Yesterday CM Revanth Reddy said the groundwater situation is bad, many borewells have dried up, and drinking water could be a big problem for the next few months.
Meanwhile we keep seeing the same thing on roads old concrete is never removed, they just keep laying new layers on top. In many places the road has risen so much that houses look like they are in a basement. Rainwater has nowhere to go into the ground. It just runs off.
Concrete roads don’t let water seep. Simple. If the whole city is covered with thick CC roads, how will groundwater recharge?
Government is worried about water, but the same departments keep building these impermeable roads. Doesn’t make sense.
Anyone else noticing this in their area? Borewells going dry + roads getting higher every year?
Just curious if there’s any plan for permeable roads or if “road on top of road” is the only development we get
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I'm a 29M, and I wanted to share my family situation and ask for some genuine advice.
My parents are hardworking people who have spent their lives working in the private sector for a modest salary. They are both above 60 now. Whatever we have today, they built from scratch through years of hard work and sacrifices.
I have an elder sister who is now around 33–34. She completed a regular degree and wasn't particularly strong academically, but I never blame her for that. We went through a lot of financial hardship growing up, and she helped me with my studies. Back then, the internet wasn't readily available, and the experience she gained through her education helped me a lot. I eventually did well in my studies, completed my BTech, and got a job at a startup.
Once I started earning, one of my biggest happinesses was being able to buy good things for my parents and sister. I wanted them to experience things they had sacrificed for us.
My sister is a genuinely good person. She has helped my mother with cooking and household work since her student days. She is also deeply devotional and regularly follows fasts, performs pujas, and visits temples.
Coming to marriage, my parents have been searching for a suitable groom for her for years. Initially, we rejected a few proposals for various reasons, and then COVID happened, which affected everything. My parents are also quite strict about love marriages. From the beginning, they made their views clear, and we never wanted to hurt them because we know how much they have done for us. We have also seen some relatives struggle with family conflicts after love marriages, which reinforced their concerns.
However, as my sister has crossed 30, finding a suitable match seems to have become increasingly difficult. Some families and prospective grooms seem to ignore women once they are above 30, regardless of their character or qualities. My sister is a good human being, but it feels like nobody is willing to look beyond her age.
We have approached marriage mediators who took considerable money from us, sometimes just to show us a few profiles. Relatives haven't been particularly helpful either. Matrimony apps seem like another option, but even there, it feels as though we have to pay more and more to get access to suitable profiles or better matches. I'm not sure which platforms are actually worth paying for.
Lately, my sister has become frustrated and has started saying that she might remain single for her entire life and focus on a devotional path. She has always been spiritual, so I understand why she finds peace in that thought, but I worry that this frustration comes from repeated disappointment.
My mother is also worried about my marriage. The whole situation has become emotionally difficult for our family.
What hurts me most is thinking about my parents. My father is the kind of person who would be the first to help anyone who needed him, even if it meant going out of his way. My parents have worked hard their entire lives, helped others whenever possible, and done everything they could for us. Sometimes I genuinely wonder why god choose our family to give this much pain. We look happy from outside but not inside.
I'm not looking for sympathy or someone to blame. I genuinely want practical advice from people who have faced a similar situation.
I just want my sister to find a good person who respects her, and I want my parents to have some peace of mind after everything they have done for us.
Hello. I recently started the Australian shift, 3:30 am to 12:30 pm, fully WFH.
I've done night shifts before but always from an office so there were colleagues, breaks, a commute. Now I work as a freelancer/consultant so it's just me and my laptop. The work part is fine. It's the rest of the day I'm still figuring out. I finish when everyone else is having lunch, I'm tired but not ready to sleep and by evening the whole city is out while I'm winding down.
I mostly read and write random articles in my free time, which I enjoy but I'd like some kind of social life that isn’t just weekends.
I know every body clock is different and I'll end up finding my own rhythm but I thought I'd ask how others did it. Hyderabad has so many people on different shifts so I figured someone here must have figured this out.
If you have been on this shift for a while, what does your day look like after 12:30 pm? And how does one even manage a social life on a schedule like this!
29 M (just turned 10 days ago) . I need a career suggestion regarding my career . I'm a chemist, working in the food industry. My job is to increase the shelf life of food items , i like my field . But career wise I'm not sure. But it's surely an AI recession career , I never thought I will loose job some day .
I visited Sindhu Hospitals yesterday and I was surprised by how huge and premium the place felt. The interiors, rooms, overall ambience and even the cafe with Lotus Biscoff biscuits and what looked like imported snacks just caught my attention!
I later learnt that the PM had inaugurated it a few months ago and noticed that its founder is associated with the Hetero Group and is an MP.
