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‘I’ll miss the hugs and the parties, but I’m grateful to spend Eid with my family’
Like last year, it’s going to be yet another low-key Eid for us. I’ll be spending the day at home with my family. We’ll pray together, eat together and spend some quality time with each other. It doesn’t feel like a celebration this year because of what’s happening across the country. I think we must all pray together and hope for better times. In pre-COVID times, we’d have many parties for Eid. All of our friends and relatives would gather and we’d hug each other and celebrate together. I’ll be missing all those hugs and parties this year. Having said that, I’m fortunate enough to be with my family and spend Eid with them. When we sit down for lunch, we’ll just be grateful to have each other and be safe during this tough times. – Ali Reza, actor
Bolo Hau review: A step in the right way for Dakhni language
By Yunus Y Lasania| Updated: 29th January 2021 12:13 pm IST Actress Jahnavi Dhanrajgir, Ankit Rathi, Adnan Sajid (Gullu Dada) at press meet for the upcoming Bollywood movie - Bolo Hau with Hyderabadi Tadka. Photo: Mohammed Hussain
Hyderabad: In recent memory, movies from our city have more or less become a caricature of sorts, thanks to popular culture turning Dakhni (or Hyderabadi), our language which is spoken across the Deccan, into a vernacular for comic relief.
The Angrez is perhaps the best example that I can think of.
However, at a time when there is a growing assertiveness of Dakhni language in the south, Tarun Dhanrajgir’s