WHAT’S NEW IN HYDERABAD

NEW CHIMPANZEE FOR HYDERABAD- ONE AMONG MANY

Those of you wondering what’s new in the Hyderabad zoo, here’s news for you. Last week the latest addition to the zoo in Hyderabad was a female chimp. It seems there were two chimpanzees in a mini-zoo at Amby Valley at Pune. After one of them died the other was feeling lonely and so Sahara India decided to gift it to Hyderabad, of all the places.

So now we have another chimpanzee in our midst as if there aren’t enough already crowding the roads of Hyderabad. But this is one unlucky chimp I feel. Imagine, like it isn’t enough misfortune already, losing one’s companion and on top of it, being sent to a place like Hyderabad,


I hope the chimpanzee feels at home in Hyderabad and doesn’t get ideas to get a driving licence.

AUDI RS5 COUPE LAUNCHED

I hear and read about Porsches, BMWs, Jaguars and other expensive car models being launched in the city but have not actually spotted any till date. Maybe because those fancy cars, quite naturally, are bought by the money bags in Jubilee Hills crowd who do not seem to drive these cars anywhere in those cars other than on the roads of Jubilee Hills.

Last week another sports car, the Audi RS 5 Couple was launched in the city. I read that the car costs about Rs 78 lakhs. And wasn’t surprised that two of them were already sold to two guys who, I am willing to bet, are residents of Jubilee Hills. I also read in the same newsitem that there are two other guys in Hyderabad who are going about in Audi cars worth more than two crores each

GETTING READY FOR THE HALEEM SEASON

There’s a sense of expectancy in the air and it is with a spring in the step that the Hyderabadi is going around these days. He is just waiting for the Ramzan season to begin to hog on Haleem. The holy month of Ramzan is barely a week away and already preparations are on at several Irani joints. Hearths are being built and banners are being tied at the joints offering the dish. I am not able to pass these places without drooling.
Another week and one can find Hyderabadis of all ages, groups, religions hogging on haleem at Irani joints in all corners of the city every evening for a month or so. Quite an irony, while the Muslim brethren fast, others seem to eat more.

LAUNCH OF ‘RIVER OF SMOKE’ IN HYDERABAD

Amitav Ghosh will be launching ‘River of Smoke’ today evening at The Park. I plan to be present at the event and maybe write about it in the next post.