Adieu Rains
After a prolonged stay and after making life miserable for Hyderabadis the rains seems to have finally bid adieu to Hyderabad with the cloudy skies making way for a clear sky and brilliant sunshine. The changed weather heralds the arrival of the festive season with Ramzan just around the corner followed by Dasera. It is that sort of weather that comes between the rainy season and the winter.
It is pleasant weather just right to be out shopping or just basking in the glow of the perfect sun-filled days. The shops are thronging with shoppers struggling with huge shopping bags filled with goodies for the coming festivals. Also, with Ramzan just three days away the foodies seem to be having as much of haleem as possible before the ovens are shut until the next Ramzan. I too plan to have one more round of haleem sometime in the next two days.
A Shower of Millingtonias
It is that time of the year when the majestic Millingtonia trees burst into bloom showering the ground with the fragrant, slender and white Millingtonia flowers. The flowers with a long stem and a wide mouth like some kind of a trumpet form a carpet of white on the ground under older trees. There are a couple of really tall Millingtonias on the Tank Bund and one gets a whiff of the fragrance while passing by those trees.
There is one Miilingtonia tree just outside my room in the compound of our office. The flowers fall on the steps leading to the room and in the morning their fragrance pervades the air until afternoon.
After a prolonged stay and after making life miserable for Hyderabadis the rains seems to have finally bid adieu to Hyderabad with the cloudy skies making way for a clear sky and brilliant sunshine. The changed weather heralds the arrival of the festive season with Ramzan just around the corner followed by Dasera. It is that sort of weather that comes between the rainy season and the winter.
It is pleasant weather just right to be out shopping or just basking in the glow of the perfect sun-filled days. The shops are thronging with shoppers struggling with huge shopping bags filled with goodies for the coming festivals. Also, with Ramzan just three days away the foodies seem to be having as much of haleem as possible before the ovens are shut until the next Ramzan. I too plan to have one more round of haleem sometime in the next two days.
A Shower of Millingtonias
It is that time of the year when the majestic Millingtonia trees burst into bloom showering the ground with the fragrant, slender and white Millingtonia flowers. The flowers with a long stem and a wide mouth like some kind of a trumpet form a carpet of white on the ground under older trees. There are a couple of really tall Millingtonias on the Tank Bund and one gets a whiff of the fragrance while passing by those trees.
There is one Miilingtonia tree just outside my room in the compound of our office. The flowers fall on the steps leading to the room and in the morning their fragrance pervades the air until afternoon.
The two Millingtonias in front of our house that I planted two years ago have just started putting out their first hesitant blooms. It is a delight to watch the flowers within hand’s reach from our balcony. Next year there will be more flowers and more fragrance.
No Interest IN THE WORLD MILITARY GAMES
With the Military Games a couple of days away not many Hyderabadis seem to be interested in them. Only the army people seem to be enthusiastic about the event and one sees a lot of army trucks going around the city preparing for the big event.
No Interest IN THE WORLD MILITARY GAMES
With the Military Games a couple of days away not many Hyderabadis seem to be interested in them. Only the army people seem to be enthusiastic about the event and one sees a lot of army trucks going around the city preparing for the big event.
Maybe because it isn’t cricket, the Hyderabadis do not seem to be very interested in the fauji games. That is Hyderabad for you.
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