On Mon, Jan 30, 2012 at 9:22 AM, John Sundman <[email protected]> wrote: > > Of course in theory somebody in Bangalore can understand the subtleties of a > problem I'm trying to resolve and can help me resolve it.
While not a native Bangalorean, I've lived here a long time and I consider it home. I mourn the loss of the quiet, civilized town that I moved to. I hate the fact that the software and call centre boom has turned it into a crowded, polluted, crass sprawl. I especially hate that it's caricatured as the call centre capital of the world. There's a whole lot more to Bangalore than call centres: software dev, manufacturing and more. There's a small but active theatre, music and art scene. The restaurant scene has greatly improved: it's a lot more cosmopolitan -- though the quality is inconsistent. Bangalore may not the best place to live in India, but it sure as hell doesn't deserve to be used as a shorthand for "crappy foreign call centre". -- b
