Touched by Humanity

by **CtrlAltDel** » Fri Mar 26, 2004 7:59 pm

my mom used to say that during her college days in early 60s hydbad, the most popular mode of transport was the cycle-rickshaws. the rick wallahs were so known to feel so responsible abt their female passengers that they usually stay on the road even after being paid, till their lady passengers were safely INSIDE their houses. they n other rick wallahs wouldnt let any eve teasers remain on the road...

thats something we wud never find elsewhere!

a personal experience (not abt ricks!): i had heard many stories of how old city people were dangerous n unreliable. but way bak in 1994 i was working part time for Godrej, canvassing for their products door to door. my territory was old city n i had to traverse galli-galli searching for shops n offices. initially i was scared. but when ever i needed directions, any and everybody i asked was the most helpful. some even sent kids along with me to see me to my destination correctly! thats one myth abt old city busted for me! i never found warmer souls elsewhere.

its true- real hyderabad resides in the old city.

by ZC » Sat Mar 27, 2004 8:28 am

Five7Jaan wrote:
ZC, I love that song you mention! I think I will listen to it before tonight.

-Five7Jaan

what song did i mention :?:

it was coolhewk :idea:

not me...

by **hyderabadi not in hyd** » Sat Mar 27, 2004 10:28 am

salam, namaste, hello...etc.

It feels sooo good to hear hyderabadi stories. I left our noble HYD about 5 years ago and i miss it terribly. I would have to say, i agree with all of you. I had an accident back like...gosh! 7 years ago. The accident happened around the sabgi mandi. on my dad's scooter. So the durrashawar hospital was near. There was a guy who told my dad to follow on his scooter and he took me in an autoriksha. Well we reached the hospital and i got stiched up and every thing. The guy was so helpful and paid the auto's fair too.

Now i am in US. Helping out someone over here is a huge risk. As you all heard of sueing on stupid littel things! exept that, there was one incident i would like to say to you. My cousin works in American Airlines. His co-worker was driving down a highway and he saw a car pulled aside. So he got off to help. He was tricked. He person inside the supposedly broken car had a gun and pointed at him saying give him all the money he had. Not a lot of people carry cash over here only credit card. So he didnt had any money so he was shot

..

So you all....or i should say....we all are very very proud to have a city like hyderabad, where people are still generous and helpful.

by **azazel** » Sat Mar 27, 2004 12:39 pm

that was horrible man..

were those ppl caught ??

gun control is probably one of the biggest problems in the U.S

by **CtrlAltDel** » Sat Mar 27, 2004 3:18 pm

another unforgettable incident:

back in 1995, my younger brother had an attack of fits near ameerpet busstop and collapsed. passers by relieved him, but my brother was still woozy n drowsy. some one checked my brother's bus-pass, found our address and brought him home in an auto-rick (we are at secbad).

by the time we recovered from the shock, that samaritan disappeared. we neither cud thank him nor reimburse the auto fare. even my brother remembers nothing about the person.

by **Bimbette** » Sun Mar 28, 2004 10:46 am

Lunch@AsliB? If u were to take me out for lunch, u'd be poorer by a few bucks and I'd be responsible for that. Thats not very good karma, so there!

And if I were to ask somebody for lunch and if I got turned down, the karma theory would cease to apply. As far as I'm concerned it would just be a plain and simple case of 'Good riddance, to bad rubbish'...!!! :-)

by **Five7Jaan** » Mon Mar 29, 2004 12:42 am

ZC wrote:
Five7Jaan wrote:ZC, I love that song you mention! I think I will listen to it before tonight.
-Five7Jaan
what song did i mention it was coolhewk not me...

Doh! Sorry, the credit does go to Coolhewk.

Thank you for pointing that out.

My apologies,

-Five7Jaan

by **asli_badmash** » Tue Mar 30, 2004 4:42 am

Bimbette wrote:Lunch@AsliB? If u were to take me out for lunch, u'd be poorer by a few bucks and I'd be responsible for that. Thats not very good karma, so there!

Dont mind being poor... To have lunch with fellow "Theory of Karma" proponent.. I wouldnt miss it for anything. Anyway, when I said lunch I was refering to the "Chaat bandi" and you thought "Krishna Oberoi" :twisted:

, NO... I dont know you like that. Also, Money is a worldly thing, saints like me dont think about it. Hahhaha! :lol:

Bimbette wrote:As far as I'm concerned it would just be a plain and simple case of 'Good riddance, to bad rubbish'...!!!

