Summary:
Two tea stalls, existing side by side, offered ‘Hindu tea’ and ‘Muslim chai’- a sort of cordial polarization. They included Nawab Hoshiyar Jung, Burgula Ramakrishna Rao, Ali Yavar Jung, Shah Alam Khan, Olympian soccer player Lateef, ministers and bureaucrats. Dasu Kesava Rao in his younger daysI was born in what is today Badruka College of Arts and Commerce near Kacheguda station. Barkatpura those days was a veritable Garden of Eden, dotted with avenue of flower bearing trees, palatial buildings and havelis. Ambis Cafe, opposite Nampally station, was one of the oldest which had survived till the turn of the century..