Monday, July 23, 2018

STATE OF AFFAIRS: Bring Order; Rein in cow vigilantes ; Stay in Secundarabad

STATE OF AFFAIRS:  Bring Order; Rein in cow vigilantes
Stay in Secundarabad in Telangana State

Before i begin to write on my stay in the city of Secundarabad, it would be better to write a word on two on cow vigilantes who are on a rampage across country. Cow vigilantes need to be reined in before they dish out another lynching story. Not a word has been spoken by those in power and all they have alluded to ( observed by one party leader) is that as the leader's popularity would rise in the coming days lynching incidents would continue to pour in. Who is this leader and how popular or purple he is? The country is witness to enough of globetrotting by this mentor; now the time has come to chase a blueprint that at least guarantees peace.

Lynching as the mob suspects one to be a child lifter to suspecting someone indulging in bovine trade. A set of guidelines has been issued by Supreme Court and all states need to get on with it before a new law is put into action. A state of affairs which we all detest and a new law needs to be framed by lower house to stop mobocracy which tends to leave a dark imprint as the day goes by.

Technology affiliated rumours need to be checked, collection of people turning to a mob needs to be discouraged, advertisements across print and electronic media and to top it all District Magistrates across states need to appoint nodal officers in dozens in each district to see to it that no situation comes to a breaking point. Multiplexes, malls and SUVs making more than a maiden entry against unparalleled existence where there are no jobs and no source of livelihood have all let up to release of pent up anger. Liquor vends spread across country ( the number of liquor vends that were sanctioned in the city of Delhi between 2000 and 2013 is unparallel) and people addicted to the same, Print Moguls, real estate emperors and business honchos travelling in SUVs sharing space on road with buses loaded with passengers, all this add up to a situation where pent up anger is bound to reflect. It is collection of upmarket colony car chasers/drivers pushed to the brink by khaki men and those in plain clothes and the filthy abuse generated by them shows the clout of neighbouring house and sums up the intensity of exasperation/frustration. Because of department people of neighbouring house the water supply has been erratic/disrupted for the past seven years and this shows the hold they have over water and power supply and they lose no opportunity to create trouble every passing hour. You will crave for water if you disrupt water supply to simple households. They are frustrated and would continue to be frustrated. The minority man who was thrashed in (Alwar) Rajasthan State it took four hours for law enforcers to take him to a health centre which was just three kms away as reported in the media.

Need to take a break from 7 star feasts

These leadership and ladder summits by round the year ringing media czars are enough to cock a snook at those vast majority of men who struggle to eke out a living by sheer hardwork. The country needs to take a break from these 7 star feasts as there are enough countrymen who don't have a source of livelihood and here you have participants lining up for summit that should have not been organised in the first place.  No one is going to cheer for these participants and globetrotting leaders. Men of all political hues crisscrossing country on taxpayer money; the debate about the same consuming prime time in news channels; plethora of soap operas set in a construct where luxury is the byword, good times are least conceivable even for an incorrigible optimist.

Stay in Secundarabad

Having spent the entire night at Hyderabad airport, decide to leave at 6 in the morning. I am told Secundarabad the city is quite far from the airport. Take a bus from Hyderabad airport to Jubilee Bus Station. From Jubilee Bus Station take auto to Padmaja Lodge which is located near Secundarabad Ganesh temple and Secundarabad Railway Station. Stayed put in Padmaja lodge from Sunday to Tuesday. I had the opportunity to visit Ganesh Temple on Sunday and Tuesday. During my stay in Secundarabad had the opportunity to take a metro ride which was yet to touch the old city area. Had the metro been introduced in old city area of Hyderabad it would have eased travelling. In Secundarabad visited Divya Sai internet/cyber cafe for doing stories. In Padmaja Hotel the tea served was great and so was the food. Take meals from Padmaja veg restaurant and Hotel Swathi Lodge veg restaurant. Met Mr Mohammad Salauddin who is into selling of socks, Met Mr Rajesh automan who was very helpful

Sightings in Secundarabad

- Mahadev Prasad Kirana General store
- Jio Digital Life
- TSRTC bus station
- Hotel Nirmal Grand
- Blue point hotel
- Sri Rami Reddy Pure Ghee sweets
- K. N. travelling goods
- Samsung Galaxy
- Style Plus
- Shakti Clinic
- Champa Jewellers
- Milan Pan Shop
- New Mathura lassi. Available here
- Gokul Medical and General store
- Gokul Residency
- Jawahar tea mart
- Renuka AC bar
- M.P. Enterprises
- Mustafa restaurant
- Kings mobiles
- Cost to cost footworld
- Ganesh lodge
- Golden China Bazar
- Golden Bakery
- Hotel Santosh Mess
- Sri Ganesh Temple
- Moiz Watch Co
- Amruth stores
- Manappuram Gold Loan
- Bhavani pan shop
- Golden restaurant and bakery
- Hotel Indian
- Sai Chandana footwear
- Asoka restaurant tea and bakers
- Swathi sweets/bakery and meals
- Sandarshini pure veg
- airtel 4G
- Medical Hall
- Devi Deluxe Mess
- Hotel Swathi Lodge veg
- Hotel Balaji
- Everest Lodge
- Hotel Padmaja restaurant lodge
- National Lodge
- Royal travels
- Secundarabad railway station
- Hotel Tulip Deluxe Lodge
- Andhra Bank ATM
- Navodaya Lodge
- VIVO
- Asian tea co
- Devaki lodge
- Hotel Lotus Grand
- Alpha Hotel and stores
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Outside station
- Orange VRL Travels: Mumbai, Bengaluru, Chennai, Tirupathi, Goa, Shirdi, Nagpur, Bhubaneswar, Ernakulam, Trivandrum (Thiruvanthapuram), Vizag, Cochin , Nagercoil, Dundigal, Calicut, Kannur

