Naku e madya thelisindi. Warangal side Dasara roju, ante eroje non veg thintaru ani, but ma side, Tandur lo, chinnapatinundi chusthunna, Dasara roju intlo poojalu aithay kabatti, non veg thinamu, repu Kari/curry ani, repu thintamu.

Sankranthi ki kuda anthe, Bhogi, Sankranthi ki Thinamu, Kanuma ke thintamu.

Mi pranthala lo ela? Edo thelusukundam ani Aaksakthi.

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-22,000 cusecs of floodwater flowing wastefully downstream at Kaleshwaram Kannepalli

-Outer Ring line which would have essentially solved hyd's water crisis for next 2 decades has been scrapped!!!

Did anyone read the 2,500 crores funds allocated for temples development in the bottom right? Explains a lot about the priorities of our Govts. irrespective of which party they belong to.

They may take as much commissions as they want, all I request them is plan and avoid the water chaos. SCARIER to think about DATA CENTERS our CM is obsessed with. Only a miracle might save us at this point.

My blood boils and almost cry everytime I hear this song, especially when I'm alone - we all boast about equity only in corporate lives but when it comes to our personal lives, we treat the other people no lesser than sh!t. What have we become? Why have we been this way without any course correction amidst all the technological advancements? Why our brains stuck in rot?

There's another song from Nagaram Nidra Pothunna Vela, starts like... Samara Simha Dora Meeru Sallangundale...but, this song captures the core that is "merit" - how merit is not the only measure because, not everyone has the access to resources that contribute to one's Merit.

I have just come back from Madhapur ayyappa society and the amount of water tankers coming in are alarmingly high I saw about 15-20 water tankers covering only 4-5 lanes near 100ft road…if this goes on for long we’re absolutely cooked…let’s hope that doesn’t happen ! 🤞🏻🙏🏻🙌🏻

As we all know this year is going to be drought year because of El Niño, what is the current state of agriculture and drinking water in your place and how do you think we can overcome this situation at-least until next rainy season ..

Just trying to see the reality, I am from a village near jangoan and situation seems to be worse for both agriculture and household consumption .

What precautions do we need to take to overcome it .. like completely stopping the paddy cultivation, setting up solar power for homes as power cuts might increase ..

Nen Vere desham lo untanu .. so trying to get the reality .

Ee intellectual discussions chusi BRS ni odinchara?? 😷🙏

Matter loki vastey 25k-50k per acre enduku karchupettadam adey direct ga farmers ki icheyandi anta.. sarey nuv anatle icheydam..

Mari Panta evaru vestaru?

Neelu evaru istaru?

Govt ichey 50k/acre thoni vallu Year mottom brathukutara?

Poni inta mandiki employeement ichey inko sector aydi? India vadiley World loney inta mandiki ay country lo ay sector employment istundi?

Bathukamma is not a celebration but the festival of flowers, the Culture of Telangana. The festival celebrated infront of the house door step, or at the local ground. It is not that requires a community center or convention hall to do. Yesterday night a bunch of idiots wanted to organise the event not the 9 day festival but an event night, invited the main idiot of their group, who came along with family bare hands (no bathukamma) just for photos, gave a speech, danced and left. And today morning when I was passing by noticed how the bathukamma is left, it is not even bathukamma but a decoration article, not the right flowers used, no pasupu, no gowramma. The festival was humiliated by the so called uncle aged organisers, they didn't even immerse it in water but dumped it near trash. Idiots making the festival as decoration for their cheap union career growth is heartbreaking to me.

Durga Puja Pandals in Hyderabad 🌺🙏

Ee Navaratri ki Vanasthalipuram, Chaitanyapuri, Amberpet, Ashok Nagar lo beautiful Durga Puja pandals visit chesam. ❤️

Konni pandals chusthunte Kolkata lo unnattu anipinchindhi!

Meeku Hyderabad lo favourite Durga Puja pandal edhi? 🌺

I keep voicing out fundamental and chronic issues on my twitter account tagging relevant officials. As usual, there's no response nor any acknowledgement from these useless institutions. I also call 100 helplessly during loud nuisance times, the calls get answered but there won't be any action from their side.

Where's the accountability? Why do we have to accept such autocratic rule under democracy? I'm politically agnostic, so I don't excuse any individual leader or party - I question everything that's not right especially the fundamental rights in the interest of all of us.

