hyderabad riyals and dirhams are passe dollars pounds and euros are the new buzzwords in the old citythe greenback slips in and out of conversations at the roadside irani cafe like its the legal tender of the area no they are not wily forex dealers but youngsters with dollar dreams gleaming in their eyes the old favourite the gulf is no longer the destination no 1 for these young people with information technology still luring scores of young men and women from the state the gennext from the old city too want their share of the pie though several make it to the lands of opportunity a large number of them return disappointed after failing to convince immigration officialslocalities like saidabad malakpet and chanchalguda have at least one member from each family studying abroad be it the us or europe in several cases old friends help their childhood pals in processing papersthis symbiotic relationship has spawned friendly neighbourhoods a locality in chicago even bears a very familiar city name chanchalgudaits no surprise that a large number of locals from chanchalguda and surrounding areas reside there several shops and hotels there are similar to hyderabadi dukanssyed afaq mateen of malakpet m a majid of kishanbagh mohammed osama of golconda and mir sajid ali of tolichowki have been friends from intermediatetheir bond of friendship had grown so strong that they decided that come what may they would remain friends for life after their postgraduation there was a time when career was their first priority it appeared then that they would go in four directionsbut luckily they all made it to one of the worlds largest computer companies ibm as fate would have it all four were posted to dublin ireland and what more they stay togetherwe have been working here for the past two years we send money home to our families more importantly we friends are all together they told the times of india if for some dollar dreams turned real for some fortune hunters it spelt doomdoweshowbellyad0 only a few graduates who are going to european nations on study or visiting visas are able to save some money while for many its barely enough for survival students particularly those who going to schengen countries are struggling a lot due to language problems and poor economy of those nationstravel agents and individuals fall to the lure of easy visa processing of schengen countries including germany and holland youth of the old city fall prey to these easy opportunities and end up conned some have even lost upwards of rs 1 lakh just for a