BANGALORED

"So... you got bangalored..!" :) Yeh... this is how my friend replied when I told him I shifted to bangalore. Hmm....Bangalore... Does it has feel good factor in it? Hmm.... Yes.. No... Maybe..!!
When I came back to bangalore I always used to think how it was in hyderabad. (Not that I have stopped... I still do..!) traffic - Hyd'bad better, food-bangalore awesome, weather -bangalore better... & so on. But.... now I am trying to enjoy everything in bangalore. Yeh... when I cannot chage the past, why should I compare & crib..?! So, how some suddenly this "jnaanodaya" sir..? Ella OK... cribbing yaake antha..?!!
Last week, on my way home as usual we were stuck in ring road traffic. With typical bangalore evening drizzle outside, the rush hour traffic was really heavy. I was talking to Jayanth & I mentioned how much I am frustrated with bangalore traffic. He had a simple solution...! He told "Ravi... as long as you keep thinking about traffic, it will frustrate you. So... simply enjoy it..!!". It sounded quite stupid, but it works!! I didnt know how to enjoy... so I started observing other around me. Few ppl had a beautiful solution for this.... SLEEEEEP!! Now I know why lot of techies have sleepy eyes even when they get off the cab in evening. Anyways... many sleep, some read, some sit quite & think, few talk... gossip. In my cab I have few guys who make comments on every vehicle we cross.....!! They comment on their driving, driver, girls in that cab, their dress, the captions on that vehicle... & so on. Well.... I belong to gropu who sit quite & think. Now.... what I think??? Cmon friends.... lets keep it personal & private.:)
One more thing I enjoy about the cab is FM...!! The driver keeps switching between 2-3 channels where good songs are being played. Sometimes I feel FM channels are loud, repititive & nasty, I simply enjoy that too..! Radio City.... Mirch.... SFM....!! During 2000-2001 when I used to commute to ITPL (Whitefield) we had only Radio City... but it was full english & hindi. Hardly they had kannda songs playing in that. There were even protests going against Radio City's anti-kannadaism. Now.... in 2008.... we have about 6-8 channels, & majority playing kannada. Even Radio City, for whom kannada was not 'compatible' has switched over..!! Now their punch line says "Sikkapatte Kannada, Swalpa Hindi, TOTAL BANGALORE"..!!
Well.... the another thing I am really enjoying in bangalore is Food...!! You get awesome masale dose for 10-12 Rs in a darshini. Darshini idli-sambar.... no star resturant can match its taste. Evening set out for a walk... taste Masale puri @ road side cart.....or try chota fried rice or noodles....& drain it down with Cane-O-La sugar cane juice or Ganesh Juice centers juice variety or bhavani's Nerale hannu (Black Jamoon) Juice.
Now...now... it was the same me who was talking all nonsense about bangalore few weeks before...!! But change is constant you see...!! So... I am changing for good. :)

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