Heritage bows to commerce, again

Hyderabad | Monday | 16th July, 2018

Summary:

While going around the bustling shopping complex near Monda Market, one would be hard-pressed to imagine that this was a purpose-built prison at one point in time. Among the shopkeepers, there is a relentless buzz about the building being pulled down for the construction of a bigger shopping complex teeming with parking spaces and cinema halls. Nothing out of the ordinary, except for the fact that it has tough iron grills and a hole in the roof. Place them in a context and the veneer of business is off and the tough martial undercurrent becomes evident. Behind the frontage dotted with shop signs, interesting jali work, and stone carvings is a large room reached by a flight of stairs..