On Monday take metro from Secundrabad East to Ameerpet and from Ameerpet to Miyapur. Start from Secundarabad East at 12.15 pm, reach Miyapur at 1 pm. In the metro meet a family from Mangalore. They are taking a ride in Hyderabad metro for the first time. The Mangalore family boarded a bus at 4.30 pm from Mangalore reached Hyderabad at 11 am the next day. Meet another man from Godhra in Gujarat state. Took train from Mumbai (9.30pm) reached Hyderabad at 11.30 am the next day. Meet Mr Babu alias Mr Raghuraman from Madurai.
While taking a metro ride near Bharatnagar metro station the Majestic Garden is great. Come across Sheesh Mahal cinema hall (Single Screen Theatre) next to Ameerpet. This cinema hall is perhaps not functioning. It should start again and there is a need to give impetus to single screen theatres. After Begumpet metro station there is Sai Ganpati temple. Later the Parade Ground that we come across is massive.

Metro stations on the way
Ameerpet, Begumpet, Prakash Nagar, Rasoolpura, Paradise, Parade Ground, Secundarabad East, Mettuguda, Tarnaka, Habsiguda, NGRI Stadium, Uppal, Nagole. Aradhana theatre near Tarnaka station should start functioning again. Near stadium station there is a huge pond the like of which you won't be able to find in Delhi. Perhaps this pond could hold some reserves. At Nagole station there is an outlet which goes like this Get your pulse report, proteins, water, height, fat, bone minerals. At Nagole Station meet Mr Srinivasan a security man. There are more people looking after security hailing from Orissa, Bihar, Gujarat and Maharashtra. There is Gated Community @ uppal depot billboard.
In Secundarabad railway station there is Mr D Venu Gopal dispensing platform tickets. In Secundarabad railway station announcements are being made for Shatabadi express and Padmavathi express 12764 and Faluknama to Nizamuddin Delhi station train. Secundarabad Tirupati Express is on Platform 1
- A.H. Wheeler and co Pvt Ltd
- Bhimavaram
  Sri Someshwara temple
  Discover God
  In the vibrant colours
  goandhrapradesh.com
Another hoarding
Book the 5 steps to success by Yandamoori Veerendrantu

Green initiatives adopted in Secundarabad station
- 100 LED lights are installed.
- Three lakh litres of water are being recycled per day - around 10 per cent of water requirement is         met from recycled water. Perhaps the city of Delhi could take a cue from that.
-  Four hundred + trees and 100 sqm of landscaping add to the greenery.

In Secunderabad station
- general waiting hall, prepaid AC waiting hall
- Book this space before your competitor does

In Padmaja lodge where i stayed meet Mr Aakash, Mr Manjunath, Mr Thilak. Mr Thilak talks about Jagannath Rath Yatra and by God's grace this time it passed off peacefully.

- Telangana State Police
  Duty, Honour, Compassion

- Gowtham Model School
   Learn from your child

On Tuesday reach Jubilee Bus Station (JBS) by auto. There a bus waiting for people who wish to go to Srisailam. The bus for airport leaves at 9.20. Mr Ravi is at the wheels who is very humble.
Fares from pickup point to airport
Secundarabad JBS 250 rs
Tarnaka 250 rs
Uppal Road 200 rs
A hoarding says traffic rules are made for our safety. Hence do not violate.
Going past
- Panjagutta Bakers
- Classic Tiffin Centre
- J V Rao Park
- Agra Sweets
- Sardharshini restaurant
- Mehdipatna
- Telangana State Khadi and Village Industries Board
At 10.08 we are on P V Narasimha Rao Expressway. Go past Prof Jayashankar Telangana State Agriculture University. We reach Shamshabad 10.28, Airport 10.41. From outskirts of Airport the city of Bengaluru is shown to be 547 km. At the airport meet Mr Subhachandra hailing from Manipur working in CISF. There is a billboard: From the charm of Charminar to the calm of Hussain Sagar.

Sightings in Airport

- Hyderabad Tiffin Express
  Mysore Bhaji 4 piece 100 rs
  Filter coffee 100 rs
- self check-in
- meet a man from East Godavari in Andhra Pradesh
- International Departure is on right
- Domestic departure is on left
- Krishna Pearls and Jewellers
- fabindia
- William Penn
- flights to Rajahmundry, Visakhapatnam, Chennai, Shirdi, New Delhi, Bengaluru.
- W H Smith
- Indian Savouries
- Parle
- A section on Fiction chart, non fiction chart, Indian writing chart, magazines

The flight takes off from Hyderabad at 3.17 pm, lands in Delhi at 5.13 pm. Hello 6E inflight magazine has an ad. The sky needs stars. Looking for young women to join its cabin crew. Age between 18 and 27 years. It should be between 18 and 42 as that would keep them(women) employed for long. Take taxi from Airport. Mr Kranti Kumar is the taximan hailing from Bhagalpur.

I stayed in the states of Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Telangana and days spent had its share of flourish and charm.

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