India lacks these in development of ventures...

On my recent trip to India, I was particularly interested in the amount of infrastructure, real estate development, and the level of quality in these completed ventures in terms of fine finish and refinement. This sparked a deeper interest, leading to some realizations about craftsmanship and the expectations of end users and clients. 

While it is encouraging that development is moving forward quickly, one aspect is consistently lacking.  

There is a lack of refinement and sophistication in the craftsmanship and final finish of the delivered project. 

Everywhere, the necessary degree of sophistication is constantly absent. Little to no effort is taken by contractors, builders, and their teams to ensure that the final delivery is devoid of imperfections by appropriate touch-up, cleanup, polishing, and a nearly flawless finish. Basic items such as

• Touchup color match-up, Consistent coloring
• Clean edging around electric switch boards
• Unfilled, un smoothened partially filled nail holes
• Caulking of tiles, gaps between tiles
• Plastered wall leveling and finishing
• Putty and coloring around Window and Door frames
• Uneven Floor tiles
• Landscaping, landscape management like mowing and hedging of scrubs
• Lack of Carbon / Organic material in Potting soil

Other unrelated observations include the absence of refinements such as tissues on head rests, room fresheners in centralized air conditioning rooms, the use of electrical lawn mowers to mow large areas in public parks (rather than wireless ones), mowers that overcut so low down to stalk when they mow, and the fact that they appear to cut less frequently.

As India and its people evolve in their knowledge and understanding, they will gradually strive for that level of refinement. One major reason this does not happen overnight is a lack of knowledge among these professionals about appropriate specialty tools and products. Even if they were available, general contractors would not necessarily purchase such products and tools in order to maximize profits by reducing overhead and using high-quality materials. Second, there is a lack of equal understanding and knowledge of tools and techniques. Third, there is a lack of demand for such finesse, taste, eye for quality, and standard among professional service consumers. Fourth, the lack of quality codes or standards enforced by appropriate authorities establishes no minimum standard. Even if there is a regulatory or governance body, 

I'd like to see a shift in people's aspirations translate into much-needed changes in attitude, expectations, and, ultimately, delivery in all aspects of life. This methodology and mentality will ultimately result in the creation and production of highly advanced and precise machinery, a market that the West has monopolized. However, I believe that such refinement is still more than ten years away, as society as a whole places more emphasis on value and functionality than on sophistication and refinement. I hope that this is adopted and accomplished by people and society as a whole sooner rather than later than expected.

Hyderabadii to the core....

Well I wanted to do a comparitive study between Hyd and a city which I am aspiring to build my career, but thought its too early for me to comment on the same. So decided to post in what being a Hyderabadi would entitle a person to be.... Well if you had read my previous 2 articles there is much funnier side to it, guess this is more serious narration of life, well with a Hyderabadi lingo into it..

