous Osmania biscuits were born from this concept called Irani Hotel.Some famous Iranis Cafes Blue sea, Garden,Niagra, Paradise,Madina,Sarvi.Always try to avoid cafes on lower tank bund road named as "Tea city " and "Tea Den ",For reasons follow above mentioned warning. Gold Flake Rs 3/(rate keeps fluctuating ,includes tip for the "Khadir")- and Irani Chai along with samosa and osmania biscuit make the day for many.

[Thanks to my friend sagar for sending this :))]