[State of the Week] Telangana

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[u/hsnk42]

Hyderabad! Hyderabad!! Hyderabad!!!

Come for the Biryani, stay for the Irani chai.

Home to Beam and Andhra real estate money.

True blue Hyderabadi. ^{Ask me Anything!}

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Hyderabad is a cosmopolitan city with an amalgamation of cultures of both North and South India.

I grew up in Hyderabad from '92-'10 (first 17y of my life). I lived in a quaint part of the city (Moula-ali) and used to spend time hanging out with friends around Moula ali Hills, Sainikpuri, Safilguda, AOC center and cantonment areas, Karkhana, OU, Tarnaka and so on. These areas had a lot of greenery and open spaces to play cricket. My experience would be different from the ones from old city or Hitech city but that's about it. Weather was also pretty chill back then. (Average 3-4C lower than present day during the summers)

The IT boom brought a lot of jobs but didn't bring any broad changes to my life (Awesome internet yay). Hyderabad has a lot of movie theaters for a city and few hundred rupees were enough to watch a movie and smoke some Hookah. (IMAX big screen ticket is 250 INR only, Tivoli and Sangeet were good ones which screened English movies).

Language: You can live in the city without knowing a word of Telugu or Hindi/Hyderabadi. Urdu purists find the language spoken here amusing but the city has a thriving Urdu culture. Telugu speakers of Hyderabad have a lot of urdu words in their language. Hyderabadi Telugu accent/dialect is different from the ones in rest of Telangana. I observed that some people of Andhra are pissed off with the usage of Hindu/Urdu words in the language.(well many folks pointed it out). People from areas dominated by settlers, folks from Andhra migrated during the IT boom also tend to have a different accent.

Public Events - Numaaish, Industrial exhibition in Nampally grounds during Jan, Kite Flying during Jan and Book exhibition in People's plaza (Necklace road) in December.

Few Hyderabadi slangwords - Howle, Badakhow, Baigan, Maa ki kirkiri

Hyderabad would probably be the city which gastronomically satisfies people from all parts of the country.

Favourite Hyderabadi snacks - Osmania biscuits, Qubani ka Meetha, Double ka Meetha, Mirchi Bajjis and Paya (obligatory Haleem)

I observe that people prefer local restuarants over McDs and Dominos due to the variety of food available in the city.

Edit: Craving for onion samosas which are available all across the city (._. )

[u/TheSpecialistXXX]

I hate your government for the bloodshed they caused for the bullshit partition, their orchestrated "riots" took my uncle , literally goons with political banners. fake government based on a fake ideology , just bunch of self centered political sociopaths . I will never recognize their government as long as i live , hope everyone involved rots in hell.

[u/Mycroft-Tarkin]

While Telangana is one of the few states in India with Urdu as one of its official languages, it is only widely spoken in Hyderabad. You might be able to survive with difficulty in other major cities like Warangal and Nizamabad, but apart from those, you absolutely need to know Telugu.

Telugu is also the closest to Sanskrit out of the 4 main Dravidian languages (Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu, Kannada)

Also, this thread will probably have some mentions of "old city". You won't find it on Google Maps. Old city is basically the center of Hyderabad years ago. It is a very densely populated, Muslim majority area (for the most part). It is mainly the areas around Charminar, Darulshifa, Falaknuma etc. There are a whole lot of tourist attractions in old city. The "development" has mostly been focused on the "new city" areas: Madhapur, Kondapur, Kukatpally etc. That's also mainly where the IT areas are.

While Telangana state has slightly over 10% Muslims, Hyderabad city has almost 50% Muslim population.

The metro project was approved in 2003. It is now almost 2017 and still not a single phase of the metro is available for public use.

Edit: Obligatory "am Hyderabadi, AMA"

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Telugu is also the closest to Sanskrit out of the 4 main Dravidian languages (Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu, Kannada)

Citation needed.

[u/jjjd89]

As a south Indian Muslim, I would like to know how Hyderabadi Muslims are viewed. In general, do they integrate well or do they keep aloof? Also Telangana Muslims, how do you view your state?

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Muslims here, in general are a cool bunch. I'd say Hyderabad has been one of the most peaceful cities in India in regards to communal tensions in the last 20 years. The've been occasional small scale fights here and there but they are mostly down to tensions between smaller groups rather than on a religious level. Coming to the integration part, Muslim culture has long been a crucial part of Hyderabadi culture. I can say that everyone in the city will eagerly be waiting for the Ramzan season to commence in the city so we can taste Haleem at different joints. Even in Old city, though it is a Muslim dominated area, Hindus and especially Hindu businessmen have been operating there since a long time without much hassle.

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Around half the city is Muslim. I don't have any "patriotic" feelings towards Telangana State itself, but I love my Hyderabad :)

[u/iamkanthalaraghu]

Mind Blowing Facts about Telangana

The pakhal lake : It is among the 12 most beautiful lakes in the world. Check out

Warangal: It is one of the world Heritage city and has some awesome places to travel.

The start up redbus is started from a person in Nizamabad district(telangana).

The Ramappa Temple (dedicated to Lord Shiva) located in the Warangal district is probably the only temple in India named after a sculptor, instead of the presiding deity

Golconda, near Hyderabad was India’s richest diamond mine. It produced renowned diamonds like: the Koh-i-Noor, the Darya-e-Nur, the Nur-Ul-Ain, the Hope diamond and the Regent diamond.

The Salarjung Museum located in Hyderabad, houses the biggest one-man collections of antiques in the world.

The world’s longest wardrobe can be found at Purana Haveli, Hyderabad. The wardrobe belongs to Mahbub Ali Pasha, who is said never to have worn the same thing twice

Hyderabadi Biryani : Best Biryani in the world

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Mind Blowing Facts about Telangana

Hyderabadi Biryani : Best Biryani in the world

UNESCO or WHO or FAO?