Munde chepthunna, Naku janda ledu Ajenda ledu. Kani idi thappu

Arey devullatho politics vaddu ra ante vinaru

Mari chesdaina sakkaga chestara ante ledu

Idi revanth reddy thappa? Bathukamma Indira Gandhi kalla kinda unnatu undadam? Karyakartha thappa? Ala avvadaniki scope ichina adhikarula thappa?

Idi kadannatu dini opposite eh ayna evaro masters + phd ata night ki night Hitech City roadla mida posters epistunnadu

Phd ke lenidi 10th pass kani valla daggara em ani expect cheyagalam

Values levu, edi cheste correct ani chudatle,

cheyali - chestunna anthe

Deniki value ivvali Deniki ivvaddu ani thelivi leka, desham, rashtram akarki ammaki kuda value ivvakunda pothunnam

Bathukamma > Indiramma

I've been thinking about this for a while, and I want to know whether other people from Telangana, especially Hyderabadis, have noticed the same thing.

Are we becoming so eager to look modern, cosmopolitan, or culturally similar to everyone else that we're slowly losing touch with what makes us distinctly Telangana?

I'm not saying culture should never change. Every culture evolves, and Hyderabad has always been a meeting point of different languages, traditions, and communities. I'm also not against North Indian or Western culture. The problem, in my opinion, starts when we begin treating our own traditions as outdated or uncool while treating everything imported as fashionable.

1. Our festivals are becoming events, but are we preserving their traditions?

Look at Bathukamma. Its distinctive identity comes from seasonal flowers, traditional folk songs, women gathering in circles, and generations participating together. Telangana's own government describes it as an important symbol of the state's cultural identity.

Source: Telangana Government — Language and Culture

But in some urban celebrations, I feel the emphasis is increasingly shifting towards DJs, huge sound systems, lighting, stages, and dancing that resembles a nightclub or concert.

There's nothing inherently wrong with music or modern celebrations. But if the traditional songs, dances, and community rituals become secondary, what exactly are we preserving?

The same question applies to Bonalu and Vinayaka Chavithi. We should be able to modernize celebrations without allowing the traditions that distinguish them to become an afterthought.

2. Why does our own traditional clothing sometimes feel less fashionable?

At weddings and festivals, why do some young people feel more excited about wearing outfits associated with Bollywood, North Indian wedding fashion, or Western trends than learning about their own regional attire?

Why aren't we equally enthusiastic about traditional Telangana styles, sarees, langa-vonis, panchalu and other regional clothing?

I'm not saying anyone should be forced to wear a particular outfit. Wear whatever you like. My concern is whether we are choosing different styles because we genuinely prefer them, or because we have unconsciously learned to associate our own traditions with being old-fashioned.

A culture doesn't survive because it exists in museums. It survives because ordinary people continue to wear it, practise it, and pass it on.

3. Our language deserves more respect

This is one of my biggest concerns.

Telangana Telugu has its own vocabulary, expressions, pronunciation, humour, folk traditions, and regional variations. Hyderabad's speech also reflects centuries of interaction between Telugu and Deccani Urdu.

That linguistic mixture is part of Hyderabad's history. Urdu influence does not make Telangana Telugu any less Telugu, and speaking a mixed urban dialect does not automatically mean someone has lost their identity.

My concern is different: are children still learning the native words, expressions, stories, and regional speech of their families and villages? Or are some of those things gradually disappearing from everyday conversation?

Sometimes people mock regional accents or consider standardized Telugu more respectable. If children grow up believing that their grandparents' way of speaking is inferior, they may stop passing it down.

A language can survive officially while some of its local vocabulary and oral traditions fade away. That is why preserving regional speech matters.

4. Hyderabad's food culture is bigger than biryani

Hyderabadi biryani, haleem, and the city's famous food traditions are part of our heritage too. They aren't the enemy.

But Telangana also has a rich culinary tradition of its own: jonna rotte, sajja rotte, sarva pindi, sakinalu, gongura pachadi, regional curries, and traditional festival foods.

The Telangana Tourism website documents many of these dishes:
Telangana Tourism — Gastronomy

How many young people regularly eat these foods, learn to prepare them, or know which dishes are associated with their family's region?

