The Helmet-less Hyderabadi

Some of us Hyderabadis are genetically, physically, morally, politically, and perhaps erroneously averse to wearing helmets even though the rule was introduced long ago. We are the helmet-less Hyderabadis. Bring up the topic of helmets and one of us will give you the sort of look that tells you he won’t pay for the one-by-two Irani chai you have ordered even if we have been friends for decades.

We, the helmet-less Hyderabadis live by a single motto that can be summed up in a few words: Even if our skulls crack open into a million pieces we ain’t gonna wear helmets. Never. (Which in Hyderabadi lingo is ;Sar phuta tho phuta, helmet nai painthe apan. Naich nai.)

The helmet-less Hyderabadi is the sort of guy who will not wear a helmet even if the weather forecast says that it is going to rain boulders the size of Adnan Sami before his weight loss. Nothing will ever make us wear helmets. If we are wearing helmets we are wearing them for some other reasons I'll write about some other time.