My Journey to Hyderabad

Guys you might have heard about ABCD's(America Born Confused Desis) but there are so many ABCH's(Andhra Born Confused Hyderabadi) like me who are struggling up to adjust both the cultures and language dialects.My Dad (native of Secunderabad) worked for Vizag Steel Plant corporation and My mom(native of Hyderabad(Old City)) is Manager at FCI(Food corporation of India) when they got married they had to move from one place to other due to their official transfers,they had rough time for many years and only when i was born in Vizag they decided to stay back there but fortunately both of my sisters were born in Hyderabad and were raised up by grand parents for some time and why i said they are fortunate u will come to know by end of two parts.I started my school life at Visakha Valley(proud to say it was best school in Vizag at that time)where i moved along all kids of different sects(from punjabi to tamilians ) which was interesting and i liked it. Every thing used to go normal but when i get a chance to go to Hyderabad for summer holidays i get excited with joy at the same time one thing creeps up in my mind which is dialect(Hyderabadi accent of Telugu language).Hyderabad excitement was most memorable experience i ever had in my life and my obsession with that just went on .Before the journey plan was executed first thing i used to do is to get the latest Schedule (Time Table) of Trains and second thing is to be with my father on advising or demanding which train we should catch on.This process started when i was 5 years old till many years sometimes even now .I was very much fascinated towards trains and the first train i would enjoy most infact my entire family likes to travel is Godavari Express (Train Number(7007 up-7008 down) old now changed) from Visakhapatnam to Hyderabad.First thing i do when i board the train is to grab the window seat at the cost of fighting with my sisters or making exchange with our companion.I make a cool offer to my sisters after fighting which they always agreed and then starts my world .I go around the compartment to get feel of the train and settle down with Britannia biscuit in hand at the window seat .Godavari express departure time is 4.25 p.m and any delay in departure used to irritate me.When the train starts my whole body shivers with joy and train bogies/coaches count program starts immediately before the train leaves the platform.I always feel proud of Goadavari express and i think it is the most prestigious train of Andhra Pradesh.Initial couple of hours of my journey i would run bogies count program for many times and side seeing till it becomes dark outside when i cannot see.Then I move my focus towards my family and fellow companion.Most scary part of the journey is when Godavari train runs on Godavari Bridge (on Godavari river near Rajhamundry) which is so long .


I would take a break when my mother serves Pullihora(Lemon rice) and when my dinner is done i would get back to the Hot seat.Everything used to go well with dreams of enjoying with my Hyderabad cousins once i reach there and couple of songs imagining myself till Bezawada Station(Vijayawada) comes up around 12.30 A.M which i think is the rival to Vizag.My heart gets broken seeing that Vijayawada(Number 7) platform is very long than Godavari express and Vijayawada station contains more number of platforms than Vizag .Trains halts at Vijayawada for 20 minutes for Engine change and there comes my new feeling.Hyderabad-Vijayawada Route trains run with Electric engines so as Godavari express.When the train starts from vijayawada my excitement doubles with electric engine sound and the speed it runs at.This excitement goes on for some time till i go for nap for an hour and i woke up by the time train reaches Kazipet(Warangal Station).I get up and also disturb my sisters sleep by telling them Hyderabad is near around.

My journey to Hyderabad catches the highest excitement(Happiness at the best) when the trains reaches Hyderabad suburbs(Bibinagar-Ghatkesar) and when train reaches Secunderabad i would be busy seeing the platform and trains on adjacent platform and finally i would never miss to go and see the Electric engine along with my mom which carried Godavari express and with that my Train Journey to Hyderabad ends with my father calling on autowallah and auto uncle responding "Em Sir ekkada povaley"(sir where do you need to go?).