How often do we introduce these dishes to friends compared with the restaurant foods that dominate urban food culture?

The issue isn't that biryani or other cuisines are popular. It's whether our regional food traditions receive the same enthusiasm, investment, and attention.

5. Are we confusing cultural pride with copying what is popular?

Garba and dandiya are wonderful traditions, and people should absolutely be able to enjoy them.

But when we celebrate Bathukamma, shouldn't we also make sure its traditional songs and dances remain central? Why should every celebration need to follow the same DJ-driven format to feel exciting to younger people?

We don't need to reject other cultures to appreciate our own. We need to stop assuming that something becomes more modern or prestigious simply because it comes from somewhere else.

The goal should be cultural confidence, not cultural isolation.

6. What happens when the next generation no longer knows the difference?

This is the part that worries me most.

Imagine a child who grows up in Hyderabad knowing popular songs, social-media trends, restaurant foods, and fashionable outfits, but barely knowing traditional Telangana folk songs, regional words, local festival customs, or the food their grandparents grew up eating.

That child grows up and passes on what they know to their own children.

Nothing dramatic happens in a single generation. There is no moment when a culture suddenly disappears. Traditions can simply become less familiar, less frequently practised, and eventually harder to recover.

Of course, this isn't inevitable. Families, schools, artists, and communities can keep traditions alive while embracing modern life.

But it requires conscious effort.

7. What about economic ownership and representation?

I also wonder whether we discuss local cultural preservation enough alongside local economic opportunity.

Who gets opportunities to build businesses, establish brands around regional products, preserve traditional crafts, develop local food enterprises, and create jobs within Telangana?

I sometimes hear people complain that particular trading, hospitality, and real-estate sectors are dominated by communities with long-established business networks, while local people feel underrepresented in some areas.

I don't think it is fair to blame an entire linguistic, religious, or regional community for its members' business success. Hyderabad has been shaped by people from many backgrounds, and its economy benefits from that diversity.

But it is reasonable to ask whether people born and raised in Telangana have accessible opportunities to build businesses, develop skills, own enterprises, and participate in the prosperity of their own region.

We should examine actual ownership, employment, investment, and access-to-capital data rather than rely on assumptions about who owns what.

Cultural preservation also needs practical support: local entrepreneurs, regional food businesses, folk artists, language resources, and institutions that help younger people engage with their heritage.

My question to fellow Telangana people, especially those from Hyderabad:

Have you noticed any of these changes in your own families, neighbourhoods, festivals, or schools? Which traditions are genuinely fading, which are thriving, and which are simply evolving?

And most importantly, how do we make Telangana culture something young people are genuinely proud to participate in, rather than something they remember only during festivals?

I want a real discussion, not an argument about which culture is superior. We can be cosmopolitan, welcome people from everywhere, and still have a strong sense of who we are.

Modernization should expand our identity, not make us embarrassed by our roots.

Bathukamma aadakunda ee dandiya aadadam endhi, bathukamma songs petkoni dandiya sticks patkoni egurthunaru. I'm not against dandiya, but bathukamma kuda aadali ga, Instagram pics kosam, fomo valla, andharu idhe chesthunaru. Appatlo aite sound systems lekunda, songs paadkuntu, claps kodthu aadevallu. Enduku ila Mana culture ni maname contaminate cheskuntunam.

అందరిలాగే సద్దుల బతుక్కమ్మని మా ఊరంతా చెరువుకట్ట దగ్గర జరుపుకుంటాం. అయితే ఈ కొన్ని సంవత్సరాలుగా ఆ రోజు జరుగుతున్న ఒక విషయం నాకు నచ్చట్లేదు. ఆ program నిర్వహించే వాళ్ళకి మార్వాడీ community వాళ్ళు కొంత funding ఇస్తారంట. కాబట్టి వాళ్ళు కూడా చాలా మంది వస్తారు, కానీ బతుకమ్మలతో కాదు. వచ్చి తెలంగాణ వాళ్ళతో కలవరు. వాళ్ళు అంత ఒక గుంపుగా ఒక వైపు ఉండి, speakers లో వాళ్ల మార్వాడీ పాటలు పెట్టమని అంటుంటారు. ఎలా అంటే గంటలో 25 నిమిషాలు వాళ్ల పాటలే విన్పిస్తుంటాయి.

