The century-old iconic eatery in Hyderabad has been selling kebabs made of chicken and goat meat after it reopened earlier this month. Customers say it’s ‘majboori ke kebab’ In Hyderabad old city area. There is something special about a kebab, that combination of meat and vegetables skewered on a bamboo spear roasted over coals. The […]
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An ‘Eerie Ride’ On Hyderabad’s Empty Roads During Lockdown
Can we speed? Shall we speed? Is this the turn? Should I stop at the signal? Empty roads will have you questioning yourself at every corner. I always make it a point to be at the office during national holidays. To be honest, it is the joy of driving on relatively traffic-free roads that mostly […]
Overflowing Drainage Stagnation, Stench Assaults Visitors To ‘Historic Charminar’ In Hyderabad
Hundreds of visitors who thronged the historic Charminar on weekend had an obnoxious welcome as the entire area was reeking of nasty stench that emanated from an overflowing drainage that left the newly laid road right in front of the monument soaked in sewerage water. Visitors in large numbers were seen struggling along the narrow […]
Around Charminar ‘Pedestrainisation’ Failed, No Space To Move, Hawkers Troubles Tourists
People from Hyderabad and around the world were made to live on a promise that there would be no difficulty in going around the historic Charminar and its surroundings and they would not be disappointed. After about 20 years of wait it was said that a large part of the Charminar Pedestrianisation Project has been […]
Will ‘Charminar’ Too Get ‘Five Acre’ During ‘Future Of Hindutva’ Claims?
When Muhammed Quli Qutb Shah (1580-1611 CE), the fifth sultan of the Qutb Shahi dynasty of Golconda, laid the foundation of its iconic Charminar to symbolise the founding of Hyderabad. Hyderabad was intended as a citadel of Muslim power in the Deccan. Qutb Shah was an accomplished poet and wrote his poetry in Persian, Telugu […]