Mehaa Pershad

Walking Conversations – Traversing Ahmedabad

In many senses, Hyderabad is the meeting ground between North and South India. The city has a culture that is distinct from the rest of the South, showing Islamic influences. This city is vast, intricate and a labyrinth of noise, streets, and alleys. As one moves around the city, one can notice A distinct Indo-Islamic architecture style with local contribution is reflected in the historical buildings of Hyderabad. The Old City is composed of a maze of disorienting alleyways that expand outward from the Charminar. People of this city have a unique Hyderabadi language and they use some words which are confined only to this region. No visit to Hyderabad would be complete without sampling its unique cuisine - a rich blend of royal Mughlai flavors and spice-up culinary traditions of South India such as Hyderabadi biryani, Irani chai, Osmania biscuit, etc. Moving up and down the street, one can smell different cuisines from distance away.