Things I dont like in Hyderabad (India)

High temperature and Low humidity
Temperature around 42C and very low humidity makes the skin so dry that we cannot live without skin moisturizer and lip balm. I happend to have a bath every night to have a fair sleep (I did not have a good sleep unless it is a rainy cold day). One good thing was it took only 2-3 hours to dry any cloth after washing.

In Hyderabad water is a very expensive scarce resource in May-June months (most dry season). I wonder how poor people afford to consume water. No wonder why many poor people stink during these period. Probably they cannot afford to have at least one bath a week. I have seen people bathing and washing cloths in the very badly poluted reservoir "Hussain Sagar". White cloths become yellow after washing.

Lift crashes
Sevaral times the lift in the office building crashed while we were inside it. But Indians dont seem to panic when it happens. Probably this kind of failures are frequent and they are used to it. Luckily the exhaust fans were working and we could breath without difficulty. Came out of the lift safely after some 5-10 minutes.

Power failures
Power failures are frequent in Hyderabad. But nobody seem to worry about it. May be people are used to this too.

Passing ur.. at roadside
Men passing urine along roadside is a very frequently observed ugly scene in Hyderabad. This habit of people can be seen even in public places like bus stands, railway stations, children parks etc.

Damn cheap labor... Real exploitation
I talked to many workers in Hyderabad and came to know the level of labor exploitation. Mainly in construction sites women workers are paid 35 Indian rupees a day. A male worker is given 40-45 rupees a day. Lots of poor families have come to Hyderabad from very far away remote areas of India to work in these new construction sites. Usually they build small hut like thatched temporary houses in a barron dry polluted and stinking land closer to the construction site and live there in the duration of construction. Once the construction is over they move over to another site. Moving from place to place in 3-6 months.
The children of those people are living in a very sad situation. They have been deprived of education, freedom and childhood. When both parents are at work there is no one to take care of the children other than the elder children. Basically these children too are going to do the same thing in the future as their parents. Slavery continues to generations....


Excessive polythene usage and Environment pollutionYou can see big humps of garbage full of polythene everywhere in Hyderabad. It seems people too dont care for a jot about this polythene menace.

Things I like about Hyderabad (India)

Locally made stuff
India promotes the use of locally made equipment everywhere. They minimize importing ready made products from outside the country. Hence giving maximum opportunity to locall manufacturers and investors. However one of the biggest advantage in india is that small industries can sell products to the local market to servive.

Rapid development of infrastructure
Hyderabad is in a state of rapid infrastructure develpment. Lots of new buildings being constructed everywhere. Roads, Electricity and water supply systems too are rapidly expanded. Moreover India seems to have one of the most used and distributed railway network in the world.

No communal riots, robbers & thugs
During my stay in Hyderabad I did not see and communal riots, robbers or thugs. I felt very safe even at night.

Self desciplined people
People seem to be self desciplined. This is anyway not because of their understanding of "How to live". But because of fear or respect.

Safty at night
I have seen even girls walking safely walking in the streets at midnight.