The Hindu : Andhra Pradesh / Hyderabad News : Smitten by Hussainsagar

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Tuesday, Sep 27, 2005

Andhra Pradesh

Andhra Pradesh - Hyderabad

Smitten by Hussainsagar

Has the office of the Wakf Board shifted from the Haj House? No. But a steady stream of people with wakf related issues are seen visiting the Burgula Ramkrishna building at Tank Bund. The reason is not far to seek.

The Board's special officer, Syed Anwarul Huda, who is also the Director, Vigilance and Enforcement, prefers to operate from his other office.

He admits that these days he is doing the Board work from his Vigilance office as he finds it difficult to work from Haj House.

Moreover, he doesn't like to miss the picture postcard scene visible through his office window at Tank Bund. "Look how beautiful it is," remarks Mr. Huda gazing at the Hussainsagar.

A team from Indore Municipal Corporation took back some ideas from MCH to raise finances after having a look at the latter's advertisements and hoarding policy and the proposed foot over bridges.

The Chairman of Standing Committee, IMC, Lalith Porwal, was all praise for the cleanliness in the city. "What roads did you visit?" asked a wag. "New city and even parts of old city where the sanitation could be better," smiled the guest, sheepishly. And surmised thus: "You cannot have 100 per cent satisfaction. Look at the positive side!" Of course, that the MCH Commissioner, Sanjay Jaju, hailed from their State and this was a matter of pride for the IMC team.

"Sit down, relax and talk to us. When you are with the media, just relax and talk," said a scribe to the SCR General Manager, D.N. Mathur before a press briefing recently.

The scribe said this when Mr. Mathur asked the mediapersons whether he should stand and address them or should he sit down.

No sooner had the scribe said it, Mr. Mathur replied: "How can I relax during this hour of crisis (several trains had been cancelled due to cyclone)." Well, the GM had indeed sent across the message straight: "No relaxing till things are set right."

Last week, mediapersons listened in awe as a few Japanese students spoke to them in chaste Urdu and Hindi.

The students from the Tokyo University of Foreign Studies and Osaka University of Foreign Studies were in city as part of their month-long `drama tour' to stage a Urdu and a Hindi play in various cities.

As the Japanese professors spoke eloquently in Hindi and Urdu, quite a few scribes had trouble understanding it, accustomed as they were to listening to a mix of Hindi, Urdu and English.

All the more reason to admire the foreigners' grasp of the alien language!

J.S. Ifthekhar,

V. Geetanath,

Vikram Sharma,

M.L.Melly Maitreyi

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