The Dream

T Being a Hyderabadi in days like today has made a person pretty used to agitations that are of political nature. The intensity of the agitations has increased during the last 12 months. The demand for a separate state has reached the centre and has shaken it quite a bit. The govt.’s inability to solve this problem sees one of the most commercially developed cities in India losing its charm by the day. I am apolitical by nature. I am so apolitical that I indulge in deliberate ignorance when matters of politics, govt., power, rules, leaders, party affiliations are discussed. For a grown man like me this might be considered to be a very short sighted approach but the reality is so far the lack of knowledge has not proved to be a slight bit of hindrance in what I wanted to do or achieve. In a large city such as Hyderabad I am not alone with these sorts of convictions. With the economy opening up and the city providing haven for quite a number of International companies the inf...

“Sometimes when you reeeally reeeally want something, the Universe chooses to ignore you! :@ “ This was the status of one of my friends on facebook. This really got me thinking. Not because this is the first time I had heard something like this. On the contrary this is the exact line that seems to do a repeat telecast in my life like my own obsession of watching Friends over and over again. Yet, there is something profound about this statement. Well, we have heard something quite the opposite to be true too. “When we want something very badly, the whole universe conspires to get that to us”. These are often termed as miracles. Plenty of people have seen miracles happen in their lives. Some people have never seen miracles happen in their lives. But then, those some people never believed in miracles. Isn’t it true that when we want something really badly we keep thinking about it over and over again? The thought gives us chills, tension and eventually mild to major panic attacks. But...