My first brush with Hyderabad

Well its over a month since I am here in Hyderabad but haven't been out much except for the few same old tourist destinations. I happened to shift from the hostel to the new flat yesterday and had to do a lot of buying (thanks to the handsome first pay). And believe me i am already in love with this city of Nizam. But yesterday's outing enriched me about this city more......

First lifetime experience happened when i boarded the bus. I had already read and heard a lot about ladies being conductors in buses in this area of the country and everytime the reaction was - "Gud. India is changing." But you have to experience this change to really believe it. The first reaction when she asked me for a ticked was, I just stared at her for a moment (oops I did it again). But as soon as i gained senses, I was filled with respect for the woman, a respect beyond bounds. And before I could cope with all this, as soon as I deboarded the bus.....voila...there were more like her all in almost every second bus.

The first thought which struck my mind was to have an interview with these amazing people sometime in the future. Wud definintely publish it over here.

I was also struck with the a small confusion. Now ladies who take up jobs have numerous reasons - independence, career, necessity to name a few. Now what are the reasons which push some ladies in profession like 'dancing' in beer bars, being a sex worker and to profession like this one ....... being a conductor? Is it the greed which pushes you into the former and necessity into the latter or is it the background of the people? I am not at all demeaning one profession of the other. My only reason to ask this question was that the feelings which rose in me after meeting ths lady working as a conductor were vastly different when i met a bar girl and a sex worker.

Well moving from one end of the city to the other we reached the place we were looking for the whole day...the furniture market. Short of money in cash.......couldn't find an ATM around. No doubt we had an option to swipe the card at the vendor's. But it was gonna cost us 2% of the whole amount. (People in service industry are u listening) This smart salesperson had a option for us. He simply brought his bike and took me along him to an ATm 4.5 Kms from the place to draw the money.

Man....its not that Service industry has arrived here........the culture of "Service" seems to have deeply ingrained in the People of this amazing city.