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  1. Hyderabad, an outsider’s view

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    / June 23, 2011 / 2 Comments
    By Piyush Ranjan Rout   It took 80 minutes for my flight from Bhubaneswar to descend on to the natural hills and boulders of Hyderabad. The connectivity between the two neighbouring capital cities has undergone a sea change ; from three weekly flights of Alliance Air a year back to...

  3. When driving is a nightmare

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    / May 23, 2011 / 3 Comments
    By M S Hussain   Let’s give the heavy-duty pravachans a rest today, shall we? Let’s talk about more immediate concerns. Like driving in the twin cities, Hyderabad and Secunderabad. I learnt to drive at an age where the number 40 was a receding memory. In the process of learning...

  4. Did you ride to work today?

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    / May 16, 2011 / 3 Comments
    By Piyush Ranjan Rout   A great city is not guaged by its buildings or freeways but by whether a child is safe on a bicycle or a woman can easily walk on the streets. However, many of our cities are designed and planned to facilitate cars. How long will...

  5. Is the Hyderabad Metro Rail landing us in trouble?

    Posted by Prof. C. Ramachandraiah
    / May 3, 2011 / 2 Comments
    By Prof C Ramachandraiah   The Hyderabad Metro Rail (HMR) project needs acquisition of thousands of private properties, mostly shops and residences, abutting the roads through which the elevated metro corridors have to be built. The land acquisition process has just begun on a small stretch. What do you make...

  6. My Nano life

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    / February 28, 2011 / 3 Comments
    By S V L Narayan   Over the years I have owned several cars and have been rather picky about the ones I bought. My first car was the stylish (at that time) Standard Herald. I then graduated to the Hindustan Ambassador followed by several models of Maruti. By then...

  7. Hyderabad’s MMTS, nobody’s child

    Posted by Vijay Krishnamurthy
    / February 20, 2011 / Leave a comment
    By Vijay Krishnamurthy   The Government of Andhra Pradesh (GoAP) decided to go in for Multi Modal Transport System (MMTS) as part of Mass Rapid Transportation System (MRTS) – one of the recommendations of the Hyderabad Area Transportation Study (HATS) in 1984, to ease the Traffic congestion and also to...

  8. Do you `like’ Hyd traffic police?

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    / February 3, 2011 / 2 Comments
      Hyderabad traffic police has decided to network `socially’. The facebook page will give you a chance to post your comments, suggestions and complaints while the traffic police hopes to use it to teach a lesson or two to the unruly Hyderabadi driver !   Check it out !  ...

  9. A heritage bazaar fights back

    Posted by Prof. C. Ramachandraiah
    / January 31, 2011 / Leave a comment
    It was a bandh of a different kind. There was no call by any political party, no force to shut down shutters, no lathi-wielding workers led by local goons threatening the shop owners and no death of any local leader or goon in some factional fight.   Sultan Bazaar is...

  10. When Palakkad moved to Ahmedabad

    Posted by Bhagirathi Kumar
    / January 28, 2011 / Leave a comment
    By Bhagirathi Kumar   Train journeys are something I usually look forward to, and this one was special for various reasons. We were at the Palakkad station, waiting for the train to arrive. It was no ordinary trip though; we were moving away for good. I was taking in all...

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