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A little more enthusiastic about dining and getting around in Hyderabad than the average Chicha.

Hyderabad, India
Joined May 2009
Sometime between the school violence media from Anantapur and Panchkula that I stumbled upon my timeline today, I lost faith in civilization and our species.
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Oh man this is the ONE pool I took a swim in all of this year!
Two foreign nationals, from Germany and Slovakia, died in a suspected electrocution in the third-floor swimming pool of the Conrad Hotel in Bengaluru A US national and an Indian pool attendant were injured while trying to rescue them. Both are undergoing treatment at a hospital and are reported to be out of danger. Police have registered a case and launched an investigation #ʙᴇɴɢᴀʟᴜʀᴜ #conradhotel #electrocution #swimmingpoolaccident
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There's so much more to this story! The person, while out of any line of sight, hung onto a road structure INSIDE the steadily flooding drain, fighting that swift current... FOR NEARLY 30 MINUTES! 😳
Hyderabad Rain | Zepto Delivery Executive Rescued After Falling Into Nala Near Hi Tech City, Readmore: thefreedompress.in/hyderabad… #Hyderabadrains #zepto @FreedomPress15
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Fare thee well, Sir Patrick Stewart 💔
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Nirmala Tai if she was repping Apple: iPhone sales in India have fallen because everyone is flying to Dubai to buy them.
🚨iPhone sales fell by 30% in India as higher prices and fewer festive discounts pushed buyers away. Apple could also see a double-digit decline in iPhone shipments in India in 2026, compared to its record 14.3 million units in 2025. Even Diwali demand is expected to remain subdued.
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This one particular pothole kept me thoroughly entertained as I watched vehicles trying to negotiate their way around it, from the balcony of Bar Stormy while waiting on my date to arrive last weekend.
Replying to @CMC_Offcl
@CMC_Offcl @TelanganaCMO dear sir , this is the road condition at financial district, opp to myscape stories . Just now a family on bike escaped with minor fall it could have been a fatal accident . This road sells most expensive real estate in hyd n generate highest revenue in taxes to the state. Request to attend to this at the earliest. We deserve a better life sir 🙏 @Comm_HYDRAA @HydREGuide @TOIHyderabad
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That's... a crore off voter rolls. IN ONE STATE😳
BREAKING | Karnataka S.I.R : Final electoral roll released - More than 99.32 lakh names deleted
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How @HYDTP expects commuters to capture traffic rule violaters to initiate a report
Looks like the city's traffic police misplaced their brains to their 'rear sides' this week.
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Looks like the city's traffic police misplaced their brains to their 'rear sides' this week.
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Holy mother of democracy!
The dance of democracy in Andhra Pradesh! A woman’s nomination papers were snatched from her hands as AP police officers stood by, watching without intervening.
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Still looking for my lower jaw that dropped and rolled away after that season 2 finale of The Diplomat 🙇 This will be one of those shows people will come around to discovering later and send straight to the top of Best Series lists.
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Of ALL scenarios that my mind raced towards arriving at in the climatic scene, I just could not have arrived at THAT 😭 #TheDiplomatS2
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Scam Nation
Replying to @tabassum_b
VB-G RAM G scheme is a scam, at least in Beed. The scheme was being manipulated to add fake attendance, fake work sites.We traced 47 workers in 5 sites & found that they didnt know their name was listed. Crores are being siphoned off. Read the story here. scroll.in/article/1096483/wh…
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.@CMC_Offcl @MC_Cyberabad, it's not even been 10 days since the critical KPHB-Hafeezpet stretch in front of Indu Fortune Fields got patch work done and it's come apart already - with water pooling around and the lack of streetlights here posing serious danger. Please address.
Ashish Garu, The issue has been brought to the attention of the concerned officer for necessary action.
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Yeah this is also Hyderabad pretty much lately so don't look this way if you seek a better lifestyle, folks
Shifted out of Mumbai last week. Gradually realised the city will be in a perpetual state of construction since that's how contractors and in turn ministers will make money. So there'll always be that next project, next renovation to make your life tough. And if nothing else, they'll break an existing one completed just few years ago to make something bigger. Living in Mumbai constantly felt like life in hard mode. And with a baby in picture, wanted to have a little bit of greenery and space around. And eventually schools with space. Used to love the city when I came 9 years back from Delhi. But something shifted some years back, specially post lockdown. Incidentally I think Mumbai was good to live as long as 'Dilli se aaya hai kya?' used to be an insult. Now let's see..
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SD Road essentials
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Also overheard: Hyderabadi Bengalis taking pride in living in Viksit Bharat adjacent, suddenly coming to terms with extreme inflation in the markets, when their Gobindo Bhog rice purchases for dessert this festive season costs 260+/kilo instead of the usual 110-120.
Pandal-hopping across west Hyd today came with a generous side of WhatsApp University news bytes from folks waiting in line for bhog. Good to know Dhruv Rathee, Umar Khalid & Neha Bora are now part of mainstream conversations. The concocted backstories are something else though.
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Korameenu / Murrel / Snakehead fish. Scored by yours truly.
Came across a fishmonger in a town called Bhanur b/w Mokila & Patancheru today evening and she asked me to bend into her drum-tank and catch my own fish, as she was pregnant. Ruined my new kurta in the process but boy did I provide a spectacle for my parents and others in line 🫡
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Came across a fishmonger in a town called Bhanur b/w Mokila & Patancheru today evening and she asked me to bend into her drum-tank and catch my own fish, as she was pregnant. Ruined my new kurta in the process but boy did I provide a spectacle for my parents and others in line 🫡
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Holy shit the newly renovated Kolkata House on Kondapur road is so bangali thakurbari coded! Complete flip-over from its decades-old avatar
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