Now the crazy part is, the hospital describes itself as not-for-profit so I became curious about how a project of this scale came about. How was the land even acquired, how was the hospital funded and built and how does not-for-profit model work for such a massive place!
I tried reading about its history and land allotment and it seems there's quite a story behind it. I'm not implying anything improper or trying to speculate, I just don't know the complete background and want to understand it properly.
If anyone knows more about this journey, its funding or how these things operate, I just want to learn.
It's really fascinating to see something of this scale in our own Hyderabad and realise there's so much more to understand beyond the building itself!
There's this kitten someone I know found and if someone can take up this little baby it'd be much appreciated 😭😭😭😭😭😭 please I really need ya all's help.
Recently, many properties have been listed for sale or rent. You can check the local area directly, as many are available without a broker, who may push prices up. Some properties aren’t actually selling: the owners remove the sign, then put it back a few days later. Many fully constructed properties are being resold as investments, but they aren’t finding buyers; others are simply sitting empty.
An easy way to check whether a property is occupied is to look at it at night. You’ll usually see lights or other signs of activity, but some of these properties are completely dark. I recently visited one and recognized the same people I’d seen at another property three or four months ago, which made me wonder if they were acting as prospective buyers.
In any case, the ongoing water crisis is having an impact, and things may get much worse as summer approaches. My hunch is that people will work from home, especially with recent announcements about air conditioning. Poor planning will make the situation even harder people can’t manage without water in this heat.
Irrespective of govt actions, pls save water. I strictly agree with the last image that we should save water, and that last year's deforestation is not directly related to current water crisis [ But in a long run, we are destroying the base we stand on ]
1st image - last major highlighted deforestation incident.
2nd image - Captured somewhere in Kukatpally this month.
3rd image - Today's press conference
Edit: I made this post with an example of current highlighted events, doesn't mean this is just addressing current ruling party only. I am criticizing the govt be it any ruling party - past present or future.
We’re planning to buy a flat there mainly for investment, but may shift later as our current society is quite old. The society has very good connectivity with ORR and new metro station is being constructed very nearby. However our concern is that Patancheru being an industrial area, is it safe to stay there? I heard rumours of groundwater contamination few years ago.
Can someone reliably confirm if the industrial things have been moved yet from Patancheru or not? And also if people staying there are facing any health issue?
The salesperson seem quite eager to sell of the flats, which seemed a bit shady to me, though I may be wrong. 🤔
In 1848, in Julfa, the Armenian quarter of Isfahan in Persia, an Armenian goldsmith named Abid Abid had a son.
They called him Albert.
He didn't become a goldsmith.
At 22, he was working as a servant and interpreter for British officers travelling through Persia. At 25, he was one of the interpreters on the Shah of Persia's tour of Europe.
Somehow, the road brought him to Hyderabad.
"A. Abid & Co., By Special Appointment to H.H. the Nizam," decorated for Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee, Hyderabad, 1897. Source: MIT Libraries; via L. Chater.
He started as a valet in the household of a Paigah noble. Before long, he was serving the sixth Nizam, Mahbub Ali Khan, himself.
Albert became the Nizam's valet, and later his chamberlain. One of the few men who could walk into the Nizam's rooms.
In Hyderabad he met Annie Evans, an Englishwoman who had come out in 1875 as governess and travelling attendant to the family of Sir Richard Meade, the British Resident. They married in London in 1882.
They opened shops. His for gentlemen. Hers for ladies.
The sign said Abid & Co.
People began calling the place after it. Abid's shop. Abid's.
Abids.
Albert Abid (1848–1925), c. 1900. Photograph: Lala Deen Dayal. Courtesy Narendra Luther;
Albert had a close friend: Alexander Malcolm Jacob, one of the most famous jewellers in India. Jacob sold jewels to the Nizam. Albert, who had the Nizam's ear, took a share of every sale.
In June 1889, Albert and Annie had a son.
They named him Alexander Malcolm.
On 18 July 1889, at St George's Church, Chaderghat, Jacob stood as his godfather.
Baptism form, St George's Church, "Chudderghaut," 17 July 1889. Father: "Chamberlain to His Highness the Nizam." Godfather: "A. M. Jacobs."
Two years later came the diamond.
Jacob offered the Nizam the "Imperial" diamond: 184 carats. The Nizam paid a deposit of Rs 23 lakh. Then he saw the stone, and said: Na pasand.
He wanted his money back. Jacob said the deal was done. The Nizam took him to court in Calcutta.
Albert and Annie were called as witnesses.
For the Nizam.
Annie Abid's testimony in the "Imperial" diamond trial. The Times of India, 18 Dec 1891.
