PAVEMENT VIEWS

A spectator's take on life

Vinay Payyapilly

Dec 3, 20192 min read

Rape and the Grammar of Anarchy

Picture from: https://www.change.org/p/narendra-modi-t-s-thakur-hang-every-rapist-in-india-8696f2c9-be3c-4e9a-a918-85fa969ec190 The...

Vinay Payyapilly

Mar 29, 20163 min read

Cycling – Exercise, Hobby, Destressor, My Time

I am a roadie. There, I’ve said it and it’s out there. Give me a road and any type of vehicle, that’s all I need to feel free and happy....

Vinay Payyapilly

Jan 4, 20161 min read

Goa – Hyderabad | Via Yadgir

There are two ways to get from Goa to Hyderabad – via Mahbubnagar or via Yadgir. This year we did the latter. Distance: 709 km Time: 16.5...

Vinay Payyapilly

Jan 5, 20132 min read

Road trip: Hyderabad – Aluva [Dec 2012]

Nothing catches my imagination or fires me up as much as taking a road trip. Add to that the excitement of doing my first long trip in my...

Vinay Payyapilly

Jan 9, 20122 min read

Hyd-Madgao-Panchgani-Hyd

2500 km over 10 days – that was my year-end holiday road trip. The first leg of the journey was from Hyderabad to Goa. The trip was close...

Vinay Payyapilly

Mar 10, 20102 min read

Roads to nowhere

Hyderabad now has a greenfield airport. It is a box of glass and metal that sits at the outermost reaches of the city it serves. While...

Vinay Payyapilly

Sep 13, 20061 min read

Hyderabad’s Finest Sloths

The traffic police in the twin cities of Hyderabad and Secunderabad must rank as the most slothful and inept set of humans on the planet....

Vinay Payyapilly

Jun 8, 20041 min read

Wasted Literacy

I happened to be stopped at a red light today and got to see a very amusing sight. As is the norm in Hyderabad, the front row of vehicles...

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