by Arch » Sun Jun 22, 2003 9:41 pm
I am a hyderabadi settled elsewhere. Our hyderabadis can be so loving .. while i was a student, 4 of us friends went to visit the Zoo for the day. had a picnic pack and all. Had a sumptuous lunch ,well, thot so, while having, and went about again, seeing the animals and enjoying ourselves. Came across a very large Muslim family, sitting on a dastarkhan,lots of children and adults talking away and laughing, the aroma of hyderabadi biryani and what not,all pervading ! We could not take ourselves away from the surroundings how much ever we tried. we went and sat on a bench nearby just taking in the smells, cudn\'t help it vishal! The hyderbadi stuff is so good! finally, when they were beginning to pack off their stuff, I went, I ACTUALLY WENT AND ASKED THE OLDEST LADY THERE, THAT I WANT TO EAT WHAT THEY HAD ! she was so very cute, with her toothless grin she smiled and said,\" kyon nahi bete, tabhi aana tha, wahan jakar kyon baite the!?\" and gave all of us what they could and we hogged and hogged, literally. well, hyderabadis ! we love us.