Thanks to all for the responses. Emirates and Qatar were available only in business and it was $6500 and up. Lufthansa also had only business.
I got the flight from IAH to Chicago ORD on AA and then connecting on Etihad . So IAH- ORD - AbuDhabi - HYD. The entire flight is issued on a single ticket. The return was for June 2nd and I got it on Emirates : HYD-DXB-IAH. The total roundtrip cost was $2800 in economy.
Thanks again to all. It was very frenetic this morning ; I am just about done packing and rushing to the airport. It would have been a bereavement fare-as I am rushing to attend a funeral- - but the paperwork for that would have be too long.