Malls are modern parks
We were taught since our childhood that we should go to Park for fresh Oxygen.
Bangalore, which was earlier known to the world as "Garden City of India", has developed a different culture over years. If you need fresh air, visit nearest mall. There are so many of them, each one has chains of malls in each corner of the city.
Bangalore, which was earlier known to the world as "Garden City of India", has developed a different culture over years. If you need fresh air, visit nearest mall. There are so many of them, each one has chains of malls in each corner of the city.
When you want to meet old friends, call them to the nearest shopping Mall, and sit for hour at the open sitting space outside the main entrance of mall
Keep the Hope
Hope is the base of very powerful belief and confidence system.
Whenever your sixth sense warns you about a heavy traffic jams ahead, you tend of take a shortcut by the nearest left hand side road. And you have the faith within you, that this is surely lead you to the nearest main road by which you can bypass this heavy traffic jams.
Whenever your sixth sense warns you about a heavy traffic jams ahead, you tend of take a shortcut by the nearest left hand side road. And you have the faith within you, that this is surely lead you to the nearest main road by which you can bypass this heavy traffic jams.
Why Weekends
Before coming to Bangalore, many of you would have never agreed on the concept and design of a week. 5 days a week or 6 days a week, it never bothered much during Schools and college.
But, a true Bangalorians understands the value of Weekends. Weekends are there to get grocery, wash clothes, sleep hard. And more importantly, to celebrate the festivals that we had the missed during the weekdays, catching up with close friends whose birthdays you could not celebrate at midnight because you had a office meeting in the late night or early morning next day, so that US folks can dial in too.
But, a true Bangalorians understands the value of Weekends. Weekends are there to get grocery, wash clothes, sleep hard. And more importantly, to celebrate the festivals that we had the missed during the weekdays, catching up with close friends whose birthdays you could not celebrate at midnight because you had a office meeting in the late night or early morning next day, so that US folks can dial in too.
Art of patience
Patience sounds like a regular word, but not many people really have the power to learn it.
In every Indian city, the most common irritating behavior is the honking. Not many people have the sense of humor that all will leave when the signal will be Green, still they blow horn as if, only they wan't to go at some places, rest others will spend their full day at this signal itself.
Specially, in small lanes, where only 2 vehicles can bypass each other, people align their cars in the same lanes, and wait patiently, without honking, without jumping off the clear road, which doesn't block the way of incoming vehicles.
At traffic signals, when the light is turned green, people turn on their vehicles only the one ahead them has turned his vehicle on. And move patiently till the traffic signal pillars are crossed. Not much of honking, is the best example of skill fulled patient Bangalorians.
In every Indian city, the most common irritating behavior is the honking. Not many people have the sense of humor that all will leave when the signal will be Green, still they blow horn as if, only they wan't to go at some places, rest others will spend their full day at this signal itself.
Specially, in small lanes, where only 2 vehicles can bypass each other, people align their cars in the same lanes, and wait patiently, without honking, without jumping off the clear road, which doesn't block the way of incoming vehicles.
At traffic signals, when the light is turned green, people turn on their vehicles only the one ahead them has turned his vehicle on. And move patiently till the traffic signal pillars are crossed. Not much of honking, is the best example of skill fulled patient Bangalorians.
Unity in Diversity
The unity in diversity always looked good in School text books. 30 states, 7 UTs, 29+ languages.. sounds really exciting.
The real time examples are seen on Bangalore roads during a mass protest, people who came from different part of the country, wear black dresses and march along with the angry wave.
New language
You believe it not, learning a new language is always an advantage.
Everywhere else, an outsider would speak in his/her native, that he/she doesn't know the local language. But, with Bangalore, it's like.. everyone knows "Kannada gothilla." Isn't really surprising, when you say that you don't know a language and you are actually uttering words in that language.
However, it's good that people learn those words at least.
Do charity
Donation/charity is one of the best solutions run by the mankind, where the riches feeds the poor or the needy.
Many of the newcomers meet those pity family (a guy with a kid in his arms, and his wife sitting on footpath, and his old father standing beside him, 2-3 kids surrounded all of them) who have been telling everyone that same old story, "that they came on a South trip and lost their baggage and all money, and now they wanna go back home." Even one of my friend gave them a few thousand bucks once, we all laughed very hard at him. Logically, if a family has lost luggage and wish to go back home, why would they come to 20 Kms away from the main station, walking.. ? There are better chances to go by General couch, the bus fares of BMTC and General coaches of Indian railways, hardly have any difference these days.
Jokes apart, but in reality, there are several organizations working around, genuine NGOs folks come home to get donations. Companies organizes various camps to get the old/useful stuff from employee and provide to the needy. Really appreciating..
Rains are fun.. are you Serious ?
Rain means freshness, Ran mens smell of the mud, Rain means bathing, Rain means a lot..!
Before coming to Bangalore, everyone enjoys rains like other human beings, it's natural. But, here the definition is changed. Now, Rain means fear, Rain means traffic jams, Rain means possibility of getting vehicle flooded in the basement parking, Rain means water everywhere. Just wonder, if all of us had a vehicle, which could convert to a motor boat on demand.
Big thanks, the concerned people have now dig-up almost all of the roads within the city to create the drainage line all at one go.
Rice and Dosa
Rice is staple diet, many depends on it.
Before coming to Bangalore, not many of north indians like me are used to have rice in the morning, noon and night..and everyday. It was really difficult and challenging.
The unavailability of decent Rotis, made us, depend on Rice and Dosa. We knew only two variety of rice - Jeera rice and Pulav. And ya.. Biryani too. And two types of Dosa- Plain and Masala.
But, now we know - Lemon Rice, Tamrind Rice, Set Dosa, Palak Dosa, Tomoto Rice, Raagi Dosa, Ghee Dosa, Rava Dosa, Mysore Dosa, Onion Dosa. Sorry, Onion Dosa is not a Dosa, it's actually a Uttapam.
Variety of food, including the most popular ones - Bisi bele baath and Gobi Manchuiran, always brings water in mouth now.
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