How westernized has Hyd become?

[Alexis---New kid on the block!]

Hi everyone!



This is my first message on this board. Im Hyderabadi of course, but I dont live there.

I visited India last in 2001. And it'd changed from what it used to be when I had lived there with my family in the early 90's. I marvelled at how its become such a metropolitan city. I felt a sense of pride and admiration.



But I truly wonder, how Westernized has it become? I noticed how women dressed and how freely girls and guys mingled/dated. I guess Hyderabadi society is taking a walk on the wild side of late? Has it become a bit bohemian and fancy-free?



I just dont want it turning into a Bombay or Delhi. Hyderabad has old world charm. Tradition and values play a big part, and I dont want it to be lost in the craze and madness for a glamorous big city.

Just a thought, no offence to anyone.



This is a cool site, reading stuff on this board really makes me home-sick. People living in Hyd right now----You just dont know how lucky you are!!!



Peace out!

[BM]

:) Hi everyone!

This is a cool site, reading stuff on this board really makes me home-sick. People living in Hyd right now----You just dont know how lucky you are!!!

Peace out!

Great, very soon I will be joining the lucky group

[CtrlAltDel]

...how Westernized has it become? I noticed how women dressed and how freely girls and guys mingled/dated. I guess Hyderabadi society is taking a walk on the wild side of late? Has it become a bit bohemian and fancy-free?
I just dont want it turning into a Bombay or Delhi. Hyderabad has old world charm. Tradition and values play a big part, and I dont want it to be lost in the craze and madness for a glamorous big city...

its is westernizing slowly but surely. its still a long way off from being like Bombay or Delhi, but well on its way there. u are talking abt how women dressed n mingled/dated with guys. whats wrong in that? if thats westernization, i am all for it. there's no reason for guys n girls to grow apart from each other and not meet anywhere. culture n tradition is fine but change and modernity is inevitable. good thing is most parents have begun to understand this, as seen by the 'dressing' of the new hyderabadi girls.
u musta written this coz u've seen the negative side of westerniztion where ever u live. thats understandable. this is where the "Indianness" of Hyderabadies n other Indians come in. how ever "mod" we become, there are certain lines most of us (note the italics) dont cross. dont ya worry, hyderabad is not that westernized yet (note the italics again).

...reading stuff on this board really makes me home-sick. People living in Hyd right now----You just dont know how lucky you are!!!

come back yaar....u belong here!

[black wizard]

metal, headbanging,weed...looks and sounds like westernization

[Alexis]

Hey!



As a matter of fact, Deccan D, I'll be coming down later this year!!!! When its cooler, of course. Most probably in december, cuz thats when my semester at college ends for the winter break.



Well, I dont think guys and girls mingling is wrong per se. I "mingle" with my guys friends here. Its just that when I lived in Hyderabad, dating and club-hopping wasnt so common-place. Actually, I was too young to know. So maybe it all happened and I was just oblivious.



So I guess you must be a really modern kinda guy, eh, DD? Really out there, hip and happening? Ive been to Treasure Island and Pyramid. Those were the supposed cool places to hang out at when I lived there once upon a time. I hope the clubs have gotten better though. Cuz they mostly sucked.

And hows the drug scene? I wonder. I dont indulde in drugs or alcohol, but I wanna know whats going down in Hyderabad. Do tell.



Peace out!

[CtrlAltDel]

Deccan D

hey call me CtrlAltDel or Ctrl or C.A.D..i am not the only Deccan Deity here..there 2 others too, as of today! and very soon there's going to be an explosion of Deccan Deities in this DB

So maybe it all happened and I was just oblivious.

it was always hapng but more descrete than these days. in the past there were not many places to go to y'see.

So I guess you must be a really modern kinda guy

well, i am definitely not conservative or traditional......and i go to pubs n clubs with my wife...if thats modern, well, i am

I hope the clubs have gotten better though. Cuz they mostly sucked.

there are quite many new clubs n hangout places now...u've to see em n decide if the suck or not..

And hows the drug scene? I wonder. I dont indulde in drugs or alcohol, but I wanna know whats going down in Hyderabad. Do tell.

i've seen weed being used in many parties n pubs and heard stories of hard drugs (havent seen em tho') too. i am just a friendly neighborhood wine, rum n vodka guy

[ZC]

Deccan D

hey call me CtrlAltDel or Ctrl or C.A.D..i am not the only Deccan Deity here..there 2 others too, as of today! and very soon there's going to be an explosion of Deccan Deities in this DB

Deccan D means, Deccan Dakota Dakota in my lingo means dokku bandi

[Happy Hyderabadi]

Great, very soon I will be joining the lucky group

BM Sahab, Welcome Home, To Hyderabad!

[BM]

Great, very soon I will be joining the lucky group

BM Sahab, Welcome Home, To Hyderabad!

Thanks for welcoming HH

[akhilis2cool]

dekho bhai westernise hona wagera sab theek hai.....lekin jaraa aaram se hone do yaron jaldi kya haiiiii

[Anand]

Hiya Fellas!



