The deisre to write about my home town never struck me. May be sometime in the future i'll be writing about it. May be it was beacuse i never stayed away from her for that long! I'll write...
Bangalore -Thru my eyes.
Am hardly a year old in this city, the account here is something "thru-my-eyes". I'm not criticizing the place but just laying out the pros and cons.
If there's anything wrong, correct me.
Bangalore, capital of Karnataka, a place known for its beautiful locations!
I stay at Basavangudi, and a place near to it is Jayanagar. Jayanagar, Asia's largest colony - Divided into 'n' blocks (cannot find how many!!!). And a place for shoppers to stop is the Fourth block. Rest, n-1, is fully residential (so is Fourth block, but couldn't digest to say so!). At fourth block you'll find something called BDA (Bangalore Development Agency or something like that). These BDAs, you'll find them scattered all over the city. These are like the ones in Madras where it is rented for shops. I've been to this place a million times and they have hella lot of stuffs for making the shopper not just satisfactory, but make him delighted. On your request, i did some ground work of noticing what is available. There are, believe me, everything what mother Earth can hold and produce. You wanted footgears - they are there, books (though not satisfactory. M.G. Road rocks, when it is for books!!!), clothing, food joints, fruit shops, et-cetera et-cetera et-cetera --> infinity (read it like: X tends to infinity).
Don't ask why I'm writing this! I just felt writing it and wanted someone to read it. And it was good that you are coming here and thus making me to give you a first hand info on this place (Bangalore). That, i guess should answer your question.
Bangalore - One of the hip place in India, a silicon valley, and other prestigious names. People all over the world (not just India) are craving to have a look at this place (i could've added adjectives, but refrained from it. I don't want to!). Believe me, you can stay here for some time and not more than that (exceptions apart). Apart from the natives, like every other state, we never have attachment or rather our hearts never fell/will fall for other states (Though, we are still part of the same country!)
There are several good/bad aspects about any state, and this place is no exception. I'll be specific: Bangalore
Good - Climate, Fruits, Makkal (people), Trees, Cauveri, Autos, Adjoining districts (you'll never such a beauty!!!), Books, Apparels, Food joints, Cops, Houses (should appreciate their aesthetic skills).
Bad - Cauveri, Roads, Traffic, Planning, No-hangouts (ESP. Beach), Pubs, Discotheque, Culture, Infrastructure, Robbery, Bus-boards-written-in-Kannada, not-many-tea-kadai. And like every other place, lunatics in the name of fanatics.
Makkal here are caught between two cultures. As the Americans explain ABCD - American Born Confused Desis. Here too, it is the same. All can be blamed on the software, globalization and other techno-economic terms that can be related to.
Bangalore, with a degree of certain accuracy, is the smallest city. And made bigger than Bombay or Delhi by its in-numerous one-ways (even my street is one such. Can you believe this?).
Bangalore is a shoppers haven! M.G.Road (also known for voluptuous women (don't take me wrong!!!)) tops Koramangala and Jayanagar following it closely. On a Saturday, if you don't have work (am a work-a-holic) it is suicidal. With nothing to do, no where to go and no company, people like me are confined to books. And during the evenings they can be found loitering on M.G.Road or The Forum (it has got a multi-plex with 11 theatres) in Koramangala or Jayanagar!
Due to the richness of wealth prevailing amongst the people, there has never been a reluctance or stop-think-and-proceed attitude amongst the Vendors. For eg: Hutch in Madras provides free national SMS. Here you don't get it (forget about national you never get it for locals either), because people are fat with money and they can afford the Mt Everest! That's the silliest eg, but there are bigger and meaner stuffs like them! The multi-plex that was referred before has a starting ticket price of 130 or 150 bucks and the highest aptly called as gold class is 500 bucks a ticket. What the F*? Why this aristocracy, when you know your country is already in deep Sh* with its debts? Something to ponder about! Am no economist!
The inhabitants, Kannadigas, constitute to something close to Forty percent, rest - Tamils (remember the saying: Yaathum ooray Yavarum Kayleer?) lead the Telugu so on and so forth.
