Hyderabad Blues...

Went to Hyderabad on Saturday and returned the next day, battered. So many things packed in a single day! Wish we could extend the stay by at least a day! I love Hyderabad but I guess I realised it only after leaving it. P loves it too but the difference is that he hates Bangalore whereas I don't. Howsoever I crib about Bangalore and its crowd, I do have a soft corner for it probably because I consider it as my place. Of course, it's the same way with Hyderabad for P. So the recent visit was full of comparisons between the two places. P got so intense sometimes in his praises of Hyd that I couldn't help laughing.

The dear old Hyd has changed quite a bit. Mostly new malls and software companies. Of course, the roads always look better. YSR seems to be in a healthy competition with Naidu and Hyd is the beneficiary.

The anti-reservation protests are continuing. Arjun Singh must be enjoying the PM's plight and of course the BCs and OBCs must be laughing at the whole drama happening in their name. Personally, I think quite a bit has been done for them already. People say what needs attention is the primary education. Of course there are places with no schools and schools with no teachers etc but then there are others where people are not using the facilities given too. Government provides afternoon meals, uniforms, books and almost everything to students but still these guys drop out of school after 4th std, 7th std, etc. That too for working as a maid in some house or a cleaner in a hotel etc. I mean, an upper-caste student, even if he's in the same economic state, will definitely try to continue as long as he can. The difference lies in our approaches towards life - the lower castes don't consider cleaning someone else's house beneath them whereas for the upper castes, it's very lowly. I think it's time the BCs and OBCs woke up and worked for themselves.