Danese, What you say about giving "Bangalore the miss" is well taken.
For the longest time (even before the present mess), I've thought of Bangalore to just be a stop-over on the way to Mysore, Goa, Kerala or other more wonderful south Indian destinations. For the tourists. My problem is when people call Bangalore a bad place to "live". At the end of the day, we still have climate on our side. And *that* cannot be manufactured or constructed elsewhere easily. (I know, using the awesome Bangalorean climate as an example is a cheap trick, but we gotta use what we have!) Though, I appreciate your comparing Bangalore to Noida. And not Gurgaon. Whew! ;) - Vinit > -----Original Message----- > From: silklist-bounces+vinit=bhansalimail....@lists.hserus.net > [mailto:silklist-bounces+vinit=bhansalimail....@lists.hserus.net] On > Behalf Of Danese Cooper > Sent: Wednesday, December 24, 2008 12:05 AM > To: silklist@lists.hserus.net > Subject: Re: [silk] who killed bangalore? from the "churumuri" blog on > Karnataka > > Must admit (as a business tourist and not a local), I wouldn't visit if > there wasn't an interesting event happening. I don't care about the > infrastructure issues (grew up in LA...and you forgot to mention > gridlock in Beijing, Bangkok, the airport road into Hanoi...your city > doesn't actually have the worst infrastructure I've ever seen, but...). > Compared to visiting most Indian cities, Bangalore is like one big > Indian-themed mall. > Culturally, its akin to visiting Noida. > > As I say, I grew up in LA, and for the longest time I suffered when > people knocked my city...the poor air quality for instance. My > standard response was "Hey, if you can't see the air you're breathing, > how do you know it's even there?". The callowness of the inhabitants. > Even people I grew up with thought I belonged in Berkeley ;-). So I > understand your loyalty, Vinit...but have to break it to you that the > article isn't so far off the mark as I see it. > > There are many people I love in Bangalore, but the place??...its a > sadly sanitized and oddly westernized version of India. I routinely > recommend that people give it a miss if they can possibly do so. > > Danese > > On Tue, Dec 23, 2008 at 9:16 AM, Vinit B <vi...@bhansalimail.com> > wrote: > > > Here is my official email declaring this as "what rot". > > Born and bought up here. Of course I'm biased, dammit. > > > > Next time anyone has problems with Bangalore traffic, I'm going to > get > > them lined up outside the Lincoln tunnel going into NYC on Monday > > morning at 9am in the cash-only toll-lane. > > > > Or, closer home, driving from Bandra to Worli (before the sea-link) > > during rush-hour. > > Or, driving from Delhi to Gurgaon on the "new elevated road" > > > > The phrase "Infrastructure problems" was not coined just for > > Bangalore, and won't be disused post-Bangalore. > > > > --- > > Taken in a lighter vein, of course no-one expects accolades in a book > > titled > > "101 places not to visit". > > > > - Vinit > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > Sent: Saturday, December 20, 2008 2:42 PM > > > To: silklist@lists.hserus.net > > > Subject: [silk] who killed bangalore? from the "churumuri" blog on > > > Karnataka > > > > > > Found this on another mailing list, and I don't > agree....entirely.... > > > > > > From one who grew up in Bangalore: > > > > > > Heaven knows that Bangalore has problems spilling out of its back > > > pockets. > > > But when the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) showcases a book titled > > > '101 places not to visit< > > > http://www.amazon.co.uk/101-Places-Not-Visit- > > > Destinations/dp/1861058586>' > > > by *Adam Russ*, with Bangalore securing the pride of place in the > > > India section, it's time to sit up and cry. > > > > > > > > > > >
