Happy 2007 - Have Fun with Hyderabad ka Paya Paya

"Paya Paya" in Aziz miyan's style by sayed Shahabuddin

Food, delicious too, all Hyderabadi....

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gar firdaus bar ru-e-zameen ast......

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Background audio clip, 'Golkonda - 20 rupees'
Courtesy: intelligent audio

wasn't it it Emperor Jahangir who said that Kashmir was a paradise on earth--'gar firdaus bar ru-e-zameeN ast.....'
ek aisa Hyderabad bhi hua karta thha. A hyderabad where 'sukoon' was a catch-all, a word that captured the essence of Hyderabadi life. As Maqdoom tells us--
yahiiN ki thhi mohabbat ke sabaq ki ibtida maine
yahiiN ki jurrat-e-izhaar-e-Harf-e-mudda'a maine
yahiiN dekhe thhe ashwe naaz-o-andaaz-e-Hayaa maine
yahiiN pehle sni thhi dil dhhaDakne ki sadaa maine

yahiiN khetoN meiN paani ke kinaare yaad hai ab bhi'

The Hyderabad that I grew up in, in the innocent sixties (elders say that the city had lost its old world charm by then), had next to nothing beyond Mehdipatnam and Malakpet in two different directions and half a dozen cars or so to a neighbourhood,as many as one finds in one garage today. The hyderabad I live is another city in itself--
na ab woh khet baaqi haiN, na woh aab-e-rawaaN baaqi
magar us aish-e-rafta ka hai ik dhhundhla nishaaN baaqi'
There's much more to say and share, but I'll save it for another day.
more on this and other subjects later. hope taher will excuse me for this rambling, discursive bit of 'bakwaas'. 'kuch na samjhe Khuda karay koi'.
saty

Welcome to the city of the seven loaves, Hyderabad

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[PS. Background audio clip is by Sulaiman Khateeb--also sp. sulaiman khatib--Dekhani Urdu drama in verse] probably included in his book: kevre ke ban (Gulbarga, Sulaimān Khatīb Yādgār Talīmī, Saqāfatī va Imdādī Ṭrasṭ, 2002)




This is a virtual Hyderabadi portal--first have a galnce of this virtual city

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Quotable quotes:

Hyderabad of "the seven loaves" by Syed Ahmed El Edroos;
[based on a legend that Asif Jah I met a saint on his way to become the ruler of Hyderabad. The saint gave seven loaves of bread, which symbolized that his dynasty would end with the seventh ruler].

phir bhi dil hai Hyderabadi
mera dil hamesha rahega Hyderabadi
[Courtesy @ Harini Sanjeev ]

PHIR BHI DIL HAIN HYDERABADI
[courtesy: Rajeev ]

Phir Be Dil Hai Hyderabadi-The Heart is Hyderabadi
[courtesy: Hyderabad Pages by WingFoot]

Phir bhi Dil hain Hyderabadi [courtesy = Satya Swaroop P ]

8 Km - Distance from Charminar to Golconda Fort

Hyderabad ke Adrak ke Panje, Babban Khan.