'Good riddance, to bad rubbish'... Ouch.. hurts like hell... Maybe a "no thanks" would have been appropriate...

Mera jeevan se lagaav uuth gaya re.. Mera geruwa(orange) jacket kahan hai.. Main chaala himalay, shaayad wahan pe koi apsara paat jai..

"jai jai shiv shankar kaante laage na kankar.... ke payal tere naam ka piya..."

~badmash~

by **Bimbette** » Tue Mar 30, 2004 10:09 am

Chaat Bandi???????? lol.........Amrika jaake aap Hyderabadi pana nahin bhoole! Imagine the setting, discussing the nitty-gritties of the Karma theory over mouthfuls of Bhel Puri! Interesting! And hey, I believe in going dutch with friends, so u won't be left a high and dry person! :-)

If I were to initiate a 'lets meet up for lunch/coffee' and I was (rudely) turned down(irrespective of the gender), without being given a good reason for it then I'd just adopt the 'good riddance to bad rubbish' attitude. I'm not rude to people, so I don't believe in putting up with the same.

by **CtrlAltDel** » Tue Mar 30, 2004 11:20 am

Bimbette wrote:Chaat Bandi???????? lol.........Amrika jaake aap Hyderabadi pana nahin bhoole! Imagine the setting, discussing the nitty-gritties of the Karma theory over mouthfuls of Bhel Puri!

dont u know...the most profound phoilosophy and ideologies evolve and are discussed in "lowly" settings like smoky cafes...and chaat bandis?
in 5-star settings the person wud be too busy trying to "post-mortem" the meal with forks n knifes!

Bimbette wrote:...I believe in going dutch with friends, so u won't be left a high and dry person! ...

thats comforting...now, after asli has his turn, i too can take you out for lunch with an easy mind! :lol:

by **azazel** » Tue Mar 30, 2004 1:09 pm

CtrlAltDel wrote:dont u know...the most profound phoilosophy and ideologies evolve and are discussed in "lowly" settings like smoky cafes...and chaat bandis?
in 5-star settings the person wud be too busy trying to "post-mortem" the meal with forks n knifes!

exactly, include paan dabbas too.. :roll:

by **Bimbette** » Tue Mar 30, 2004 1:20 pm

CtrlAltDel ji, u just gave a whole new meaning to the phrase "There ain't no such thing as a free lunch"!!! :-)

I'm willing to treat Mrs CtrlAltDel, master CtrlAltDel and you to lunch, in keeping with our Hyderabadi culture of Mehmaan-nawaazi. Afterall, you can take the girl out of Hyderabad but not the Hyderabadi out of the girl! :-)

[ I'm still in my dear city but was away for sometime ]

Hey Five7, my apologies for digressing.

by **azazel** » Tue Mar 30, 2004 1:27 pm

someone invite me for lunch .. :wink:

or even coffee or tea??

:roll:

by **CtrlAltDel** » Tue Mar 30, 2004 2:07 pm

Bimbette wrote:I'm willing to treat Mrs CtrlAltDel, master CtrlAltDel and you to lunch, in keeping with our Hyderabadi culture of Mehmaan-nawaazi.

sure...

...I appreciate it...but even if just both of us go together my wife doesn't mind...read my tips in the forum abt Arranged Marriage...

Bimbette wrote:Afterall, you can take the girl out of Hyderabad but not the Hyderabadi out of the girl!

wah...wah...well said...!

Bimbette wrote:Hey Five7, my apologies for digressing.

i think v all owe her an apology for using this forum to invite each other for lunch! :lol:

azazel wrote:someone invite me for lunch .. or even coffee or tea??

patience buddy! after asli n I have our turn, u get to go out with Bimbette!

by **Johnny** » Tue Mar 30, 2004 2:37 pm

Next is meeeeeeeeeeee Pleaseeeee.........

so here's the list :

/SOF

1) Asli

2) Ctrl

3) azazel

4) Johnny.

/EOF

dats it no more additions

by **Prince** » Tue Mar 30, 2004 6:58 pm

Johnny,

This SOF, EOF rhymes so well with another slang that ends with OF. Make sure that dear Bimbette does not get ideas :lol:

by **Johnny** » Tue Mar 30, 2004 7:05 pm

Prince wrote:Johnny,

This SOF, EOF rhymes so well with another slang that ends with OF. Make sure that dear Bimbette does not get ideas

LOL..

