Vizag (also known as Waltair and Vishakhapatnam) is the city I was born in and lived for 22 years of my life before I left for the US. It used to be a beautiful town - green hills, blue ocean - when I lived there. I have heard it turned a lot more cosmopolitan and way more populous in the recent days, but looks like the beauty is still there :)
AP bags the honours for best run cities in India - The Economic TimesHyderabad, Vijaywada, Visakhapatnam were joined by Ahmedabad, Vadodara, Indore and Nashik as the winners of the first Crisil Awards for Excellence in Municipal Initiatives.Posted by shanti at September 22, 2003 9:39 AM
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Vizag is still a great city. But slowly it is accumulating all the bad aspects of a metro..:(
Posted by: subhash at September 24, 2003 1:35 AM
So I heard, Subhash :(
Posted by: Shanti at September 24, 2003 6:45 AM
Notice how most of these well-run cities are in South India.
I always believed that the well-spring of indian civilization and genius lay in the south. Yes, yes, my fellow Bongs will probably eviscerate me with their sharpened teeth for saying this. I believe it to be true, nonetheless. :tongue3:
Posted by: Suman Palit at September 24, 2003 12:02 PM
We will protect you, Suman - no need to worry ;)
It is a sad thing to see Bihar, UP and other such states sink into ignominy under uneducated governments, while the South is making huge strides in developing.
Posted by: Shanti at September 24, 2003 12:29 PM
Hey, I’d just said something like that about Hyderabad. Dunno about Vizag, haven’t been there. But Hyd rocks for sure.
Posted by: Kingsley at September 24, 2003 12:56 PM
Hey, I’d just said something like that about Hyderabad. Dunno about Vizag, haven’t been there. But Hyd rocks for sure.
Posted by: Kingsley at September 24, 2003 1:01 PM
Hey there Shanti,
Just came across ur blog and was pleasantly surprised that someone from visakhapatnam is actually into blogging :beam: Im a resident of vizag too,altho i wont be here for too long (leaving for iimb this month) and im sure gonna miss the place :( . Anyway,saw the pic of ur baby. Hes beautiful, all the best and have fun,Bye,
Regards,
Sanjeev Garuda
(replying to ur thread quite late so im not really sure if u get to see this :tongue3: )
Posted by: Sanjeev at June 2, 2004 4:57 AM
Hi Sanjeev - it feels good to hear from another Vizag resident. It can pretty lonely out here between all the Hederabadis, Tamilians, Kannadigas and Keralites :)
Posted by: Shanti at June 2, 2004 1:11 PM
hey….whatever happens to vizag…i think it is for the better n’ the best part abt vizag….the life there always remains the same…..best as usual :)
Posted by: nag at February 10, 2005 11:43 PM
Shanti…I had opportunity to visit Vizag for business and pleasure about 15 yrs ago …enjoyed the beach and great food at
Dolphin resturant…
Posted by: wudal at February 11, 2005 9:20 AM
Wudal, at that point Dolphin was the best restaurant in town. I do miss the beaches still :)
Posted by: Shanti at February 11, 2005 9:26 AM
Looks like i got to this blog late.. :o) i was in vizag a year and a half back. the city has changed, for sure… more traffic and people seemed to be getting out more. or was it because i was there from november to january ..festival time? One thing most people visiting Vizag still dont realize is that the best beachspots are away from the city…. there definitely is more to Vizag than just Kailasagiri and RK beach. Well, RK beach is more like a daily hangout place…ohh i miss Vizag. Has anyone gone up to the dolphin’s nose?? beautiful place, i must say… i went up the lighthouse but the guards over there were kind of nutty..no cameras/camcorders allowed, it seems..i still had one in my pocket and taped for a while before they asked me to cut the **it out :o)
hey, more places to eat as well, i forgot to tell ya….
Posted by: vijay at April 5, 2005 5:51 PM
lol just googlin for ppl from vizag who blog and here i see ur blog ;) … i’m in hyd working and iam missin vizag badly : \ .. btw .. ur blog goes into my bookmarks .. why ? just cause u are from vizag lol :) take care
Posted by: Chaitanya at May 13, 2005 12:14 PM
Hi Shanti..
Happy 2 c someone 4m Vizag gettin into bloggin so profusely… I m 4m vizag doin my engg at GITAM.. I think i m very.v.v.v.v late in this arena and am not sure if u would b readin this… any way..
bye,
regards,
J bharat
Posted by: Bharat Jhurani at June 12, 2005 2:39 AM
Its wonderful to know that your from Vizag.I belong to Vizag and have lived here all my life and am blogging from Vizag..:beam:
Nice site you have here,Shanti..:)
Posted by: sailu at December 24, 2005 8:15 AM
This is my second comment in here.. just thought I’ll update my opinion after going to Vizag a few months. Well, the traffic is amazing, the weather was hot.. global warming, anybody? One good thing about Vizag or any place in India, I guess… Lots of young ppl. I am 25 and I felt kind of old and un-hep in India. The student-log now are more into being-cool than we were.. Is that such a bad thing? Nahh.. makes for good people-watching :o)
And there are even more places to go to now than in Nov 2003. There were a couple of pubs as well..but the security guy said i couldnt go in by myself. :o( I needed to have a partner. But i think business was down that day.. he called out and let me in when i was walking back to my trusted below-40kmph-fast-Chetak
Posted by: Vijay at April 10, 2006 4:17 PM
Hi
Vizag developed lot recently…… with beauti nature… lovely weather…. but cost of living is touching sky………
Posted by: jaya at September 15, 2006 1:59 PM