An ode to Hyderabad

My first tryst with Hyderabad was for a mere two months. It was summer of 2006 and I had landed here as a fresh graduate looking forward to a future. Yes. Those were good old days.Back then there was a different CM. Now there is a different CM.One thing I usually dont comment is about politics the reason being simple. I dont know much about politics. For me , the politics means only specific strategical decisions which affects taxes, my payroll, and changes by TRAI which will ensure inexpensive calling rates - so that i may call home often.

A lot can be said about the changes that have happened in this beautiful city- the new airport, new foot over bridges, new lanes and many more infrastructural additions to cater to the everygrowing IT doings. But I am not writing to enlighten about the additions made, but specially about one thing which has not changed.
It is the way Hyderabadi road users(motorists and pedestrians) put vehicles/roads/lives to test everyday. Call it efficient driving or call it utilizing full potential of vehicle or more precisely call it our ability to not care for anything unless it affects us directly. Call it what you will, but what never ceases to amaze me and many other who are not natives of Hyderabad is the complete exodus of traffic sense.Frankly, I considered myself extremely lucky having survived many attempts on my life by 'share' autos back in 2006. Now I am back here. Everyday, I see accidents with ominous regularity only to have it being overwritten in my memory even before it is forgotten. As I walk on the streets of this amazing city, I almost get run down on a daily basis. My cries of 'Watchout!' are being lost in the ominous traffic. But the driver who intended to mow me down turns back and gives me a look. I think it is a smile. A look that almost says 'why so serious?' And while he turns back, the vehicle still chugs along diligently in traffic. That is a feat by any standards.
I hope everyday that I finish the work I am supposed to do in Hyderabad as soon as possible and return to my hometown alive. Meanwhile, I kindly ask you to recommend me for the bravery awards... i think they are awarded posthumously too. Your efforts will not be in vain.

inertia

Newton must be thanked. i think he coined the term inertia.
I am too lazy to verify the fact now. Whoever discovered it,
probably saw it work with material objects which are tangible.
They must have seen the motionless objects refusing to move or
moving objects refusing to stop. .
The same analogy works for the mind, i guess. I have tried to blog
about the things I experience as frequently as possible..and yes, I
have the time too. But whenever i open this page, something happens.
I feel like i have to move huge boulders in my cerebrum, revisit my
memory areas, think deeply and ....(i leave it here, i cant think). During
these troubling moments, i just quit. And feel bad about it later.
The retrieval process of events from memory require mental effort, esp.
if they are not very pleasant..to pen them for public is something for which
the world will throw their hats off. The world will stand for you on one
leg if you can do it regularly. And if that happens, people dont stop, they
start blogging regularly although some other important thing may take
backseat in their daily schedule. Maybe it gives them satisfaction...or people's
adulation. Some people claim that blogging gives them the outlet for their
creative energy(Yeah, we've seen them.) . Blogging or no blogging, life goes
on. The benefits and harms of them .... i think that is best left for another
blog, some other day, some other time.

To start blogging, you need to overcome the inertia of the mind. You
will have to roll the stone uphill to the top. Once you just reach there, all
you need to do is nudge it down and have a roll and give it inertia of
thought.

But rolling stones gather no moss.

I still dont know why i penned the proverb above. But if you are willing
and wish to think deeply, just think of an arbit scientific concept and
relate it with the saying... you too can proceed to roll the stone uphill.