Andhra Pradesh & Telangana

Oct 122013
 
A post by desi Traveler in WOW Hyderabad Magazine

Post and Pictures by desi Traveler in WOW Hyderabad Magazine Dear Readers, last month one of my posts and pictures about Sitaram Bagh Temple appeared in WOW Hyderabad Magazine, I am happy to say that this month again a post and pictures by me about the ancient Ammapalli Temple near Shamshabad came  in  October 2013, issue of WOW Hyderabad Magazine. Please look the post here below:   I want to thank all my readers who have made this possible. Special thanks to my friend and wonderful photographer  Satish who first explored this and motivated us to visit the temple near Shamshabad. [Continue Reading By Clicking Here…]

Oct 082013
 
Hyderabad Metro Rail

    Hyderabad Metro Rail: First Look With Hyderabad Metro work going at full pace, Hyderabad will soon have its name in the few cities in country that have its own metro. Hyderabad has history going back hundreds of years from the era of Qutub Shahi Kings, followed by Nizams and now it is one of the major Pharma, IT and BPO hub in the country.  When I moved to Hyderabad one of the things that I liked was its greenery and access to wildlife and nature in the vicinity of city.  You can travel just half an hour [Continue Reading By Clicking Here…]

Oct 032013
 
Aahaar Kuteer Begumpet-The Millet Restaurant

The Magic of Millets at Aahaar Kuteer Begumpet We visited Aahaara Kuteer a very unique restaurant in Begumpet Hyderabad. In this age of French Fries, Double Sundae and 2 liter coke bottles it takes a true entrepreneur to start a restaurant that is based on Millets. Millet what? You may ask if you are like most city folk whose staple diet is made of Pizza, Pasta and butter Naan all product of refined wheat flour or Maida. With no fiber to aid digestion and add bulk to your food the super refined flour is responsible to a large extent [Continue Reading By Clicking Here…]

Sep 272013
 
7 Tombs of Qutub Shahi Emperors Hyderabad

7 Qutub Shahi Tombs: The Resting Place of Golconda Emperors This weekend I once again visited the 7 Qutub Shahi Tombs, where 7 generations of the Qutub Shahi Emperors are resting. The tombs are on the way to Golconda fort but are normally given a miss by most of the visitors, who are happy to visit only Golconda Fort. But once you visit the Qutub Shahi Tombs you will realize what you have missed. I think it won’t be wrong to say that Qutub Shahi tombs form the Golden Triangle of Hyderabad along with Golconda Fort and Taramati Baradari from the [Continue Reading By Clicking Here…]

Sep 172013
 
Comic Con Express Hyderabad India

  Comic Con Express Hyderabad- The Super Heroes are coming Confession Time: I grew on a healthy staple diet of stories of superheroes in all shapes and forms. Phantom the Ghost who walks, Mandrake the Magician and Chacha Chowdhry, the man whose brain works faster than Super computer were my constant companions during my secret mission when I would save a damsel or two in distress. In those days of no Facebook and SMS and WhatsApp we gang of pre-teens had our own sophisticated network of communication and book keeping to exchange comics, decide who will buy which one [Continue Reading By Clicking Here…]

Sep 122013
 
53 Reasons to Save Botanical Garden Kondapur

  Save Botanical Garden Kondapur- Here are more than 53 reasons to sign a petition to save it I visit Kondapur Botanical Garden very often both with my family as with our nature club GHAC Nature. I have written posts about visit to botanical garden earlier on this blog Visit to Botanical Garden Kondapur After that also we regularly visit Botanical Garden for its beautiful flowers, fresh air and above all the hundreds of birds that are found there. Unfortunately for some time there are some plans by the government to convert a part of the botanical garden into [Continue Reading By Clicking Here…]

Sep 122013
 
desi IN Wow Hyderabad Magazine

desi in Wow Hyderabad Magazine September is a special month, this marks the anniversary of desi Traveler moving on its own domain with the post on  A Rare Ganapati that I found in interiors of MP. Another first has happened this September. While desi Traveler has  featured as a blog a few times in different online and print media, including one of my pictures appearing in Deccan Chronicle and two of my pictures from Tal Chapar winning prizes from Lonely Planet in a photography competition, I have never written a post for a print magazine or newspaper. Recently I was approached [Continue Reading By Clicking Here…]

Sep 022013
 
Pictures of Osmania University Hyderabad

    Osmania University: A Nizam Era Landmark of Hyderabad   Recently my friend and photographer Ganesan P visited Osmania University on a special request from me.   I requested Ganesan to visit the same and click some pictures.  So here are some pictures of Osmania University, how it looks today. This post is a very special one for emotional reasons, as the pictures were taken by Ganesan on my request to be sent to an old student of University who can not visit the same due to old age and visa issues.   I am sure many things have [Continue Reading By Clicking Here…]

Aug 132013
 
Hidden Canyon Of Hyderabad

Should we keeep the Hidden Canyon of Hyderabad a secret? A few days ago while on a photographic jaunt with some of my photographic friends we stopped at an isolated spot to plan where to go next. While we were talking as to where to go next to go to the next  birding hot spot in Hyderabad like Gandipet or go and click one of the monuments like Taramati Baradari. While we were debating on the same, one of us started exploring the area and this is what he found We were all very exited on this discovery just [Continue Reading By Clicking Here…]

Aug 122013
 
Sri Rama Chandra Swamy Temple Ammapalli Village Near Shamshabad

Sri Rama Chandra Swamy Temple Ammapalli- Rediscovering an Ancient Temple Can popular be unknown? Can photographers become treasure hunters? Can a South Indian Temple have Rajasthan influence? Can you claim to discover something that has been there for hundreds of years? Can you be happy to be wrong? Well we got to find answers for these questions yesterday. My friend an avid Photographer and IT Entrepreneur AV Satish Kumar informed me about a hundred year old temple that he found while exploring area around Shamshabad airport in Hyderabad. He showed some pictures to us and soon we were as [Continue Reading By Clicking Here…]