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 <[email protected]> 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: [email protected] > > 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. > > > > > >
