Love this city for the excitement it offers me ... till 11 pm , aww what the heck i can get into a rickshaw and bargain to goto a place if i need a thrill.
Love it for the entrepreneurial spirit it has, and then goes violent on itself in protest of a foreign power violating some other violent power. It dusnt care about its own infrastructural - water electricity power needs however.
Love the work life balance - completely tipping in favor of work (or the complete lack thereof)
Love Richmond Road area :) No really i do love this area. Everything is close and I can walk and reach faster than most people anywhere (only flights are a hit and miss affair)
Love the Bloggers - Each with his own moronic partisan point of view (me included)
But hey !!! Thats life ... Take it or ... Itll kick you in the butt.
Showing posts with label Bang-a-luru. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Bang-a-luru. Show all posts
Thursday, February 1, 2007
Tuesday, January 23, 2007
I like Bangalore.....
I was given a final notice that unless I began posting something on this forum, I will be given a royal kick - out from the group.....And as thing remain in India...money and intimidation works :)
Bangalore trafffic might have caused a situation where the garden city tag might seem like a folklore..........But I still like the city.........the city is resposnible for creating 'A SALARIED MAN CAN BE RICH' culture in India.
A city, which gave goose bumps to employees in countries all over the world - the though that he might be Bangalored. No Other city in the world has this distinction.
And the bad traffic has fortunately not been able to deteriorate the good weather.
It still has the best climate amongst the big six cities in India.
As a personal level, While I do love Mumbai,
I would still stay that I like Bangalore.
Bangalore trafffic might have caused a situation where the garden city tag might seem like a folklore..........But I still like the city.........the city is resposnible for creating 'A SALARIED MAN CAN BE RICH' culture in India.
A city, which gave goose bumps to employees in countries all over the world - the though that he might be Bangalored. No Other city in the world has this distinction.
And the bad traffic has fortunately not been able to deteriorate the good weather.
It still has the best climate amongst the big six cities in India.
As a personal level, While I do love Mumbai,
I would still stay that I like Bangalore.
Monday, January 22, 2007
Mo' B'lore Blues
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
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
Sunday, January 21, 2007
Blore Blues
Great weather (hillstation like)
Super ppl (I mean cmon!!!)
Excellant eateries (yum)
Oooooooooooooo the horrrorrrrr!!!!
Im sure you all know the worst part of Blore is ... :( Traffic
Living on Richmond Road workin on Richmond Road makes life for me considerably easier than it would have been if i was living elsewhere. The reality for most other people is hell (and for me when i travel to their fkall residence areas!!!). Sad that a city that is growing so quickly is restricted by a weak and sloppy road infrastructure. Buses are a sad option and so are cars.
Bikes seem like a death trap with the number of accident i witness (yes atleast 2 a week fall off their bikes without helmets) and no one has bit the bullet ... yet.
Instead of farting to the rest of the world about how great this place is, there should be more efforts taken to reduce the hurting on Blore city.
Stupid ideas float into my puny mind like: Toll ins and outs of the city, keep lower taxes and better breaks for setups outside the city, BUILD MORE INFRA for the city, STOP THE BLOODY ONE WAYS!!!
Maybe I am just cribbing, May be I am just demanding that a city that contributes more should receive more, unless India wants Bangalore to be a cash cow like Bombay and achieve the same shithole status.
Super ppl (I mean cmon!!!)
Excellant eateries (yum)
Oooooooooooooo the horrrorrrrr!!!!
Im sure you all know the worst part of Blore is ... :( Traffic
Living on Richmond Road workin on Richmond Road makes life for me considerably easier than it would have been if i was living elsewhere. The reality for most other people is hell (and for me when i travel to their fkall residence areas!!!). Sad that a city that is growing so quickly is restricted by a weak and sloppy road infrastructure. Buses are a sad option and so are cars.
Bikes seem like a death trap with the number of accident i witness (yes atleast 2 a week fall off their bikes without helmets) and no one has bit the bullet ... yet.
Instead of farting to the rest of the world about how great this place is, there should be more efforts taken to reduce the hurting on Blore city.
Stupid ideas float into my puny mind like: Toll ins and outs of the city, keep lower taxes and better breaks for setups outside the city, BUILD MORE INFRA for the city, STOP THE BLOODY ONE WAYS!!!
Maybe I am just cribbing, May be I am just demanding that a city that contributes more should receive more, unless India wants Bangalore to be a cash cow like Bombay and achieve the same shithole status.
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