Why certain gaps that exist will continue to exist?

I came across an interesting study that says that kids cannot do stand up comedy, despite they wanting to be funny a lot and the reason for that is scientific.

It turns out that stand up comedy requires very high intellect and skills and nuances that children are not able to do at their level of development.

Why is this important?

Imagine a person seeing a gap in the market where only adults are doing stand up comedy and feels that a reality show with kids with stand up is missing in the market and gets working on this business, only to fail on this one critical technicality that no general person knows.

So much time and money would have gone wasted.

Sometimes, the gap seems obvious to be filled, but the gap can be due to one of 2 reasons: a technical / unexpected reason or there is lack of motivation/profit for the person to do it.

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What to do in Hyderabad?

"What to do in my city?"

This question is in the mind of thousands of any city dweller who wants to go out of office and out of home to relax, enjoy, get out of the daily scene every weekend to enjoy life.

Fortunately, Hyderabad has grown into a cosmopolitan city with multiple cultures imbibed to give you a refreshing taste of multiple ways to perceive, understand and learn things.

Here is a list of things to do:

There is something for everyone to enjoy and learn outside work in Hyderabad.

I have purposely left out food & drinks as there are more than 1 new restaurant/pub opening up in the city every week.

Art workshops

https://in.bookmyshow.com/explore/events-hyderabad

Art workshops include Pottery, Resin art, Fridge magnet, Drawing, Moon Lamp, Crotchet, Mandala, Tote bag painting, Djembe, Perfume making, Terrarium, Candle making, Pizza making, Canvas Painting, Gold Foil painting, Theater acting, Neon painting, Fluid art, Texture art, Pottery painting, Mixology, Pichwai painting, Body painting, etc.

Open Mics - Usually unpaid tickets for practice stand up comedy shows

Every Tuesday at Ivy mic

Every Wednesday at Street Mic

Every Friday at Moto Garage, Jubilee Hills at 8.30 pm or 9 pm till 10.30 pm (Only pay for the dinner/ drinks)

Other places at other days of the week.

Stand up comedy shows

https://in.bookmyshow.com/explore/events-hyderabad

Events (Music shows and concerts)

https://in.bookmyshow.com/explore/events-hyderabad

https://insider.in/all-events-in-hyderabad

Speed dating

https://in.bookmyshow.com/explore/events-hyderabad

Speed friending

https://in.bookmyshow.com/explore/events-hyderabad

Axe throwing

2 places in Madhapur. Call 9985739573, get location and go.

Rs.300 for 10 throws

Pickle ball

Multiple courts and rates in the city to explore

Rs.1000 per court per hr in Madhapur

La Makaan, Banjara Hills

A cultural center.

Go through https://digital.lamakaan.com, find out what interests you and go there. Mostly free shows.

Board game cafes

AM Musuem, Himayatnagar - Check hourly rate per person

Get on board cafe, Jubilee Hills - Check hourly rate per person

Rock climbing 

Crag Studio, Gachibowli - Rs.750 per session per person

https://www.cragstudio.com/

Gamepoint 100 Ft, Madhapur

Badminton, Table Tennis

Download app and book your slots.

For badminton, rates for court, racquets and shoes separately.

Table tennis all included.

Dance studios

Google and find many in the city

Music academies

Muzigal, Madhapur (15k for 3 month course of 2 classes per week of 1 hr each)

And others

Puzzle Rooms

Mystery rooms, Escape rooms - Multiple locations in the city with multiple games at each location. 

About Rs.1000 per person per game. 2-4 people per game mostly

Trove Experiences

https://troveexperiences.com/collections/upcoming/hyderabad

Cold Plunge

https://icetub.in

Steam Sauna

https://icetub.in

Go Karting

Few places - Call, check and go

Indoor Sky diving

Gravity zip - About Rs.3500 per person

AR / VR games

Multiple locations in the city

Computer games

Multiple locations in the city

Bowling

Multiple bowling alleys in the city

Snooker/ Billiards

Multiple spots in the city

Concerts (from time to time)

Previously Bryan Adams, Badshah, etc.

The Selfie musuem

Google "Hyd Selfie Musuem", next to Alankrita resort for a 3 hr trip of interesting selfies.

The Nehru Zoological Park

A good zoo with a huge variety of animals. Need full day to explore.

