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Around 15 years back, I had an amazing baby capsicum bajji in Vijayawada (one town). I’ve never been able to find the same version anywhere else in India.
What I remember:
Small/baby capsicums were slit into halves

They were coated and deep-fried until the capsicum itself became really crispy

It was more like a proper crispy bajji rather than the usual whole capsicum/mirchi bajji

I vaguely remember having it from a small local shop/stall

I’ve tried searching for it over the years but haven't found anything quite like it.
Does anyone from Vijayawada/Andhra Pradesh remember a place that used to make bajji this way? Even if the shop no longer exists, I’d love to know what it was called or where it might have been. 🙏

I keep seeing their posts, but they often don't seem to match the on-ground reality. Issues like traffic congestion, poor road conditions, flooding after mild rain, garbage, and unplanned development rarely get mentioned.
Has anyone else noticed this? Do people call them out in the comments, or do those concerns just get ignored? I'm genuinely curious what others think.

https://www.instagram.com/jkhudd1?igsh=MWZiMmxtbGxhazJrZA==

I recently came across this news*, and it reminded me of stories older people in my family used to tell about various mafias and criminal gangs active in Jammu during the 1980s and 90s.

Does anyone here remember that period or have firsthand accounts from parents or grandparents? Were there actually organised gangs (timber, land, transport, liquor, etc.), or have the stories become exaggerated over time?
Would love to hear genuine anecdotes, local history, or any newspaper references from that era.

*This news: https://www.earlytimes.in/m/newsdet.aspx?q=125401#google\_vignette

Kathua people!!! Do people even know Kathua??

People living in Jammu — do you genuinely feel this city is livable, or have we just normalised the chaos?

Take the so-called “posh” areas like Gandhi Nagar — broken roads, barely any footpaths (guess walking is optional here), and urban planning that feels more like guesswork.

Meanwhile, the only consistently decent infrastructure seems to be on VIP routes — airport road, stretches connecting government quarters to the Secretariat. Smooth, wide, well-maintained… almost like a different city exists for a different set of people.

For the rest of us, it’s daily survival mode. Traffic management is weak, but challans are handed out like candy. Cleanliness is inconsistent at best. And whenever there’s an event, the city just gives up — no coordination, no crowd control, just pure chaos.

Public spaces are limited and barely maintained. Even places like Bagh-e-Bahu don’t feel like actual recreational spaces anymore.

And rain? One proper spell and suddenly half the city is waterlogged like it’s part of the plan.

So yeah — is it just me being overly critical, or do others feel the same? What’s your experience living here?