it has happened many times, that while driving around Hyderabad I stumble upon some new place that just seems to blend in with the surroundings and you would surely miss it if you stick to main-roads. a wrong turn, or trying to take a shortcut down a lane, or sometimes plain chance leads to a totally new world within the city :)
Shefaly
· 10 months ago
Dare I say it that there are few hudugas or hudugis who experience both worlds?
The old Bangalore seems to have been forgotten by the shiny new world that confines itself to the Ring Road for living, working and entertaining themselves. Many people I know, who have lived in Bangalore for 8-10 years or longer, have never been to Lal Bagh or know that Bangalore has a science museum!
Doesn't bode well for a city to be so disparate and divided.
austere
· 10 months ago
Lovely.
True everywhere.
| Balu |
· 10 months ago
Hey.. Gandhi Bazar has a CCD =P I was a loyal customer there once, even though they never used to give us anything we wanted. They never had ice =( I agree with Shefaly. I visited most of the real landmarks of the city like Lalbagh, science museum among many others, when I came hear as a tourist (from school). Since I settled started working here, I haven't been to any of these places =(
gauri
· 10 months ago
//I can imagine the young local huduga who is now a techie and handles both worlds with ease.//
Much as I'm not sure what a huduga is, it doesn't have to be just him. You love a city enough, you'll know it's every corner, every kabab/chai stand and 24hr coffee shop in hep restaurants. The latter is once you start earning, of course. Pune used to be like that at least till about a decade ago - everyone hangs out everywhere. Well, let's say a good chunk hangs out everywhere. If the two worlds have become mutually exclusive, it is indeed sad.
I do see what you're saying, though - people in one world could well enjoy both worlds, but sadly, not necessarily the other way round.
-g
Maan
· 9 months ago
Sometimes its easily forgotten that there is a world outside the IT Park..
Abhishek
· 9 months ago
You know, as a photographer my favorite areas in a city are of the latter type. Like Sultan Bazar or Koti in Hyderabad, T Nagar in Chennai or Aminabad in Lucknow :)
They have got so much going on, so much colors... so much life!
manuscrypts
· 9 months ago
Kunal: true..every city has multiple worlds...
Shefaly: quite ambivalent on that.. on one hand, i'm not sure whether enough time has passed for the new set (like me) to have completely bonded with the city..on the other hand, with the kind of lifestyles we lead now, I wonder whether we will have the time, or make the effort..
manuscrypts
· 9 months ago
austere: exactly :)
balu: missed it :D and same here on the landmarks.. (read my reply to shefaly)
manuscrypts
· 9 months ago
gauri: huduga is just kannada for 'boy'.. you could love a city - in fact, most of us love Bangalore.. but for now, thats limited to the part we live in... which is why to me, there's a difference between that and being able to live and work in a city that you've grown up in..
Maan: unfortunately so
manuscrypts
· 9 months ago
Abhishek: i can imagine.. its also a probability that many of the residents in those areas will look at the malls and IT parks with awe :)
All Comments
The old Bangalore seems to have been forgotten by the shiny new world that confines itself to the Ring Road for living, working and entertaining themselves. Many people I know, who have lived in Bangalore for 8-10 years or longer, have never been to Lal Bagh or know that Bangalore has a science museum!
Doesn't bode well for a city to be so disparate and divided.
True everywhere.
I agree with Shefaly. I visited most of the real landmarks of the city like Lalbagh, science museum among many others, when I came hear as a tourist (from school). Since I settled started working here, I haven't been to any of these places =(
Much as I'm not sure what a huduga is, it doesn't have to be just him. You love a city enough, you'll know it's every corner, every kabab/chai stand and 24hr coffee shop in hep restaurants. The latter is once you start earning, of course. Pune used to be like that at least till about a decade ago - everyone hangs out everywhere. Well, let's say a good chunk hangs out everywhere. If the two worlds have become mutually exclusive, it is indeed sad.
I do see what you're saying, though - people in one world could well enjoy both worlds, but sadly, not necessarily the other way round.
-g
They have got so much going on, so much colors... so much life!
Shefaly: quite ambivalent on that.. on one hand, i'm not sure whether enough time has passed for the new set (like me) to have completely bonded with the city..on the other hand, with the kind of lifestyles we lead now, I wonder whether we will have the time, or make the effort..
balu: missed it :D and same here on the landmarks.. (read my reply to shefaly)
Maan: unfortunately so