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For them, New Year is a sombre occasion
New Year usually signifies revelry and many Hyderabadis make elaborate plans to hang out with friends and family to ring in the New Year. But not everyone is amused by this tradition. There are a few like Humaira Sidiqi, a student from Osmania University, who is forced to stay back at home and study as her exams were postponed to January 2.
New Year usually signifies revelry and many Hyderabadis make elaborate plans to hang out with friends and family to ring in the New Year. But not everyone is amused by this tradition. There are a few like Humaira Sidiqi, a student from Osmania University, who is forced to stay back at home and study as her exams were postponed to January 2.
Humaira had made elaborate plans of shopping and watching a movie with friends but her plans have turned into a damp squib. “All my friends are cribbing about the postponement of exams,” she lamented. Talking about the tradition of New Year resolutions, Humaira feels, “I don’t believe in coming up with resolutions because if someone wants to do good work, they can do it any day. New Year resolutions are only for show offs.” .
Meanwhile, IT employees are not impressed with the party scene in the city. “Hyderabad has lost its charm of hosting New Year parties. All these parties are cliché with the same old Djs and the audience are also not entertaining. I am already in Goa and this is my first trip,” said Chandra Shekhar, who works for Dell.
Yaseen Ali, a public servant, agrees. “I have planned for a trip to Goa. This will be my second trip. It was fun when I visited it the last time. Hyderabad is not up to the mark when it comes to New Year celebrations,” he says. Another techie Uday Kumar has planned to adopt a conservative approach.
“Celebrating the New Year is a Western concept. Why should we adopt their culture? I am not going to party. I will rather go to a temple on January 1 and pray to God for a happy and prosperous New Year,” he says. “What’s demotivating is that the celebrations end in Hyderabad at 1 am. Strict vigil by cops is again a risk as we can’t drive after boozing” feels Sireesh, a network engineer from an MNC.
Elina who works for an NGO says that she doesn’t believe in celebrating the New Year because it’s a waste of time partying with strangers. “I would rather prefer to stay at home and celebrate with my family and relatives,” she says.
By:Chaand Ahmed
