Bada bim bada boom!!frm a considerably tolerable and nice hometown to a thrivin metropolis...had no clue i wud land up there and jus didnt see the attachment cum thro...i mean HYDERABAD man!! Land o pickles and spicy food...my assumption??
when we figure out its time to move on and change cities, we do so. looking fwd to tat breath of fresh air, ppl and remember tat we have alwez bin told "shiftin cities will do u good.u can do anythin tat u want." s it like tat...do the people make the city or does the city make them?
did u do "everything tat u wanted" in that new city? or are u wid the others..today's robots? "doode i got so mucha work man..don even wanna tk a break 2 pee." notice the "wanna".who ever says tats all there is...on a higher level, the wannabes will tell u its the difference between living in an assumption/delusion/schizophrenia Vs livin in reality. now which one's which?
i had defined my territory; i lived wid tat "people"..tat counsel which tells you "btw u work for us"...hah!the people were weird...crowded streets, frm crazy drunks to surrogate moms...they were all there...all...they live together and continue to wonder if the togetherness was abt disrupting the balance or maintainin it...i lived among them. and so did u.
now come the pickles and spicy food...the pearls the shopping the partyin the stuff...all o it and everythin frm it in one breath. then comes the travel, the opportunities, the monuments...who broke that fort wall...time or the soldiers or were they in the middle of renovating???
now here's the dreaded second part...the other city. a city that shouts with no voice at all. people who hear with no ears. to live in the assumption (yea u can quote me) tat THAT is THE city. fooled by your own sense of foolishness i wud say. so are u jus lyin down on the road while the road roller wid all the tar rooooollllls over you and u wait for it to make the u-turn and come back...then to actually follow it wherever it goes? is that an addictive city or is it just you?there are fellow 'rolled-overs' but u r still alone..get up and get out!its time...
and for the grand finale...home sweet home! ah! thank the man who termed that. worst summers, power cuts rt in da afternoons ven the temp s nth less than a 49 degrees! the myth/curse of the dysfunctional families, the arrogance and the "v look down upon other city ppl...even the district ones" (poor guys didnt know there was a varied range of categories to choose frm while doin sth as simple as shoppin or eatin) Love the arrogance, the rains and the passion 2 work and the quite moments. here my dear...the smile comes thro.and WE can see the doubts and fears and complexities of the others enterin our domain! "oh u're all so docile.." do the lions announce their hunt..can u actually see them send across tat bandi first wid a loudspeaker "yo yo yo v're a comin, watch out!"...the blind others.
so is this how u wud define a city..an influential school of thought thats geographically visible???
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Once IN Hyderabad, always a Hyderabadi...no airs, no prejudices, just the basics of this city and the feeling of 'manna pradhesham'!!!!
But remember, I loved Chennai, inspite of all its bias. The place just needs some unconditional hyderabadi loving and LIVING!
a tale of 2 cities!!!...that was quite a read...gee cuz I am surprised(takin into consideration have never seen/read any of yer stuff)
the right amount of wackiness,and a tone that at times veers toward overt net-lingo but yet retains its intended threshold of seriousness..I want more :)
U R gr8! Loved the ending... Phewwwwwwwwwwww Ohhhhhhhhhhh did I forget the way u can write sweetie!?! :)
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