1. ASP's last post was about the traffic in the city. Also came across some blog today, which cynically refers to Bangalore as Traffic City. For the uninitiated, Blore was hitherto known as the Garden City. As denigrating the new label may be, gotta say it reflects the current state of affairs quite accurately!
2. My pet crib is about the nightlife in Blore. Rather, the lack of it! For a city where lotsa people work till obscenely late hours, deadlines of 1030 pm for serving alcohol, and 1130 for nightclubs, are absolutely irrational! Can u even call them nightclubs if they close that early?? Even those of us who work by day, dont manage to finish work, get ready and hit the road before 9 pm. Which leaves us feeling cheated, and oh-I've-so-not-had-enough-fun-yet-ish. Of course, there has been talk of extending the deadline, widening the roads, and getting me married. None of those is happening anytime soon!
3. Communal disharmony and mob fury have raised their ugly heads in our beloved city now. All said and done abt the traffic, deadlines and all that jazz - we love this city because its so nice and peaceful. Its like a metropolitan hill-station. But this is seriously disappointing bullshit. Our city was one of the few not affected by all this crap ever in the past. If it didn't have more than it's fair share of problems already, this shit happens. I wonder why, why the hell do people waste their time fighting over religion?! I mean, dont we have real problems that actually affect our lives? Wouldn't all this passion and energy be much better utilized, if directed toward building the nation, instead of fragmenting it? I guess our politicians prefer it this way. And there's too much frustration pent up inside the general public. I have some hypothesis about the reasons for that, but will save it for another post later.
For now, my heart is sad. Saddened by ugly things happening in my home :(
PS: More posts somewhat-related to the last subject: here and here. You should also listen to Rabbi Shergill's Jugni. Original lyrics here. Translation here
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