Cooking classes

Google "cooking classes in Hyderabad" and discover many

Meetup groups in Hyderabad

https://www.meetup.com/find/in--hyderabad/

Annual Events and Exhibitions

Kite Fest at parade grounds - January during Sankranti

Annual Numaish exhibition - February at Nampally grounds

Hyderbad Literary Fest - https://www.hydlitfest.org

Sunday Soul Sante - Feb at Hitex

Holi events during Holi - March

Hyderabad marathon, half-marathon, 10k - Aug

Navratri events during Navratri - October

National Book fair - December

Lock the box (Book fair) twice a year

Other irregular places to visit (Foreign cultures)

https://hyderabad.german.in/events

https://hyderabad.afindia.org/events/categories/events/

Films

https://www.hyderabadfilmclub.org

Sunset Cinema Club - https://sunsetcinemaclub.in/hyderabad/events

Funny Business is not Funny

One may find Jimmy Carr as a very controversial stand up comedy. If you have heard him for an hr, you may describe him as any or more of the following:
Disgusting, Offensive, Loser, Pathetic, A**hole, Shrewd, Insulting, Abusing, Tacky, Cheap, Trashy and more.

The topics he chooses are all adult themed and more on the taboo side of the society.

He has chosen that as his speciality and he is a master at it.

An "ok" joke by his standard is "Every night, after the show, I have many attractive women banging on my dressing room doors. Sometimes, I let them out."

To get an idea of it, here is one of his live stand up comedies:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FD7xoJxn8TA

Now, there is a totally another side of him:

https://www.instagram.com/wealthytools/reel/C83ryW8vVOE/

Here he is telling us how we take life's pleasures for granted and that 100 years ago even a king could not take a hot shower to relax which we can do instantly. He questions how we are living like kings and yet life is objectively better and subjectively worse.

These contrasting topics have a few things in common: Insights, Perspective, Deep understanding.

Through this post, I am putting a point that stand up comedy is actually about insights about human behaviour and expectations and is put across from a non-common perspective.

To be a good comedian requires that they become a good subject matter expert in their area of specialization. And that is not funny, and should be respected.

2023 Experiences

I am a firm believer of having new, interesting experiences almost constantly throughout life.

If not experiences, what else are we living for in this life?

With a firm mindset and curiosity of new things, I have been able to identify new things to do and new experiences to have almost every other week. It is a craving, it is an addiction and get to learn more about the world around me. The thrill of discovering new things, experiencing new things and then sharing these new things to others is something I find joy in.

I hope the list below inspires people to value experiences and look forward to create & share experiences for others to enjoy.

So, let me share with you the new experiences in 2023. Most are bucketlist worthy and some not, but just an interesting experience.

1. Completing the Hyderabad half marathon - 4th time. This was the hardest ever for me as I did it after a 8 year hiatus. With poor training, I somehow managed to complete it much better than expected with going to office half day after the marathon and not taking any leave the next day also. Helped in bringing a lot of self confidence in doing hard tough things. Some of the reasons I run the half marathons: to know my stamina, to develop will power to overcome barriers.
2. Indoor sky diving. Gravity Zip at Hyderabad. The starting of an experience for sky diving in the future.
3. Riding a bike as fast as possible - 122 km/hr. Breaking the previous record of 114 km/hr after a big break of over 7 years in the same bike as before.
4. A bike tour with a gang. An interesting new experience and learnt about the various roles in a bike gang.
5. Watch Maverick - one of the best movies in theater for free. An infinite returns on this one experience.
6. Indoor Rock climbing - Crag studio. Never knew rock climbing is this hard.
7. Axe-throwing: In Madhapur, https://axethrowingindia.com An interesting game and definitely not as easy as one thinks it to be.
8. Foosball, 10 pins. Fun to play with family / friends
9. Visiting a huge mythogical musuem/ theme park - Surendrapuri
10. Experiencing a TEDx event. Definitely some of the best music, live shows and fantastic standard setting level of organising an event like this.
11. Having a flaming drink. Nothing more fun than to drink a flaming Sambuka.
12. Attend a live concert
13. Attend a live stand up comedy show - There are open mics daily in the city. One of the few people to know this and attend this and encourage the upcoming talent.
14. Perform a live stand up comedy show. Last but not the least, the best secret experience of the year. Performed as a rakshabandhan gift to my sister and my wife with others.

A few missed experiences:
Attending a world cup cricket match in a stadium

The cancelled F4 car race in the city

The e-prix car race.

What's up 2024? :)