The Fast and the Furious

Nahi nahi... yeh Dhoom 2 ki kahani nahi hai... yeh blog post hai Hyderabad ke Autos (ya auto rickshaw) ke upar. Main Bharat ke kuch sharon jaise ki Delhi, Poona, Patna, Bangalore, Mysore ke autos me ghooma hun. Magar Hyderabad ke autos ki baat hi kuch aur hai...

Paheli baat to Dakshin Bharat ke autos ka rang poori tarah peela hota hai. Bharat ke doosri jagahon par yeh kaala-peela hota hai. Par yeh kewal rang hi nahi hai jo isse alag karta hai, yahan driver auto me bahut khoobsoorti se design banwate hai aur apne auto ko bahut sajate sawarte hai. Aapne woh film to dekhi hi hogi... Hero Heeralal... bilkul waise hi autos hote hai yahan!

Aur shayad jitni tej autos yahan chalaate hai waise doosri jagah nahi chalaate. Yahan auto aise chalate hai ki agar usme ek Jet Engine laga ho to woh X Prize foundation ke crore dollar ke space price ko jeet le. Yahan tak ki auto ka meter bhi utna hi tej hai jitna ki auto ki raftar!!!

To agli baar jab aap Hyderabad aaye to auto ka majaa jaoor uthayen.

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Did you know: A Tuk-Tuk is a South East Asian version of Auto Rickshaw (remember the Pierce Brosnan ad for Visa)

And the 'Silicon Valley' of India is...

Aaj humare office ke cafeteria me ek function ho raha tha (phir se...!). Function ek enclosed area me ho raha tha. Hum log khaana kha kar jaise hi jaane lage waha the ki ek aawaj sunai di...

"Do you know which city is the IT capital of India?"

"Do you that Bangalore is not the IT capital of India??"

Hum hairan rah gaye... abhi kuch dinon pahele hi to paper me pada tha ki Bangalore abhi bhi India ka IT capital hai... to ye kya bol rahi hai...

Phir se awaaj aayi...

"Bangalore is not the IT capital of India... its Bengaluru!!!"

Hum haste haste lot pot ho gaye...!!!

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From Gertrude Stein's poem Sacred Emily: "Rose is a rose is a rose is a rose."