Naishita's Tales

Although Ganesh Chaturthi is one of my best-loved festival, I started relishing it only after coming to Hyderabad especially Green Iconia. Entire community celebrate as a single family and I'm joyous to be a part of it for the third time. And it is the first time of it's 4 years to celebrate for 10 complete days with great zeal and enthusiasm. So let me share few of my experiences with a bunch of colourful photos and videos.  Just a month before the festival, Ganesh committee has formed to organize the events and for the first time, they hired a choreographer to teach dance to kids and ladies of Iconia which was my favourite part in the entire celebrations.  Though I couldn't give my best for the practice due to relatives at home, I was damn delirious as I could loose some weight BTW. Coming to the details,  ladies have formed two groups like working woman and non working woman so that everyone can participate in the event. As I belong to working woman group,...

We always visit Charminar in late nights to enjoy its beauty as the crowd will be very less and to meet our late night food cravings. But in Ramzan season, it's not the same. It is dazzling with lights of night bazaar and food stalls which will be open till 2 to 3 a.m. And to  experience the feel of a perfect Hyderabadi,  it is a must visit as you can shop in the midnight and can have perfect Hyderabadi food.  It was 10:40 p.m. on June 21st, 2017. We decided to visit Charminar as we never did in that season.  Exactly after an hour, we reached our destination. PS: It will be very difficult to find parking due to the crowd. Better opt for cabs in this season.  Finally we got parking space!!!! At first, I was little scared as it is crowded but it is totally safe and charming with lights. You can find all sorts of glazing bangles, sandals, jewellery and clothes in the streets to shop. And of course, our favourite food stalls too.  ...