On Fri, Feb 1, 2013 at 5:42 PM, Thejaswi Udupa <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Another interesting gem on Bangalore's secret history >> >> http://www.livemint.com/Leisure/La1lVqWl76MigOQzx3wVXM/Neighbourhoods--Inside-Bangalores-secret-temples.html >> > > > Count me disappointed. Every temple this article talks about is very > well-known, long part of Bangalore's traditions and has had much written > about them. I guess the 'secret' in the headline is just editorial oversell. What is "secret" about temples are are quite well-known and written about? The author writes well, but her basic premise is flawed, that these are places that only she is discovering. She may be discovering them for the first time, and I'm happy for her...but these temples have not survived (and been continuously used for worship, too) by being "secret" and "unknown". There was not a single temple in her list that I have not visited. I'm sorry to sound catty,but there is this whole "cool" factor attached to being a pioneer...even if one is not! Deepa. So..I agree with Thejaswi.
