Hajj and Umrah frauds are on the rise in Hyderabad, with gullible Muslims being trapped by unscrupulous travel agents. In the past few months, there have been several cases of people being duped out of lakhs of rupees by travel agents who promised them a trip to Mecca and Medina but failed to deliver. For […]
Category: Travel & Tourism
Struggling To Save The Dying Art Of ‘Puppeteers’ In Andhra Pradesh
The fading art of Puppeteers in Prakasam district of Andhra Pradesh are struggling to keep their art form alive – with its rich tradition and history – despite no help from the state and the takeover of ‘entertainment’ by television. The show goes on till late in the night as passion for puppetry is still […]
Why ‘Mayanti Langer’ Won’t Be Part Of IPL2020 Broadcasting Panel?
Mayanti Langer, one of the more prominent faces in Indian sports broadcasting for many years, will not be part of the broadcasting panel for the much-awaited Indian Premier League (IPL) 2020. Mayanti, who has covered the Indian Cricket League (ICL), the ICC Cricket World Cups and also the IPL for several seasons, was missing from […]
How Couples Illegally Use IVF To Get Sex Selection Procedure On High Price?
Lavanya, a 35-year-old mother of two girls from Bengaluru, became pregnant once again in January 2019. Lavanya and her husband, both techies, got the pregnancy confirmed. However, her in-laws, who live in Ludhiana, Punjab, did not want another girl child. Lavanya says that her husband and in-laws convinced her that an abortion would be the […]
Many Women DJs Are Struggling To Survive In Pandemic
Everything has turned black and white in the DJ industry, with nightclubs & bars shut down; it’s a hard time for the artists, organizers, and performers who are struggling to survive the pandemic. The lockdowns imposed since March affected the DJ business drastically. Women artists were affected far worse. “Unfortunately this year, there’s not much […]
Tourism Industry ‘Needs Attention’ To Restore Crisis
While Covid-19 pandemic resulted in most sectors facing sizeable and immediate revenue loss, a few sectors including aviation, tourism and hospitality were badly affected by the pandemic. Though the Centre has announced some relief to the MSMEs, tourism and hospitality sector has virtually been kept aside though they happen to be one of the high […]
Distressed ‘Cab Drivers’ In Telangana Struggling To Survive With No Income And Mounting Debts
Arranging stacks of sugarcane into the car, a 36-year-old cab driver Nagesh Kumar prepares to hit the road with a new concept of survival. He pushed his car into a juice vending spot and started selling sugarcane juice near Gachibowli area in Hyderabad. Nagesh’s car has been slightly modified to convert it into a makeshift […]
World Famous ‘Ramoji Film City’ Rented To Hotstar-Disney In Hyderabad
Has Telugu media moghul and Eenadu group chairman Ch Ramoji Rao also fallen victim to the financial crisis arising out of the lockdown enforced to contain the Coronavirus? We have been hearing about how Hyderabad’s media baron Ramoji Rao had resorted to cost-cutting exercises in Eenadu, one of the largest circulated dailies in the country […]
Why Taxi-Aggregators Offer ‘Lockdown Charity’ From ‘Public Donations’ To Few Drivers?
The Billion dollar startups Ola and Uber have helped barely 5 percent of their drivers despite asking users for donations to contribute to their relief funds during the #Covid lockdown crisis. Since several weeks, Uber users have been inundated with push notifications seeking contributions for its drivers; almost all of whom have been out of […]
Should Hyderabadis Say ‘Good-Bye’ To ‘Zoo’ In This Pandemic Situation?
Perhaps now, we might be able to think about those poor animals whom we cage in those modern prisons call “zoo” for our recreation and education. Perhaps, the lockdown is a signal to humanity to finally let go of the outdated concept. For most of us, the lockdown imposed by the government in the wake […]