Day 2: A Monday n yet something tht people thought ws a Funday !

Ayyo ! Just as people were shrugging off their weekend blues and were trying to get back onto a serious work-week starting Monday, the damp weather continued to hit Hyderabadis started to take effect and helped retain the typical pre-week-end lazyiness.


Goes without saying that thousands of families made a beeline to Shamshabad, for a look around what is being touted as India's most modern airport. I actually know two families who took it one step further and visited their parents - in Chennai n Bengaluru, just 2 soak in the xperience of touching a truly modern airport.

Wokay ! Did someone call the weatherman ? I dunno. Yeah, someone told me Hyderabad recorded slightly over 11 cm of rain in a 24-hour span. Untimely it surely was, bt no one can deny that it brought with it, much-needed respite. This again highlighted the city's gross inability to deal with just a wee bit more of rain than normal.

Heh ! Just think of Mumbai. Was it just under 100 cm that Mumbaikars had to contend with ? And, gosh ! The way they handled it will surely go down in history books too. I mean , like 36 hours after getting about 100 cm of rainfall, that city was back to normal. Too, too, much and very difficult to believe, but true it certainly was.

When Hyderabadis responded to calls from other cities on Monday and told their friends that it was a lazy start to a fresh week, most people did not believe it. But then given the telly nd the websites that have opened windows ...NO, doors of information to people about whats happening around them, they had to believe it. Damn or darn. The effort it takes for people to make their near and dear believe. Sigh ! ...

Boring, dull n wet week-end, nevertheless historic !

March 23: Nary a doubt as to the fact that it was a very boring, very dull n very, very wet week-end. Since late afternoon of Saturday, the City has been witnessing a steady drizzle and the past 24 hours, people have been hit by rain that could be described as not just 'mosquitoes n flies' and 'cats n dogs' but as 'buffaloes n donkeys' too !

This apart, this weekend will go in the history books of the over 400-year old City of Pearls as one that saw it truly gain a place on modern international connectivity maps. Yes, that was the worrisome exit of Begumpet as an airport and the ushering in of Shamshabad airport. Even the most basic of parameters of the new airport are truly, truly awesome.

A runway that is over 4.26 km long and an airport that will have the capacity to handle over 12 million passengers a year, apart from having the most expansive parking lot and a complete airport village. Breathtaking sure ! Over the past month or so, there has been a steady stream of reports in the print media and special stories on the telly.

An appreciable point is that fact that every member of the print n electronic media actually saw eye-2-eye and were in complete agreement. No critic of the media could actually point out a difference of opinion. And add this to the typical Hyderabadi spirit with virtually everyone - 'mulki' or otherwise proudly heralding a new dawn, an enviable era in avitation.

Welcome 2 myself !

Hi folks !

For long I been thinking about blogging. I thought of the entire gamut of the 5 'W's and 1 'H' and then decided. What the hell ? Lemme blog too ! So here I am, an infant among the 'pros' in this world.