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Hyderabadis - Victims of Looting

The Telangana Movement has raised its ugly head again in a very quiet manner this time sans the riots and the violence and once again the government prefers only to watch the show. In most countries/cities which have been under the grip of their respective revolutions, there have been incidents of severe looting. The looting in Hyderabad is so different that the looters justify their acts fairly enough. There aren't any buses running in the city today hence it is an opportunity for the auto drivers, private buses and also the call center vehicles to make the most of. A distance which costed Rs1o/- to cross yesterday is worth Rs30/- today. If you refuse to pay, you will get to hear the profanest words that exist in the Hindi and Telugu dictionary. There is police every where but they're watching the show too. They have been instructed to make sure there is no violence on the roads but somehow they manage to ignore verbal violence as calmly as if they're watching the most bor...