There’s a pattern in Hyderabad’s F&B scene: new ventures run very well for the first three to six months. The real test for these supper clubs begins now.
Most of the fancy or high-end restaurants opening up in Hyderabad these days are pretty much stuck on the same blueprint—big space, and inauthentic menus.
The last Nizam’s legacy is also being torn apart by the BJP, which has turned him into a devil because of the Razakar violence. It’s a selective Right-wing reading of history.
Urdu is the language of about 12 per cent Muslim population of Hyderabad. By selectively restricting access to the regional press, the Congress government is denying information to minorities.
Muslim women already face issues at home due to patriarchy and misogyny — much like women in any conservative household. Moral policing only makes their lives harder.
I wonder how the current government thinks it can talk about building ‘Future City’ in Hyderabad when even the present city itself is barely functioning.
I was surprised when Andhra Pradesh minister Nara Lokesh and Deputy Chief Minister Pawan Kalyan advocated for Hindi—at a time when states like Tamil Nadu and Karnataka are opposing its imposition.
General MM Naravane’s memoir—Four Stars of Destiny—reveals that he was left hanging by political leadership for more than two hours as Chinese tanks drove towards Indian positions.
The key to fighting a war successfully, or even launching it, is a clear objective. That’s an entirely political call. It isn’t emotional or purely military.
First of all the Hindi zealots in the Central Govt do not know what is actually happening in the South, on the ground. In TN for example, there are many tourist guides who speak reasonable Hindi due to the huge influx of people from North who come to Madurai, Rameshwaram etc. This applies to taxi and auto drivers in these locations. Also, many thousands voluntarily join up for Hindi classes with the Dakshin Bharat Hindi Prachar Sabha. That should be more than enough for the zealots in DElhi. But they cannot tolerate the fact that in South India , English will always be given pride of place over Hindi, since people here want to get on in the wide world and further their prospects. They have no false pride in their own languages , even if they are ancient and well developed.
Any north Indian cities won’t mind if you don’t speak hindi. They will instead ask someone to translate if they understand the language you are speaking. Or else if they don’t understand your language they might as well just not pay a heed. There is a difference when someone ignores someone out of hatred or just out of incapability. This is very subtle but a very big difference. Stop yout hatred and no one is imposing hindi on you. It is a political tool which everyone is aware of. No one in north India is even bothered if anyone in south India speaks hindi or not. What they are bothered is that you stop the hatred.
Author is a person who wants to keep India divided. Learning a third or fourth language should not be an issue.
Instead he should have encourage Hindi states to learn south Indian language.
First of all the Hindi zealots in the Central Govt do not know what is actually happening in the South, on the ground. In TN for example, there are many tourist guides who speak reasonable Hindi due to the huge influx of people from North who come to Madurai, Rameshwaram etc. This applies to taxi and auto drivers in these locations. Also, many thousands voluntarily join up for Hindi classes with the Dakshin Bharat Hindi Prachar Sabha. That should be more than enough for the zealots in DElhi. But they cannot tolerate the fact that in South India , English will always be given pride of place over Hindi, since people here want to get on in the wide world and further their prospects. They have no false pride in their own languages , even if they are ancient and well developed.
Any north Indian cities won’t mind if you don’t speak hindi. They will instead ask someone to translate if they understand the language you are speaking. Or else if they don’t understand your language they might as well just not pay a heed. There is a difference when someone ignores someone out of hatred or just out of incapability. This is very subtle but a very big difference. Stop yout hatred and no one is imposing hindi on you. It is a political tool which everyone is aware of. No one in north India is even bothered if anyone in south India speaks hindi or not. What they are bothered is that you stop the hatred.
Author is a person who wants to keep India divided. Learning a third or fourth language should not be an issue.
Instead he should have encourage Hindi states to learn south Indian language.