A Hyderabadii like me who works in a mast company which is one of the largest 3rd party pure play BPO company gets up at Subah Subah not before 9am and 11am still Subah aram se fresh-up hooke nikalthahoo, gumne ke waasthe, hatth mein zabardasth time hain naa. If lost on road I don't bother to ask how to go xxxpet or xxxguda,xxxnagar,xxxpalli because you always get seedha chale jao or seedha cutlo xxx aajayega. Go to a numaish are wohi re All India Industrial exhibition during this month i.e Jan and call up at least one name Srinivas, Prasad, Raju, Rao or Venkatesh you would be surprised if not more than 70% of the people turn to identify you within six square feet. At the same numaish I find it extremely funny
If you are hungry don't worry one can always drop in at any of the dozens of Your street has at least one roadside mobile hotel that serves Chinese delicacies such as " Vegetable soft needles", "Navrotten Kurma", "Chicken Manchewurea" or "American Chompsee". If thats not it you a dozen more selling Chat items, a dozen more selling hot mirchi bhaji's. You never fail to pass a road without smelling fresh Irani chai, something unique to the older parts of the town. One can hang out in a Irani cafe the whole day after ordering one cup tea and a empty saucer for oneself and dear friend of yours and chat like thats the last day with each other. But as any South Indian Rice is a very stable food If you do not eat rice at least once a day you will die.(Nothing other than Rice is considered as a meal), very true for me I get migraine and headache if I miss my afternoon rice item. Hyderabadii's have an additional angle to the Rice saga, for which they will swear to die for and thats the famed "Hyderabadii Biryani", and very true its closest to dil of Hyderabadii. Very true that my favourite dish at any wedding is biryani(Veggie), and feel at ease at the smell of it. Bawarchi, Paradise, Golconda, Madina to name a few offer the best in this. Haleem is also a very special dish which is made during the holy month of Ramazan. Then also you have a very special natural flavours hand-made icecream stalls at Mojamzahi market, very delicious, original and cheap. I loved gulping down tons whenever I went there. And quite opposite to this is the great Karachi Bakery where the fruit biscuits are made, grab it as a souviner for your dear ones.
Hyderabadii's to that extent people in Andhra Pradesh have a craze for going abroad and its not surprising that one would have atleast one cousin, friend, colleague or acquaintance in the US in software. As a matter of fact my mom starts counting how many families in the apartment floor don't have their children in US, the answer is nil.
Work culture of a Hyderbadi is quite unique, people working at PSU's can be see spending a lot of time chit chatting with lots of Pan and Pan-masala, zarda in their mouths with Chai in their hand. Woman spend a lot of time talking about what went on in the serial last night on ETV, Gemini or more recently a Maa TV or a Visaa. Lots of topics around their children, studies, tutions, IITs and medicine EAMCET.
For a person in Ameerpet you could listen someone commenting on the latest upgrade or technology which is creating ripples and talks on how to put on some experience in the same. Quite amazing on the number of training centres you can come accross in this area. It would be probably be more than the total such centres in a city like Delhi. Next in the count comes the number of silver screens that the city offers and that too at a rate which is quite affordable, not surprising why the largest number of regional movies get produced here which also create good moolah. Good thing about the city is that piracy is not tolerated and people get their pirated versions either from a neighbourhood parlour or outside of Hyderabad. Favourite mode of travel for students seems like hanging over the footboard of the city bus flauntng their student bus pass, well for 5 years I did the same and trust me it was fun then but also a pain if travelling for more than an hour. People feel free and take it as their Nizami right to put up their hand and stop vehicles zooming so as to cross the road, if not one is a verbal witness to all the Hyderabadi gaaliyaa's of Hyderabad. Leaving a passer-by even the vehicular mannerism are to the extreme in Hyderabadi, rules are meant to be broken thats what a Hyderabadi says is," nahi to life mein kya mazaa hain". One wont be surprised to see a 6 wheeled bus, a state run-one going on a wrong side of the road to avoid a long route, gosh heights but what can I say, thats Hyderabadii.
After stepping in the corporate world my typical Hyderabadii laid bac attitude still survives, though my language (Hinglish so to say) is much refined, but other habits die hard. Nizaami, sounds syncronous to laid back lazy attitude. At office I feel its my right to come late typical behaviour. If you are hungry you might not find it odd to drive back home to eat, to go for loo or to have a nap and come back, its all part and parcel of work culture. Who complaints its easy travelling on roads if you don't mind bending a few norms. Hyderabadii are not good at marketing though they are very good at talking, for they like to break barriers and tend to be free birds rather than stick by the book. Mostly laid back they prefer working at their own pace rather than the other way.
Women in Hyderabad are very conservative, and doubt the looks at every onlooker. For every female on the road from a 13 year-old to a 60 year-old is gazed by every onlooker on the road, that they are s concious that they don't feel like lifting their heads-up. Talking with the male species is somekind of a sin, thats the feeler one sets in Hyderabad. But the girls are still charming and good-looking. Conservatism still continues in terms of behaviour, looks and dressing in Hyderabadii culture and I love it that way.
Accha mai chaltoon ... Syed bai ka pilane ka tame hora ... usko chodne 'pilane stop' jaana re bai , wo pilane ka dilaver hai nai ... wo apna dost ich hai maloom ... wo apana Anwar hai na ... Jaafar ka bhai re ... uneech chalara Syed bhai ka pilane aaj ... accha aatoo main !! kal phir miltoon yaneech ! kal kain bhi akko jaa re howle !!!!

Hyderbaadi Language

A Hyderabadi on the road.
It some time looks stranger than fiction when a Hyderabadi while driving on the road feels that he is the 'king of the road' and the traffic rules are meant (only )to be broken, so don't ever cross the path of a Hyderabadi when he is on the move. In case if you cross his path, he invariably tries to get into an argument as if 'raking up a fight is in the blood' of Hyderabadi.Even if he is wrong, as the proverb goes "barking dogs seldom bites", he tries to get you by neck but the crowd around him stops him by holding his hands while he vainly tries to get his hand over you (a Hyderabadi seldom gets into fitscuffs )so don't worry you won't be beaten but you have to bear the choicest abuses in the Hyderabadi slang.

