Hyderabad Or Chennai - 50 / 50
Chennai or Hyderabad? Which city you like? It's difficult to answer for some and easy for others. Chennaite will always say chennai is better than Hyderabad and Nawabs would say Hyderabad. I think any city which is friendly would be considered worth living in. Ask any middle class person relocating from Northern, Western or Eastern part of India, they would prefer Hyderabad over Chennai because Hyderabad has mix of Southern and Northern Indian culture, which is very difficult to find in Chennai. Any person who knows any kind of Hindi can survive easily in Hyderabad, but I can't say that for Chennai.
Chennai has hot weather, it either hot, hotter or hottest and very humid. When ever I visit Chennai, I keep atleast 2-3 towels which keeps me fresh. But anyone living near seashore wouldn't agree with me. It true that evening sea breeze gives a refreshing feeling during hot summer days. Whereas Hyderabad has pleasant weather from July - Feb. Summer are typically hot and dry. But every Indian city gets hot during summer days, so why complain.
Having said that, traditionally Chennai has been a cultural centre of South, with lots of activity happening throughout the year. Its' paradise for Carnatic music lovers. Hyderabad has none of it. There are few times in a year some cultural activity/classical performance happen, but nothing compared to Chennai. Hyderabadis' favorite pastime is watching movies and more recently going to Malls (and then watch movie). Hyderbad doesn't have Marina Beach, which I think is a big plus point for Chennai. The very sound of ocean waves makes you very relaxing.
Chennai has been a metro city for quite a while, and Hyderabad reached that status recently. Being Nawabs, Hyderabadis has no traffic sense. Hyderabad doesn't have local trains like Chennai. Commuting in Chennai is 100 times better than Hyderabad. People living close to work won't realize that but I have friends who commute about 1 hour minimum to get to work. I guess thats the case in almost all the major cities, but Hyderabad does have very poor infrastructure and roads. Development kind of stopped after Cong I came to power and only god knows how long they will be in power.
When it comes to celebrating festivals, Hyderabad beats Chennai hands down. Festival seasons begins with Ganesh Chaturthi and ends with Sankranti. The 10 day Ganesh Chaturthi festival is celebrated with all grandeur in Hyderabad. The only other city which beats Hyderabad in this aspect is Mumbai. Festival of Kites (Sankranti/Pongal) and Holi are celebrated in grand fashion. I don't think much of the activity happens during these festivals in Chennai.
When it comes to jobs, I think Chennai has advantage over Hyderabad. Being Detroit of South Asia, the manfucturing industry is booming in Chennai in addition to software industry. Hyderabad has only software companies, not any other industry.
So I think it depends on person to person, and their interest....
Last but not the least, Hyderabad has Mahesh Babu and Chennai has Dhanush. So decide ;)
WANTED is POKIRI
Though I am not a big fan of Salman Khan, but have been enjoying his DUS KA DUM on Sony Entertainment Television Channe latelyl. When my wife told me that Sridevi along with Boney Kapoor will be the guests in Sep 19th episode of DUS KA DUM, I made sure that I am back home by 9pm to watch the show just for Sridevi. Sri made appearance on screen after 10 years. She was stunningly beautiful at the age of 46. Though I felt she was a bit uncomfortable in the show, and she could not understand some of the Salman’s Pranks in typical Hindi Estyle. But I think Boney Kapoor managed very well for both of them. Other 2 guest were Prabhu Deva and cute Ayesha Takia Azmi.
Before the start of the show, Sony showed an trailer of "WANTED" and that was the first time I watched the full trailer of the movie. And after seeing it I was 100% sure that its POKIRI. And during the episode, it was confirmed when Boney Kapoor said that the movie is filmed in Hyderabad. Pokiri was a smashit and I have watched it about half-dozen time so far. It has great one liner by Mahesh Babu, and cameo-villain role by multi-talented Prakash Raj. I think only Prakash Raj could have done villain role in WANTED. Boney could have tried with Mahesh instead of Salmaan, but my guess is that Mahesh would have rejected his offer. After watching Mahesh Babu’s OKKADU, ATHADU and POKIRI, I must say that even Bollywood stars cannot compete with him in STYLE.
During the show, Film Director Prabhu Deva made a dance move which got a roaring applause from the studio crowd. Will have to watch the movie to see how Salman has done the same move in the film. I think the credit should go to Sridevi for bringing Prabhu Deva and Prakash Raj to Bollywood Screen in a big way. Prabhu Deva has done some special appearance role, but looks like this is his biggest break as a Director. And I am 100% sure that Hindi Audience will love Prakash Raj in this film. Salman was at his usual in the episode and played jokes on Prabhu Deva, which Prabhu (being such a humble person) took it very lightly. Then SALMAN said to audience that in case Prabhu Calls him as guest in Tamil Version of DUS KA DUM…THO PRABHU TO MERI BAND BAJA DEGA….
After watching Sri on screen after many many years, I think she is quite ready for a comeback. And the comeback would be more memorable if she teams up with either Amitabh or Madhuri Dixit.
Buying vs Exchanging 1
How many of you like shopping? I am pretty sure that many would say yes and I am 100% sure that everyone will say that they like window shopping. Many of us like to go to malls, big or small. Bangloreans like to go to Forum, Delhites to Ansal Plaza, Chennaites to Chennai City Center, Hyderabadis to Hyderabad Central, Mumbaites to Infinity Mall. Most of us return home from window shopping. Some of us do buy stuff by paying more. I never like shopping in malls. To me they are pricey. I would go to the pre-mall era shops and still find good quality items at cheaper price. Irrespective of where we buy, have you dared to return items you did not like after couple of weeks. Most of the stores don’t accept returns even if their tags are intact. You would argue with shop owners and even fight with them and some shoppers even win at the cost of high blood pressure. Is it worth enough? I would say no, not at the cost of your health. Those who are unable to return items, keep it with them for ever not knowing what to be done. They would think why they cannot exchange this for something else and save some money. Hey everyone likes to save money. Have you every thought of trading items without money? Now you can do that in our site. Len-Den.com provides an easy way of swapping items. It gives you freedom in shopping for new items and without worrying that in case you don’t like item, you can always swap it with other items. This way you are not junking items and helping "earth go green."