Thursday, October 29, 2009

Chapati to Idli Dosa... the begenning

So finally I reached the Silicon Valley of India, the City of Gardens... Banagalore. It was twilight time when my train stopped there, with a lot of luggage and strict instructions from doctor I have to find a coolie to lift all the stuff and take it to auto stand... and I found one young guy asking me to lift my luggage from some distance. I communicated with him and made that deal in Re. 100... As soon as that guy approached me, I noticed that he was limping a bit and then I realized with the smell coming out of his body that he was totally drunk... 'welcome'...

As soon as I came out of the station, I cold breeze of wind flowing there the take off the fatigue of the 27 hour journey. I took a auto to reach home, Arpit welcomed me there (he has put on a lot... I meat LOT of weight). Evening was just okay with some formal introduction and dinner at a friend's place as cook has taken off for a month.

The next day started a bit slowly, I decided to take a walk around and while roaming in the area I noticed that unlike many cities in India... it was well managed city with a great cleanliness and greenery. People were welcoming and had a good sense of talking... breakfast was Idli and Vada from a shop which has a sign board of badam millk (milk with extra 'l') ... then lunch was at Dadawadi Jain Bhojanalaya... and then we went to Jayanagar Sector 4 for some evening walk... and had some good veg. sandwich there...

The city is crowded with software engineers, you can feel their air... same way of behaving, talking, and living... probably I will be a part of this crowd in sometime... or may be not! lets see what future is carrying for me...

5 comments:

Priyanka said...

Good to have you back :)
All the best for another phase.
I would love to know the details though :P Bangalore is a great place. You are gonna love it. :)

P.S. take care (of whatever doc has advised you for)

Mudita said...

The mention of idli dosa brought me to your post..and as expected it was about Namma Bengaluru!!:-)
Welcome to Bangalore!!I loved the post..very similar to my first impression 3yrs ago!And yes,I can vouch its still a great place!!Enjoy maadi!!

anoop... said...

thank Priyanka and Mudita...
@Mudita... though its just a week, but I am started to love this place

Pritesh Jain said...

Only girls commenting on your blog. huh...

So welcome to the hangar. I hope they have told you what the_hangar is. If not then go and kick everyone in their ass and tell them to do a proper induction for you.

Bangalore is my love. It's a nice place to spend your life. As you spend more time there, you will find some issues. But trust me, still it is the best place to be.

And yes, all the best for your purpose of Bangalore visit. You are going to do well.

And yes, Arpit par thoda control rakhna. He doesn't realize how much weight he has put on. :D

anoop... said...

Thanks dude...
I am just loving this city, and definitely going to explore this city as soon as my physical condition will permit me...
The Hanger is just amazing and having fun here with the group... :)