The Potti Patana Hyderabadi
So far so good, the other aspect of a hyderabadi life style or rather estyle is "potti patana". It is the favorite pastime for some while for others it is a fulltime job. A Hyderabadi would try all the tricks in the book and outside the book to get hold of the woman of his dreams. With the girls of the generation next it is "potta patana hai". If people in rest of India were carried over by the movie "Hyderabad Blues" that it is taboo for guys and girls to be seen in public together,then they are going to have a culture shock if they come to Hyderabad.So don't believe those confused desh returned non-real Indian (NRIs).If you don't believe me have a dhekko on the Necklace Road -the scene would put to shame even the overly romantic French.

Bindaas Batein
The bindaas attitude of Hyderabadis is personified in the numerous cafes of the city where in you get to see a whole lot of bindaas Hyderabadis sipping tea for hours together. One might wonder as to how these people have all the time in the world to indulge in such long sessions. There is so much of time available with folks over here that at times you have to literally ask them to go for want of peace.

The filmi Hyderabadi
Hyderabad has got the maximum number of theatres in India thanks to this vast bindaas population of the city. Can you believe that a small cross road over here boasts of almost one dozen theatres which are just a stone throw away from each other. Mind you, you will still have to buy the tickets in black over here. Most pictures run for over 100 days and people take hell a lot of pride in talking about the movies. "Kya picture hai baap". "Picture tho mast hai". The advance booking is over even before it actually begins.

Hyderabadi Baitak
Leave alone weekends, the "baitaks" over here are the order of even the weekdays. whenever a group of men meet together then its three cheers to their friendship and the corks are in the air. If pubs were given permission over here, then Hyderabad for sure would have one in every other lane. The best part is any good or bad, wonder or catastrophe, in this world is appended with a four letter slang word at the starting. The more you write the lesser it will be about the Hyderabadi baitaks.

The height of Hyderabadis
The bindaas attitude of Hyderabadis can very easily be tested by asking them just two questions. All that one has to do is just get on to a bus stand on the road and just pick up a friendly conversation with a typical Hyderabadi and ask him as to when the next bus would come. The instant reply you would get is "Abhi ata" (it will come just now). You wait and wait and the bus never comes and you ask him when it would come and he will say again the same thing. Meanwhile you would have wasted an hour or so waiting for the bus to come. Actually when an Hyderabadi says "Abhi ata", do take it for granted that it would come an hour or two later. On the other hand if you ask him as to when the last bus passed by ,he would say "Abhi gaya"(it just went), while in reality it would have left hours back.

Phir bhi Dil hain Hyderabadi

Who is a Hyderabadi?????
1. Your address reads as 23-404-32/67A-43 (New MCH number56-678/4A/B-22),while you actually live in the second house besideZamzam cafe in lane behind Anand Theatre on SP Road.
2. You end up buying only a salwar kameez, whether it is a theatreworkshop, food mela consumer expo, designer jewellery show, science showor an automobile convention.
3. Your street has at least one roadside mobile hotel that servesChinese delicacies such as "Vegetable soft needles", "Navrotten Kurma","Chicken Manchewurea" or "American Chompsee".
4. Your answer is 'seedha chale jao' when somebody asks you fordirections, whether it is to Malakpet, Masab Tank, Malkajgiri orMoosapet.
5. You come across tailors sporting the board: "Immidiot delivery intwo days onli."
6.You can speak Hindi, Urdu, hyderabadi hinglish, except Telugu,fluently.
7.You ask the waiter to get you some 'Mango pickle' even if you aresitting at a lavish continental banquet dinner with exotic Chinese,Mexican,Italian and Lebanese cuisines.
9. You order for a tea just after having had a Caramel custard.
10. You have at least one cousin, friend, colleague or acquaintancein the US in software.
11. Everytime somebody gives you a piece of good news, the firstthing you ask them is 'Party kab hain?'
12. You refer to any past as 'parso', be it yesterday or long beforethree hundred years.
13. You call 11 AM as "subah subah."
14. You label your boss as 'Dimakh Kharab'
15. You are 15 minutes late and you feel you are on time.
16. You look at the fixed price stand and still ask 'dene ka bolo'
17. You are reading this and secretly admitting that you are, after all, a true blue Hyderabadi. you know one thing..... Once a Hyderabadi, always a Hyderabadi ...

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