http://desicritics.org/ Superior South Asian bloggers on Culture, Media, Politics, Sport, Business, and Technology. en Copyright 2006 by the authors Thu, 12 Mar 2009 03:24:15 EDT http://backend.userland.com/rss BC custom software http://desicritics.org/2008/06/23/100107.php#comment-360266 Gute Arbeit hier! Gute Inhalte. 360266@desicritics.org Thu, 12 Mar 2009 03:24:15 EDT http://desicritics.org/2008/06/23/100107.php#comment-335738 Robin, I think the way you relate to a city is dependent on your experiences in the city and the people you know. May be you need to meet more people in Bangalore. And I really do not understand this rage against proving that Bangalore is not a metro city, how does it matter? Are you saying only Metro cities are interesting and worth living in? I am sure there are many people like me who would love to live in a smaller place as they are far more humane than the big cities where people tend to become mechanical and each person is far more lonelier in spite of being crowded by people are all around them. But then I also believe in this basic funda that we tend to like everything that we grow up with, be it food, city, language, religion or any other such thing. It takes a hell lot of de-conditioning to start accepting that other(s) are also as good as ours. Aditi, thanks for being so sensitive. Ayan, thanks for sharing that story. Re-pasting the link for you: http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF&msa=0&msid=111256470318736788548.00044fc7ced11a6742278 -Anu 335738@desicritics.org Thu, 26 Jun 2008 00:38:42 EDT http://desicritics.org/2008/06/23/100107.php#comment-335725 aditi, yes and thanks... got pissed cause (cause I agree, it is a good article) then inadvertently added to the problem! sorry! 335725@desicritics.org Wed, 25 Jun 2008 17:05:46 EDT http://desicritics.org/2008/06/23/100107.php#comment-335719 Hmm..had heard about the history of the towers sometime before. If I am not mistaken, legend has it that kempe Gowda released four bullock carts in the four directions from somewhere close to M.G. Road. The carts were told to go non-stop at high speed till they were exhausted. The points were the four carts stopped first, the four towers apparently were erected. By the way, The Google Maps link is not working. Love and peace to all, Ayan 335719@desicritics.org Wed, 25 Jun 2008 14:42:17 EDT http://desicritics.org/2008/06/23/100107.php#comment-335718 You are not a normal squirrel. You are a rare species.Bye. 335718@desicritics.org Wed, 25 Jun 2008 14:30:43 EDT http://desicritics.org/2008/06/23/100107.php#comment-335717 You two are squabbling on an author's thread. Please stop. I don't want to be editing a long line of irrelevant commenting. Its just not fair to the author. Her article is what deserves to be discussed or commented on. Its a travelogue and a very interesting one. 335717@desicritics.org Wed, 25 Jun 2008 14:26:36 EDT http://desicritics.org/2008/06/23/100107.php#comment-335715 whatevs. if shut up is the best you can do for conversation, I am done. my conclusions, given your sparse (and off-topic) commentary were totally warranted. Am I a normal? HAHAHHAH. 335715@desicritics.org Wed, 25 Jun 2008 14:24:32 EDT http://desicritics.org/2008/06/23/100107.php#comment-335714 [Tangential - irrelevant] 335714@desicritics.org Wed, 25 Jun 2008 14:16:31 EDT http://desicritics.org/2008/06/23/100107.php#comment-335713 oh I get it, you want to bulldoze the temples, get rid of all the poor people and the animals and make sure everything is inhabited by only rich folks? move to singapore. you're not a desi, are you? 335713@desicritics.org Wed, 25 Jun 2008 14:02:47 EDT http://desicritics.org/2008/06/23/100107.php#comment-335711 Squirrel, Firstly I don't know what is half-assed comment. Then what's with this irony-not-irony? Yes,every place has its flaws but I don't think my comments can be applied to any place. I don't think Bangalore deserves to be compared with the real metroes of India. It's just the capital of karnataka which expanded haphazardously due to the IT boom. And why did you think that I'm gonna go gaga over Gurgaon? I don't wanna visit any bull or cow temple. Yes,my point doesn't relate to the topic at hand. It's just that when I saw an article on bangalore and there was an option of commenting I gave a vent to my frustration. I haven't even read this article properly. So excuse me. 335711@desicritics.org Wed, 25 Jun 2008 13:56:45 EDT http://desicritics.org/2008/06/23/100107.php#comment-335705 robin.. whatever.. you dropped in and gave a half-assed comment. there was no irony in my response. DUH. your criticism can be applied to any major metro city in India! next you're gonna tell us how gurgaon is the height of sophistication. BARF! But obviously you never took the time to visit the places like the ones mentioned in this article, or maybe the Bull Temple, or any of the old markets .. I could go on and on. what is your point??? it doesn't even relate to the topic at hand! 335705@desicritics.org Wed, 25 Jun 2008 12:36:58 EDT http://desicritics.org/2008/06/23/100107.php#comment-335702 What constructive? I said what I felt. And your irony is pretty cliched. Bangalore is over-hyped. It is a wannabe-metro but is actually a overgrown part-town-part-village. It has a few shopping malls and lots of IT companies because lots of land is available on the outskirts of Bangalore. Seeing the dusty,potholed roads, number of stray dogs and cattle roaming on the roads, the close minded people you won't feel you are in a metro. 335702@desicritics.org Wed, 25 Jun 2008 12:18:47 EDT http://desicritics.org/2008/06/23/100107.php#comment-335701 robin, anything constructive to say? no? then why bother. I found your comment boring and indifferent. how is that for irony? 335701@desicritics.org Wed, 25 Jun 2008 11:56:12 EDT http://desicritics.org/2008/06/23/100107.php#comment-335698 Bangalore is such a boring and indifferent place.I don't like it. 335698@desicritics.org Wed, 25 Jun 2008 11:33:30 EDT http://desicritics.org/2008/06/23/100107.php#comment-335434 thanks aaman! i'd have told her to contact you also ;) 335434@desicritics.org Mon, 23 Jun 2008 15:03:02 EDT http://desicritics.org/2008/06/23/100107.php#comment-335420 Anuradha, just upload them to a free hosting server like photobucket and paste the URLs in the editor using the image editing button in the rich text mode - mail me if you need help. 335420@desicritics.org Mon, 23 Jun 2008 13:00:55 EDT http://desicritics.org/2008/06/23/100107.php#comment-335417 At the cost of sounding stupid, I am yet to figure out how to insert pictures in the post. Please help if you can. 335417@desicritics.org Mon, 23 Jun 2008 12:40:46 EDT http://desicritics.org/2008/06/23/100107.php#comment-335406 anu: nice read but where are the pics? 335406@desicritics.org Mon, 23 Jun 2008 10:10:26 EDT