వాటికి మన అమ్మలకి, అవ్వలకి ఏం చెయ్యాలో అర్ధం కాదు. అటు వాళ్ళు పాటలు పాడుకున్న వినిపించదు, అర్ధం అయ్యే పాటలు పెట్టారు. ఆ కొద్ది సేపు పాపం చప్పట్లు కొడుతూ తిరుగుతారు అంతే. 10% జనం కోసం 90% మంది adjust అవుతున్నారు. పోయి గట్టిగా అడిగి, ఏంది ఈ పాటలు, మార్చండి అని అనే దమ్ము మన తెలంగాణ వాళ్ళకి ఎవ్వరికీ లేదు మా దగ్గర.

బతుకమ్మ పండగే దొరికిందా మార్వాడీ వాళ్ళకి? సాధారణంగా ఐతే మన తెలంగాణ వాళ్ళని చిన్నచూపు చూస్తారు కదా… వాళ్ళు కట్టించిన గుడిలోకి తెలంగాణ వాళ్ళు వచ్చినా చిన్న చూపే, వాళ్ల పెళ్ళిలకి తెలంగాణా వాళ్ళు వెళ్లినా చిన్నచూపే, వాళ్ళంతా ఒకటి, మిగితా వాళ్ళు ఒకటి అన్నట్టు ఉంటారు కదా. మరి మా పండగకి రావడం ఎందుకు? వస్తే వచ్చారు సరే. నలుగురితో కలిసి బతుకమ్మ ఆడకుండా, అవేవో ఎవ్వరికీ తెలియని పాటలు పెట్టి, మమ్మల్ని మా పండుగ ప్రశాంతంగా జరుపుకోనివ్వరా? ఇలా చేస్తే ఎం ఆనందం వస్తుంది??

Garba కి వెళ్లి, బతుకమ్మ పాటలు పెడితే గుజరాతీలకి ఎలా ఉంటది?? మాకు కూడా అలానే ఉంది. మాకు funding లేకపోయినా పర్లేదు, మా అవ్వలు, అమ్మలు చాలా మంచి మంచి పాటలు పాడతారు. సొంత రాష్ట్రం వచ్చినాక కూడా బతుకమ్మ అంటే ఎక్కడో చిన్న చూపు ఉంది కొందరికి(తెలంగాణ వాళ్లకి+మార్వాడీలకి), అని నా అభిప్రాయం. ఈసారి సద్దుల బతుకమ్మకి అయినా మా ఊర్లో వీళ్ళ గోల ఉండొద్దు అని దేవుడిని కోరుకుంటున్న.

Anni chinna chinna cities/towns unayi.. Hardly any population..

Railway adigitey enough population ledu antaru..

Inni villages kalapali antey Roads ay dikku.. maybe anduke emo RTC profit lo untadi..

Ee population thoni Pedda cities (>20L) kattadam not so easy.. Be it Warangal, Karimnagar, Nizamabad, Khammam.. 😢😢

TS already 38% Urban population undi.. National avg kanna ekkuve..

1/3rd TS lives in Hyd alone.. ilanti situation lo inko city on par with Hyd kadu kada even 50% of Hyd kuda possible avadu..

50L thoni inko city andulo malli 20% outsiders anukunna kuda 40L TS ppl oka city lo undali antey 50% TS population ee 2 cities loney untadi.. inka centralised avtadi..

Even if remaining 4 cities become 20L+ more than half of TS will be in these 5 cities.. around 60%.. 😶

Edit- Mottom 75 cities/towns list lo only 17 from South TS.. any particular reason?? Andulo lo kuda 9 Nalgonda/Suryapet ay unayi..

Kerala Assembly passed a resolution for the Removal of the CEC. How significant is it in terms of legality is unclear to me, but this is huge in my opinion. I don't know what the next steps are, but this isn't just a bunch of people making noise now.

That made me think. Can we expect the same thing to happen in Telangana Assembly too? Just like Kerala, BJP is a insignificant minority here too. Both the ruling and opposition parties in Kerala and Telangana have demanded the resignation of the CEC.

Even though both Revant Reddy and KCR/KTR speak against the CEC, it will be interesting if they really do go ahead and do this. I think they would like to stay in the good books of Modi, at least more than the UDF and LDF of Kerala.