A week in Bangalore
It’s been a week since I have landed in this city, and I’m already done with 1/8th of my summer training.
As a trainee, I’ve been give the project to streamline and digitalize the various processes of pre-sales, after-sales and product delivery. Sounds interesting to me. Lets see how fast can I doom this company 
Anyways, this city has changed a lot over the last two years.
First, there are number of new glass buildings which have come up everywhere. Every TDH of software industry has a presence in Bangalore now.
Secondly, the traffic has gone worse. Travelling around the city is a pain, real pain!! and even more if you don’t have any personal vehicle with you, and are solely dependent on the city autos. Autowallas in Bangalore remind me of Delhi. They are invariable looking for an excuse to charge exhorbitant amount of money.
“Night time ho gaya hai… to 1.5 times charge lagega” - legally, night charges start at 10pm, but looks like that bangalore autowalla’s watches are synchronized with UAE’s time I guess, coz they start demanding late night charge from as early as 7.30pm.
“One way hai… wahan se wapis ghoom ke aana padega” - WTF? What can I do for that? It’s not my fault that its one-way!
“Sunday hai” - LOL! sunday hai.. to extra charge… why? i can’t get this!
The list can go on and on! Don’t know whats the government is doing for this.
Must admit, that autowalla’s in Mumbai are the most honest lot in the country. They don’t even ask for 1 Re more than the fare mentioned in the meter. But, maybe thats ‘coz fares in Mumbai are already the highest in the country (roughly Rs. 10 per km - compare that with Rs. 6 per km in Delhi and Bangalore).
Thirdly, with the influx of so many migrants from all over the country and world, Bangalore has become very, very crowded. Places like MG Road, Brigade Road, Church Street, Forum etc look more like Dadar Station in Mumbai rather than any markets. No doubt, there’s so much hue and cry being raised by citizens and corporates against the government to do something to improve the infrastructure of the city.
Talking about weather - its absolutely magnificent if you compare it with the mid 40 degrees celcius in Delhi or the high humidity levels of Mumbai. And, it should become better as moonsoons are just few weeks away!
Food - with some inputs from Mehak regarding good restaurants in and around my place, food hasn’t been much of a problem. Have tried Kebab Magic, KC Dass, Garam Masala, Park View, Chungs, Punjabi Times, Queens etc over the last one week. If you know any other good place to have a meal in and around JP Nagar (3rd phase), do let me know!
Adios!
Comments (10 comments)
oye Manpreet ‘Punjabi Times’ kidhar hai??
have you been to Bobby Da Dhaba right next to the Gurudwara Sahib @ Ulsoor??
mehak / May 8th, 2006, 2:10 pm / #
Dal Roti,Bhavanis nahin try kiya..??
mehak / May 8th, 2006, 2:11 pm / #
Park View..voh he na..opp. JP Nagar Mini Forest??
when i had gone home…T used to have his food there a few times.
mehak / May 8th, 2006, 2:17 pm / #
Punjabi Times is just opposite Shoppers Stop on Bannerghatta Road.
Haven’t tried Dal Roti, Bhavanis, and Bobby Ka Dhaba yet… in mein se which one is the best?
Manpreet / May 8th, 2006, 2:21 pm / #
Opp. shopper’s stop on BG road…never seen this place yaar..
arre out of those 3 …i dont like any….
have u been to Mast Kalandar??
mehak / May 8th, 2006, 3:38 pm / #
LOL.. if they aren’t good.. mujhe kyon suggest kiya?
now where is mast kalander.. haven’t heard about it! howz it?
Manpreet / May 8th, 2006, 3:42 pm / #
hehe…well actually “voh 3″ are like timepass eateries..we have eaten there plenty of times..when i was still a kid in the kitchen…
i suggested the same to you…kyuki kabhi kabhi after work one does not feel like going too far for meals..n alot of north indians eat there
Mast Kalandhar is on BG road…opp Pride apts..backside of Purva heights
After Purva Heights a lane goes inside on the left..take that..opp Ranka Apts..u’ll find Mast Kalandar..
mehak / May 8th, 2006, 4:12 pm / #
dunno ne joints but jnow that B’lore sure is one helluve expensive city….aur agar traffic ka itna problem hai to ek cycle kyu nahee khareed letey??
Gurveen / May 9th, 2006, 5:06 am / #
Mehak: Will try MK! Lets see how is it
Gurveen: Yeah, Bangalore is expensive… but I’m kinda used to all this.. being living in Mumbai for the past one year!!
Aur, cycle khareed ke kya karunga.. usko chalayega kaun? specially when the distances is like 4-5 kms!! mere bus ki baat to nahin hai!
Manpreet / May 9th, 2006, 12:51 pm / #
heyyy… try mast kalandar.. as mehak said… i tried it n found to be very gud..
and also dal roti too is gud…
Prasad / May 9th, 2006, 5:24 pm / #
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