) Well Prince i dunno about Bimbette gettin ideaz.., but u r surely givin her some.. Dude... Relax.. m sure Bimbette wudnt ever say somethin liddat... n even if she wants to she wud send me a personal message

Rite Bimbette?

by **asli_badmash** » Tue Mar 30, 2004 7:39 pm

Bimbette wrote:Imagine the setting, discussing the nitty-gritties of the Karma theory over mouthfuls of Bhel Puri! Interesting! And hey, I believe in going dutch with friends, so u won't be left a high and dry person!

Interesting indeed! Bhel Porri and Karma kinda go togather, thats what I was suggesting. And I think going DUTCH is fair.

Bimbette wrote:If I were to initiate a 'lets meet up for lunch/coffee' and I was (rudely) turned down(irrespective of the gender), without being given a good reason for it then I'd just adopt the 'good riddance to bad rubbish' attitude. I'm not rude to people, so I don't believe in putting up with the same.

Ctrl, Azazel, Johnny, Bimbette, Prince, 57J we can all meet at some bandi to talk about KARMA and have some world famous chaat. And the rest of Fullhyd.com are invited too. Any suggestions? I heard the bandi's near mahankali police station is secunderabad are nice..

57J, sorry I digress but it was something I couldnt avoid.

All in all... Bimbette KARMA bolke bura fasi yaar. Bechari... reason dete-dete thak gayi. But it was fun to trouble her !

Anyway, Mera din bhi kabhi ayinga.... Jis din mere ku koi pakad-pakad ke "G" pe laat maringa... (I am trying my hand at hyderabadi after a long time so bear with me please).

Bimbette wrote:Afterall, you can take the girl out of Hyderabad but not the Hyderabadi out of the girl!

Well said... Being Hyderabadi is a state of mind... its an attitude... and I dont think anybody who grew up here can ever let it go. Its too cool...

~badmash~

PS: I dont know how many of these impromptu meetings do actually happen, but lets see where this goes! And I do beleive it is KARMA that gets people togather...

by **Happy Hyderabadi** » Tue Mar 30, 2004 8:02 pm

Meeting On / Off - Line?!

:roll:

by **Bimbette** » Tue Mar 30, 2004 9:13 pm

Whoa! We are becoming this one big happy family at Fullhyd, virtual world notwithstanding! :-)

Johnny, I have no clue about what EOF/SOF stand for ? Lemme know.

by **asli_badmash** » Tue Mar 30, 2004 9:19 pm

Happy Hyderabadi wrote:Meeting On / Off - Line?!

Off line ofcourse.. You are invited too ! Since you are a happy hyderabadi and all. Aaaja Baap full masti karinge...

~badmash~

by **azazel** » Tue Mar 30, 2004 9:59 pm

hum to hai har waqt taiyaar party ke liye..

pakka hua to bulaava de dena gareeb ko

by **Five7Jaan** » Tue Mar 30, 2004 10:58 pm

Its aight for using this forum for inviting each other to lunch. I am honored you picked mine, although the banter was not at all monotonous.

And, why can I not trust Asli's invitation? Hmm, let me guess, there bound to be some badmashi! Hehe...joking

Would love to come but cannot. Am not in the city now.

-Five7Jaan

by **Five7Jaan** » Tue Mar 30, 2004 11:50 pm

Bimbette wrote:Whoa! We are becoming this one big happy family at Fullhyd, virtual world notwithstanding!
Johnny, I have no clue about what EOF/SOF stand for ? Lemme know.

Bimbette, I think part of it is: SOF: Start Of F?

EOF = End Of F?

I think its the list of the people having lunch date with you, one at a time. Atleast that is the gist I understood. Boys! Hmph.

-Five7Jaan

by **asli_badmash** » Wed Mar 31, 2004 12:02 am

Five7Jaan wrote:And, why can I not trust Asli's invitation? Hmm, let me guess, there bound to be some badmashi! Hehe...joking
Would love to come but cannot. Am not in the city now.
-Five7Jaan

Awww.. I was hoping to see you. No badmashi this time... Anyway, I strike when people are unaware, when their guards are low. so the effect is maximum with minimum effort. Sun-Tzu "The art of war"...

But anyway I look forward to seeing other people on this board, If I ever get to.. It would be cool.

~badmash~

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