WHAT’S NEW IN HYDERABAD?

Some More Glitter
Close on the heels of the Hitex Gold and Jewellery Gold Expo that ended sometime last week comes the news of yet another glitter event. I read that the fourth edition of the Hyderabad Jewellery, Pearls and Gem Fair will be beginning from the ninth of July. However, unlike the previous event which was for the general public this Fair is B2B, that is, only for those in the trade. Only those carrying Establishment Licence, Photo ID proof and visiting cards will be let in. Given the stuff that’s on show they might have as well asked them to come in armoured cars and pack a gun.

Target: Manholes
Well, it’s taken the traffic cops to point out that manhole covers on the city’s roads are either above or below the road surface. My engineering colleagues in the GHMC haven’t noticed this perhaps but now they are making arrangements to bring these manhole covers to the level of the road. It was mentioned that about 450 manhole covers are in this manner. I’m willing to bet that there are more than 450 manholes in Musheerabad alone. Anyway, it is good to learn that someone has at last decided to do something about them..

Another Branch of Tamasha Store
Then there was the ad I saw on television the other day about the opening of a branch of another Tamasha store. Generally, in Hyderabad, there are places or localities in the city, where big stores must have a branch at any cost. One will find branches of virtually every big name in Ameerpet, Kukatpally, Dilshuknagar, Patny. Of late, Hitech City has joined this list like there isn’t enough there already. So yesterday I saw on the television that Chandana Brothers is opening its branch at Hitech City on Sunday.

Mr and Miss Corporate
Like there aren’t events happening in Hyderabad, especially beauty pageants and fashion parades, ‘Marve Entertainments’ has come up with the bright idea of organising a Corporate Fashion Contest called ‘Mr and Miss Corporate,’ a fashion and modelling’ event exclusively for corporates ,especially in the IT segment. So they plan to make this a two part event with the finals sometime in August. By this they plan to give the employees in the corporate to display their fashion and modelling talent. There is no dearth of such stylish folks in the IT industry. I hope someday someone will get a similar idea for those in the government!

Biryani and Kebab Festival

At the time of this writing this event must have begun since events like these are rare. By rare, I mean for rare the man on the road, not for the high and mighty (not to mention, rich) for whom there is always some food festival or the other going on one or the other big hotels. So, this place called Gazebo International is organising a week long ‘biryani and kebab festival’ which is guaranteed to be a hit given the Hyderabadi’s fascination for biryani. But I am still trying to find out where the heck Gazebo International is.

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