Tit-Bits

Banging my head on the desk right now, to thwart the Jet Lag off my mind. This struggle has been going on for the past couple of hours. My very  sympathetic boss guessed this in the morning and said "I am sure you would be having jet lag and I will not expect any productive work from you today". With such zero relentlessness, it becomes even more difficult for me to shed it off and I am trying blogging to do that part for me.

I just came back from India after a short trip of 3 weeks. Life in those 3 weeks was like a Digital Equalizer for me (sometimes refreshing and sometimes gloomy). A few snippets on the situations in India and Hyderabad in specific (Might serve as a musing corner for those who haven't been home since long).

First things first, every morning I wake up with a pre-decided food menu on my mind for the rest of the day. I draft the same to my mom and she fed me like a li'll kid. I should say I lived life king-size in this aspect. Most of my friends being in the U.S, I had spent most of the time with family unlike the last time.

Hyderabad has changed so much,

• More and more number of flyovers
• Increased traffic  -> Increased pollution
• Drastic increase in the number of apartment complexes
• About 100% price rise on almost everything
• Roadside Beggars have stopped taking 1 Rupee coins
• Every Kirana store is now an authorized dealer for prepaid calling cards and everyone including rag pickers have cell phones and sometimes high-end ones.
•  Most of the playgrounds vanished and gully cricket is still alive.
• A couple of big  malls in the city, very big ones.
• Night life is awesome now, even at 2.00 AM the roads are busy and hotels are crowded.
• If the politicians are bored, they call for a 'bandh' which has become quite casual of late. 

Overall, one might face a culture shock if they are visiting Hyderabad after a log time.