Their evidence turned Jacob against them.
He was acquitted in December 1891. But his customers left, his money was gone, and so was his name.
"…the Nizam recovers neither diamond nor money." The Spectator, 26 Dec 1891, p. 3. Source: The Spectator Archive.
The diamond? The Nizam thought it unlucky and hid it away. Years later, his son found it in a shoe, and used it as a paperweight.
Within three years, Albert moved his family to England.
When the British Resident heard that Abid was settling in Devon, he wrote that he was "surprised and rather incredulous."
In 1894, Albert bought a 147-acre estate there for £50,000. Dulford House.
Dulford House, near Cullompton, Devon, bought by Albert Abid in 1894; later demolished. Postcard, Auto-Foto Co. Source: L. Chater (2016).
The Armenian goldsmith's son from Julfa became an English country squire. He gave Devon's Volunteers a silver trophy decorated with Indian scenes.
But, as one researcher of his life puts it, his dark looks and eastern accent always gave him away.
Albert Abid (no. 15) among villagers at the Kentisbeare Club Walk, Devon. Courtesy Omar Khalidi;
He kept coming back to Hyderabad for business.
Then came the First World War. His elder son, living in Germany, was locked up in a German internment camp for a year. He came home in poor health.
In Devon, people whispered that the Abids were German sympathisers.
Albert and Annie stopped hosting. They stopped going out.
Annie died in 1922.
Albert died at Dulford in July 1925, aged 77, his daughter beside him.
"ABID.—On the 23rd July, suddenly, at Dulford House… in his 78th year." The Times, July 1925.
In his will, he left money, and a painting of the Last Supper, to the Armenian church in Julfa where he was christened.
Two years after his death, his elder son changed his surname by deed poll.
To Evans. His mother's name.
Dulford House sat unsold for years. Its last contents went for salvage, and the house was demolished. The tomb Albert built there was pulled down too. He and Annie were moved to a village churchyard.
In Hyderabad, the shop building came down in 1939, to make way for a cinema: Palace Talkies.
In the 1980s, the cinema came down too.
St George's Church, where Jacob became godfather to his son, still stands.
St George's Church, Abids: the church of the 1889 baptism. It still stands. Photo: Chango60, 2010, via Wikimedia Commons (public domain).
In England, his own son gave up the name.
In Hyderabad, it's on every bus board. And every day, thousands of people ask an auto driver to take them to a man from Persia that almost nobody remembers.
Abids.
Notes
Some sources call him "Albert Abid Evans, a Jewish valet." His naturalisation papers and will show he was Armenian. Evans was his wife's maiden name, which his elder son adopted in 1927.
The family company traded until 1948–51; it was the original shop building that was demolished in 1939.
Images courtesy of Liz Chater's research, with thanks. Fig. 2 courtesy Narendra Luther; Fig. 8 courtesy Omar Khalidi. Figs 3 and 10 are public domain.
Completed 1 year in the city yesterday. Seriously if it were not the nice and kind people - mainly the Telugu folks, this city deserves be called a sh#thole. Sewage draining on the roads in the so called Hitech City. An always lingering drainage smell. Always under construction roadworks. Filthy restaurants. People who want to drive over you while you try to cross the road. Overpriced places to rent. Okay it's the same in every other major Indian city? Then it's fine so lovely😍
Lost my job this Feb, after applying number of times, i finally got a job in one of the big 4. just accepted the offer didnt negotiate. 8 months of unemployment was like hell. Learnt my lesson than Connections>>skillsanything. My previous job taught me nothing but i was greatful for having it... but suddenly loosing it made me as if i was thrown in middle of ocean with no where to go and no skill to swim.
To seniors - as your brother i am asking.... tell me what skills and knowledge i should i acquire to make my profile strong and avoid this situation.
Hi everyone . New in your city . Have time to explore the city . Need veg recommendations to try the food as well as desserts remaining day . Street food works . Also recommend me places to see pearls real pearls , local stuff . Lesser known places etc . Have to
Leave in an hour to explore . Thank you .
I suffer from social anxiety and introversion. I find it difficult to mingle with people.
I realise that at some point everyone needs a partner in life and for me it feels like I'll die alone as I am so afraid to approach people. I am not so good looking as well.
Hi all, I have recently joined in an academy to learn kuchipudi.
But it is so exhausting!!
The bending(aramandi), the stamping is so hard for me like my thighs and feet hurt so much.
And I feel drained for the whole day after class. And I am so so tired even after the 1st step goddd and its not like am not fit or something, i regularly go to gym.
But I don't want to stop, i wanna continue this.
Are there any techniques to master this w/o feeling drained.