More to be added...
Bangalore -Thru my eyes.
Am hardly a year old in this city, the account here is something "thru-my-eyes". I'm not criticizing the place but just laying out the pros and cons.
If there's anything wrong, correct me.
Bangalore, capital of Karnataka, a place known for its beautiful locations!
I stay at Basavangudi, and a place near to it is Jayanagar. Jayanagar, Asia's largest colony - Divided into 'n' blocks (cannot find how many!!!). And a place for shoppers to stop is the Fourth block. Rest, n-1, is fully residential (so is Fourth block, but couldn't digest to say so!). At fourth block you'll find something called BDA (Bangalore Development Agency or something like that). These BDAs, you'll find them scattered all over the city. These are like the ones in Madras where it is rented for shops. I've been to this place a million times and they have hella lot of stuffs for making the shopper not just satisfactory, but make him delighted. On your request, i did some ground work of noticing what is available. There are, believe me, everything what mother Earth can hold and produce. You wanted footgears - they are there, books (though not satisfactory. M.G. Road rocks, when it is for books!!!), clothing, food joints, fruit shops, et-cetera et-cetera et-cetera --> infinity (read it like: X tends to infinity).
Don't ask why I'm writing this! I just felt writing it and wanted someone to read it. And it was good that you are coming here and thus making me to give you a first hand info on this place (Bangalore). That, i guess should answer your question.
Bangalore - One of the hip place in India, a silicon valley, and other prestigious names. People all over the world (not just India) are craving to have a look at this place (i could've added adjectives, but refrained from it. I don't want to!). Believe me, you can stay here for some time and not more than that (exceptions apart). Apart from the natives, like every other state, we never have attachment or rather our hearts never fell/will fall for other states (Though, we are still part of the same country!)
There are several good/bad aspects about any state, and this place is no exception. I'll be specific: Bangalore
Good - Climate, Fruits, Makkal (people), Trees, Cauveri, Autos, Adjoining districts (you'll never such a beauty!!!), Books, Apparels, Food joints, Cops, Houses (should appreciate their aesthetic skills).
Bad - Cauveri, Roads, Traffic, Planning, No-hangouts (ESP. Beach), Pubs, Discotheque, Culture, Infrastructure, Robbery, Bus-boards-written-in-Kannada, not-many-tea-kadai. And like every other place, lunatics in the name of fanatics.
Makkal here are caught between two cultures. As the Americans explain ABCD - American Born Confused Desis. Here too, it is the same. All can be blamed on the software, globalization and other techno-economic terms that can be related to.
Bangalore, with a degree of certain accuracy, is the smallest city. And made bigger than Bombay or Delhi by its in-numerous one-ways (even my street is one such. Can you believe this?).
Bangalore is a shoppers haven! M.G.Road (also known for voluptuous women (don't take me wrong!!!)) tops Koramangala and Jayanagar following it closely. On a Saturday, if you don't have work (am a work-a-holic) it is suicidal. With nothing to do, no where to go and no company, people like me are confined to books. And during the evenings they can be found loitering on M.G.Road or The Forum (it has got a multi-plex with 11 theatres) in Koramangala or Jayanagar!
Due to the richness of wealth prevailing amongst the people, there has never been a reluctance or stop-think-and-proceed attitude amongst the Vendors. For eg: Hutch in Madras provides free national SMS. Here you don't get it (forget about national you never get it for locals either), because people are fat with money and they can afford the Mt Everest! That's the silliest eg, but there are bigger and meaner stuffs like them! The multi-plex that was referred before has a starting ticket price of 130 or 150 bucks and the highest aptly called as gold class is 500 bucks a ticket. What the F*? Why this aristocracy, when you know your country is already in deep Sh* with its debts? Something to ponder about! Am no economist!
The inhabitants, Kannadigas, constitute to something close to Forty percent, rest - Tamils (remember the saying: Yaathum ooray Yavarum Kayleer?) lead the Telugu so on and so forth.
More to be added...
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