Rents shooting high in Hyderabad

It was on August 15 2005, I arrived in Hyderabad, escaping the traffic of Bangalore after three years of stay there.Felt I have become independent! A check visit by me a couple of months earlier made me take this decision and felt comfortable! I tried to hire a house in Madhapur area which is near to my work, but did not, as the house rent was more than the comfort levels there. It was then a 7K for a 2BHK. I ridiculed that area and searched in Motinagar, Krishna nagar, and finally settled down in KPHB 1st phase for a monthly rent of 4.5K for a decent 2BHK. After an year, due to parking unavailability I vacated that house and moved to Bhagyanagar colony for 4.5K 2BHK. The owner and I agreed on papers and to have a 10% hike in rent the following year. I was pretty comfortable with the less traffic and reasonably priced vegetables and fruits.

The real estate got into wrong hands and the prices sky rocketed in no time. The KPHB-HitechCity road lay made the prices even sour. The once 9th Phase KPHB where there were literally no decent houses suddenly saw high class people moving around. Earlier people used to crowd in shared autos to go to 9th phase KPHB and the road was full of potholes. Suddenly after the road was laid, the sight of a lady in a high class costume, shoes, and a dog in her hand made me shake my head. It transformed! Not only the looks but prices too, beyond imagination! An abandoned 1BHK house there was brought by my friend for 24Lk! I felt, "was it worth?"
A couple of months back my house owner visited my home and increased the rent by 20% as against the agreement. However I accepted his words. I noticed that i am the only person who pays less rent, 5.5K + Maintenance. Others are already paying more than 6K. Irony is that the walls of the apartment are made of single brick and a downpour will make the walls wet and drip :).

This month the owner visited my house and asked me to vacate, showing the reason of his cousins visit from Bangalore! I know it's not the case, he has become greedy too as with other owners. He wants more money, for this sick house. My job doesn't increase my HRA so much every year and I am an average performer as with everyone of us. What should I do, I am searching for a new house. Today I see the rents around here are reaching 7-8K. Huh!

What has happened in Bangalore in 17 years has happened in 2 years in Hyderabad, the hype of IT, for absolutely no facilities around. Look at Madhapur, You cant even go for a good market place! Look at KPHB, there is not a decently maintained Hospital with all facilities! When you go to Miyapur, Chandanagar, you feel even sick. People are after money, free money. They have lost ethics of life. Money is going into the wrong hands.

I remember the saying of "Veerabrahmam" a well known saint of Andhra pradesh. He said in his Predictions..."When money flows into the wrong hands, when man forgets ethics , the end is near" . I don't really know how near is the end, but I know for pretty sure that this greediness and lust for money has created great inconvenience to the public. They stopped to "Earn".. they learnt the new way to "Grab". Ethics are long dead. I am not sure what these so called Citizens of the society teach their children to live like.
Today I am feeling like running away from Hyderabad to a new place, Independent from these money clenching. Is this society making me a misanthrope! or they deserve to be hated? Will the days for India change? Will the government ever regulate these things?

Terrorism! How can we reduce it?

I was totally distressed the way things are going in India, especially Hyderabad past few months. They saw a blast in the Mecca Maszid and still they are not alert. They become alert for a few days and as dogs go to the fireplace at night, we just forget everything and just go to our warm beds.
For only 9 people killed in the US embassy blasts they bombarded Afghanistan like a meteor shower. Why don't we have those guts to pluck these weeds.. Are we still having those qualities of bonded labor which we had when the British were there, and we boast it is our "humanity" and not our cowardice!
Every one says one time or the other we do not harm others because we are humane in nature, we have pity on others. I fell they lack the courage to face the brute. Swami Vivekananda once said. "Don't pretend your lack of courage to face the brute to be your humane. First learn to fight the brute and when you are capable, and you still leave him, that is called humane." When do we Indians learn this?

The leaders shout a bit for a few days and we all in that lull. Let a week go, every one of us will be leading a normal life, except for those who are victims! Huh! we have after all our own priorities, our relations, their problems, money, kids school fee, tuition fee.

As a good literate of the society can you contribute a minute of your personal time to think about these problems and voice your thought? Can you write to news papers for amendments ? If you are a high profile person, can you talk about the issues to your friends and influence them? I don't know about you, but here is what I propose as one of the solution I can think of after brainstorming.

• Each one of individuals be provided with a SSN card as in the US
• Any public gathering would require people to swipe the SSN
• Identify the sect of people who can be affected by the thoughts, talks and views of the terrorist groups
• Take the action plans to uplift those sects of the society and help them to achieve success in their lives
• Forget the word "humane" and just punish the proven guilty.

Leaders, stop money making and create reforms to uplift the society, curb corruption and regulate prices. When society is blossoming, the afflicted terrorists would amend themselves to join the mainstream society.