Cyberabad

I am in Hyderabad, one of the new IT hubs of India. I just walked down a street with at least 60 cell phone dealers and 100 motorcycles. Everyone who is young and can speak English or use a computer is working in the technology sector and buying or upgrading their cell phones. Indians love their cellphones (people are very surprised I don't have an Indian cell phone eventhough they know I don't live here). Eventhough a starting salary is only about $200 a month, that's enough to live the high life here. hyderabad has so many new posh shops, resteraunts, and clubs sprouting up all up and down the main drag. Its very bright at night. Right next door is old Hyderabad, where you can see old-school manual labor, like people fixing the soles of shoes, or pounding metal on an anvil, or hand stitching sekwens onto sori material. That's India for you, everything is available and everything is right next to each other.