My 4 Day Hyderabad Trip -- Part1

Although the heading reads 4 day trip, I was busy with work for 1.5 days and ISB interview for half a day so ended up sightseeing only 2 days technically :). There shall be a seperate post on my ISB interview.So skipping that part here.

So much for the introduction,lemme start with the actual story! Left bangalore on Wednesday morning , by Garib Rath.I must thank Lallu for the cost effective and luxurious train.Its 3 tier AC, new/clean coach minus the roaches at Rs 500/- for a 12 hr trip.I left office by 6.15 pm,changes 2 busses and reached Yashwantpur by 8.30 pm, just 10 mins before the train's departure time.I was hungry as hell as I had to skip lunch to finish work for the day and yashwantpur station catering gave a luxurious option of choosing between plain biriyani and anda biriyani.I chose the latter bought a bottle of water and checked the reservation chart as usual,(Looking for a F between 18-30). And as usual found none of interest in my coach.(Murphy's law holds good here I guess). When I got in to search for my seat, it was another unpleasant surprise, my bay was the first one and it was only half a bay that means 3 berths on side and a wall on the other.Felt extremely cramped(Psychological feeling I guess as all the measurements should be the same).Then this interesting incident hapenned.

The uncle in the lower berth had just finished his packed dinner and he had a packet of subji and pickle untouched.He offerred it to me.He was using a blackberry phone, very elegantly dresses and carried himself well.I was extremely dissapointed with the plain egg biriyani.In this situtation , I was somehow tempted into accepting, when he offerred his Sabzi and Pickle.When I was halfway thro the food, I suddenly started thinking this could be the usual con job with some sedatives in the food.All random thoughts went thro my mind.For example how pickle could be a ideal food item to lace with sedatives for in its sour taste you could never make it out.But having accepted the invitation and eaten the stuff halfway, I could not explicitly leave it untouched too.Hence finished as little as I could and threw the rest away.But my thought train was progressing unbridled at such a furious pace that I could control it no longer.I had a thousand crazy thought and plans.I said to myself that if I could stay awake tilll midnight, I can be sure the food has not been tampered with.Hence started reading and pulling myself awake with several facewashes(for I had slet only 5-6 hrs on average the whole week). Finally when the clock stuck 12 I was relaxed!! and dozed off immediately..

Reached Secunderabad station in the morning and took a local train to Hi Tech city.As it was a working day, the train was fully crowded.Thanks to my mumbai experiences, I could somehow manage to embark and disembark with 2 bags and a suit, without seriously damaging or losing anything.Hitech city seems to be the IT hub of Hyd.I looked totally out of place amongst the office goers dressed neatly in formals.I was wearing a 3/4th shorts a loose t shirt.But as usual I did not feel odd :) Finally after a interminably long 10 min wait, my classmate subbu arrived in his Unicorn bike to take me to his place.