On Fri, Mar 29, 2013 at 6:44 PM, Suresh Ramasubramanian <[email protected]> wrote: > Sounded like something Andy deemer would be happy to follow up on. Maybe a > bike or auto painted with THE poultrygeist? > > --srs (htc one x)
Haha. I printed out the list a while back, planning to explore it item by item -- but work has doubled, so along with the "mapping city market" plan, this has taken a backseat. However, on the topic of "What to do in BLR," was *disgusted* by the NYT's 36 Hours in Bangalore[1]. Some highlights: - See Chowdiah when it's closed, just because it's shaped like a violin. - Eat Parsi food, hamburgers, and Mexican. - Go bowling at a chain. - Visit Cafe Coffee Day (in Bangalore, isn't this akin to sending someone to a Parisian or Roman Starbucks?) I know 36 Hours traditionally embraces the glittering and the local, but even as a new arrival in the city, this struck me as a lazy and terrible guide to a great city. What about the grand coupling of Bangalore entrepreneurial success and devotion that occurs at RVM Shiva Temple (and in the pages of his success manual Succsex), or the rangolian garlands for sale at City Market's flower market? The maze within Balaji's Rare Antiques, the 60' cut-outs towering above Ghandinagar, the 108-mantra-chant entrance-fee at ISKCON-BLR (and the turf war with ISKCON-Mumbai), a lunchtime thali feast at MTR followed by a cold glass of Sula at Jaaga, Colonial cocktails at Windsor Palace followed by tipsy jewelry-shopping at Raintree, death-defying book-shopping at Blossom? The understated excess of the Taj West End??? Frankly, bowling at BluO and Cafe Coffee Day seem... embarrassing. [1] http://travel.nytimes.com/2013/03/31/travel/36-hours-in-bangalore-india.html?pagewanted=all