Good to see y'all; Hey, CtrlAtlDel, how ya doin bud? Eversice I left itown in the 90's like Alexis, I kinda miss the place too n long to get back. But once, I'm there I see that there's very lil to see n do. Fot instance, when I was there in Dec 2002, my only buddy still in town took on a whirlwind tour of all the hang out places like UnderDeck, TDS(and the one above it...can't remember the name now). There wasn't much goin on n my buddy, who's a freequent visitor to all the latest watering holes in town, said that that's pretty much how it is - by n large!



Again dudes, I'm not at all criticizing the places. Thot I shud say that loud so that u guys don't jump on me neways, I like the idea of visitin the town, anyday. I never felt any culture shock when I emigrated, but...by golly, I've felt it the only 2 times I've visited so far; lotza changes, mostly in the when youngsters dress n interact, just as Alexis mentioned. Nothin wrong with that at all.



Cheers Fellas...good to see y'all

[Alexis]

Hey,

No, nothing wrong with wearing Western attire. But I went to this store in Banjara Hills and was shocked to see the poor excuse for outfits there. They were reeeeally short, with necklines plunging so deep that I couldnt imagine what actually would be covered. "Hah", I though, "As if chicks here actually dress in clothes like these".



The lady who worked there was also the owner. She surprised me by telling me that clothes like those were all the rage. And selling like crazy. I was really surprised. Girls in Hyd. dressed like hood-rats? Yup, the city I was born in sure changed a lot......a lot for the better and a lot for the worse. Im all for progress and change, but not at the expense of all that is good.



I still love my city though. Cuz theres no place like home.

[CtrlAltDel]

...Im all for progress and change, but not at the expense of all that is good.

the problem here is that there is no pucca definition of what is good. its a flexible definition that changes with time and i feel so shud we...
a many years ago, it was considered bad for girls to wear trousers...look at the scene now..

I still love my city though. Cuz theres no place like home.

amen...

[Alexis]

I agree, CAD, theres no set definition for 'good'. But what I meant was that aping brazen western societies in the name of improvement is unnecessary.

[Anand]

I agree with the comment right above; as an example, when I was around the Lifestyle area, there were gals dressed in minis and form fitting tops. The only caveat was that they were too short (5'1'' - 5'4'' is considered short, to carry that kinda dress). And since ppl generally don't workout, the 'form' wasn't apt to be draped in those kinda clothes. But, they seemed not too concerned about it.



The best thing abt Hyd right now is the food - so many new places to try now; when I lived there, there was jus Havmor and Sarovar.

[CtrlAltDel]

...since ppl generally don't workout, the 'form' wasn't apt to be draped in those kinda clothes. But, they seemed not too concerned about it.

thats the worst part of westerization here...girls with bulging tummies wearing short nothings...eeugh...
same goes for men too....tight t-shirts n see-thru shirts on pot bellies....no one cares that just exercising the biceps is not enuf

The best thing abt Hyd right now is the food

ya...so many new restaurants in last 5 yrs....

another +ve westernization of hydbad is the Multiplex culture....tho we've caught on a bit late compared to few other indian cities

[vivek]

I guess the future would be the otherway round. With so many Hyderabadies in the west, the west would be easterised! The Hyderabadi way.

[Alexis]

I wish, Vivek!!!!



Its the same scene in America though. Tall, short, fat, thin, and chunky girls and guys wear whatever they please. No matter how unappealing it looks, theyre always comfortable and at ease in their ill-fitting ensemble. But here they preach that you should love yourself for whatever and however you look like and express your individuality.

[CtrlAltDel]

But here they preach that you should love yourself for whatever and however you look like and express your individuality.

= Nirvana....



actually, thats how it shud be...but sadly this cud discourage some to neglect their bodies and appearance...but thats another topic i s'pose...nothing to do with westernization.



i sometimes wear loud bright colors (sorta 'Hawaiian' is suppose ) that my family and many friends hate. i dunno if it suits me or not, but i get both curses n compliments for it. but bottom line: i love it...

[ZC]

............. but i get both curses n compliments for it. but bottom line: i love it...

one more thing which i agree with cad bhai

[azazel]

i sometimes wear loud bright colors

hehehe.. Elton John ??

[Red Combat]

I was at B&C for lunch y'day and saw a bunch of girls having booze party - smoke and short ( is there another word for shorter than short ? ) skirts. no doubt our city is westernized.

[Alexis]

A booze party?! How young were these girls? Wow, I wouldnt think girls in Hyd drink alcohol in public. Well, its one thing if a lady is out with her husband and their having a romantic dinner with candle-light and bubbly. But its something else when a bunch of teenyboppers go out and get tipsy.

[Question]

Finally i see someone who thinks like me thank u. Alexis I agree with whatever you have been saying in this thread. I have been in this country (America) for the past 12 years. Until the past 2 years I have been really fedup the ass. Like i didn't even have one indian freind and what not. I was called wite-washed hehe. I have really changed in thes epast 2 years but shocked to see how hyd is chaning and stuff. I used to think maybe i became to old fashioned or w.e but i am gald to find atleast there someone else out there who thinks like me yah!

[Adonis]

^^ white washed ...

lol kidding man !!



you didnt have a single indian frnd?...i thought there are heaps of indians living in the "land of opportunities "