Hyderabadi flavor

I've been in Hyderabad for over a month now, and i am getting to know the taste and names of south Indian food. All that i had in Delhi in the name of south Indian, was not south Indian but maybe a distant relative of the actual food. its difficult to describe in words, but each food has a different flavor than what i know or what i expect. Along with the taste, the names also change here. for example if you order a chapati, you will get a parantha. Alu barota would mean aloo parantha. the quantities which are served also change. As one travels from north to south, one can see the size of the tumbler reducing. In south the glass is almost half the size one would find in north. even the katori (bowl) is halved. I'm still trying to figure out the reason for this.
the hindi spoken here is also different, something not seen anywhere in the country. just like Mumbai which has its own distinct hindi ( with all the new words and slangs which one does not find in any hindi grammar book). Things seem more funny when you hear a sardar (a sikh gentleman) speaks like that. I m not used to hear sardars speak this kind of hindi. In delhi they speak of what would be a mix of hindi and punjabi in a punjabi accent, but here even the accent is Hyderabadi. I still cant help but smile when i remember that sardarji's hindi. I was lucky to have heard him from behind, otherwise i would have laughed onto his face.
The traffic situation in the city is like what it was in delhi a decade ago. while the traffic has increased, the road size remains the same. so if one is on road in the evening when most people leave their offices for home, one would find its faster to walk than drive. As the city is in the process of expanding, you can see its effects on the outskirts, in places where i live. One can see the trees being felled, lakes being filled and huge constructions being undertaken. Something similar must have happened in Delhi too, but i was not witness to that.As Dr. Sangal says, its always good to be a part of time which is seeing a change, because then one knows how things were before the change took place and one can always compare them. However if one is born after the change, then one assumes things to be like they are as they have always been the same.
The place i stay is about 12 km from the main city. It is still quite green in comparison to main city, and as a direct visible result, it rains here every evening, where as the city doesn't witness that. If it pours here, the city would have a mild drizzle. The pouring rain was something i missed in Delhi. I don't remember seeing such a rain on consistent basis in Delhi ever. And therefore its so much obvious for me to enjoy the rain ( jogging or walking in it), while the locals
may feel something is wrong with me. I guess I've been a deprived child when it comes to rain.