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fit them ! This newly rigged-out Hyderabad
may think itself a modern offspring of Bombay ;
but it is no longer the oriental city admired once
by M. Clemenceau/'

" If one went in former days from the Resi-
dency as far as Secunderabad to the North,
Golconda to the West, or Saroornagar to the
East, the general impression one received was
that of charming suburban rural scenes. The
few houses (and bungalows) sparsely located
along the route were usually surrounded with
tall shady trees which partially concealed them.
There was an air of serene antiquity about them,
and even the signs of neglect, visible here and
there, only enhanced the charm. One misses
them now! "
Mulkis and Non-Mulkis
" The magic word, Mulki, seems to have a
strange fascination for" people here. Literally,
it means one belonging to the country, but tech-
nically, it means a person who alleges that he
belongs to the country in order to acquire the
rights and privileges of citizenship. His chief
desire is to be considered' eligible for government
service/ The person who puts forward such a
claim with great volubility is generally an alien
by birth, whom a patronising rule of domicile has
furnished with a 12 years' Free Pass! This
benevolent rule enacts that a man who has lived