act like roman………… And When in bangalore like a Banglorean I have become Banglorean a and I can claim this proudly as
- I have started to understand that when u ask for directions and are told a circle, it can be anything from a two lane crossing to a 10 lane circle, when u are told dead end it might just be a crossing too 😉 and most important I have started understanding the distance that we have to go from the length of straaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaight involved 😉
- I have actually stopped cribbing about Bangalore traffic and accepted it as a part and parcel of the city
- I by default add a in the end of the words like lefta, righta etc
- One of my favorite quick eat places are ones which sell Andhra meals
- When someone cribs about Bangalore I think of it as my duty to talk of the city and give him a firm reply…. howmuch ever I might crib myself
- That I now can’t probably think of settling in any other city no not even Delhi…. I am in love in love in love with bangalore weather
- I actually eat idly wada with the orange sambhar
- I have started blaming us the software engg to spoil the lovely city and make its prices higher
- I have started to understand the complicated marriage relations….they marry their own mamma’s and sometimes stay in the same house as a one big family
- I have started keeping ganpati and gauri at home
Thanks Itchy to bring me out of my laziness and prompt me to write this post
So what have u drowned yourself in your city?
PS: have u gonbe to Shruti’s post yet… those lovely paintings are waiting for u ………… 🙂
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you mean “write” this post in the last sentence? 😛 also, i find it quite astonishing that you have been living there for about 10 years (i think) and haven’t yet learned kannada! it’s almost shocking.
he he done
i shld also do a post on how i am not a banglorean yet and i think the point u mentioned here would top the list 😦
i am generally bad at picking up languages ya but now i can more or less understand
PS: its not been 10 yrs yet
I wonder why this ‘a’ bit comes up? We don’t add it at the end of every sentence 🙂
And marrying Mama’s is not so common! I hv lived there for 23 yrs 🙂 And I think it happens in a few other states too.
Oops! Word I meant. Kannada, as a language – many words end with the ‘aa’ tone! Left and right are now a part of any language as much as English and this it is so!
yeah but i wonder how they became lefta righta here
i dont know swaram but the first thing everyone notices is the a bit the auto wallahs do it all the time
plus i have met atleast 10 couple or so who married mamma’s and was a shocker for me intially as in north that relation is considere very different its actually said that it has two mom’s in it… MA MA
PS: i hope I didnt offend u though…
Oh no! But this aa bit is something I find very strange when ppl say it 🙂 The autowalas add it bcoz they add the Kannada tinge to English words they use 🙂 In Kannada, it would be Edakka or Balakka? So, they make it left-aa or right-aa?
And marriage and all, ofcourse each state is different 🙂 And as a tradition down here, most girls were given to their Mom’s bros 🙂 May be we will feel surprised with other things up North 🙂
Naa, u said what u felt and I said what I felt. And I can’t do it on all blogs 😉 😉
Am nt sure whatz orange sambar though 😛 😛
And we do hv authentic sambar @ Blr actually 🙂
Sry! Am commenting on and off 😛 Meetings every now and then today 😀
Like this point – When someone cribs about Bangalore I think of it as my duty to talk of the city and give him a firm reply 🙂 🙂 thatz how we actually start feeling one with the city we live in 🙂
hey no probs dear and yes the min u start thinking of the city as ur own u cant help but defend it 😀
yes obs u do and after staying here for 9 yrs i have found those places too but in general as u have mentioned below the darshini sambhar is always orange in color 😉
oh yes I agree but than the first impression u have of the city is the auto wallahs and not just blore any city for that matter and having travelled in auto fo so long in blore… i dont think this is leaving me soon 🙂
oh yes yes with u on that u might find things a lot of things weird up north, its just that mention the ones i find here 😉
hugs swaram yes we can do that on each others blog thats what blogs are for after all
Well this is common in TamilNadu and is accepted. In fact my chachu has married his cousin’s sister’s daughter 🙂 🙂
Maybe a shocker for people in the north but yes it common still in many of the communities.
yes its common but i like said its a shocker for me intially and like i said now figuring that out comes out naturally to me and that was the point 😉
okda cool posta
this is not only in banglorea, every city I go to in the southa, there is an aa added after every sentenceaaa 🙂 🙂
And marrying mamma’s??? First I thought you meant mumma’s… was relieved that it was only mama! What about the age difference though?
ROFL rakhesh or may be ROFLA rakesh 😉
Nice post. I too have become like that. Love this city and its people so much.
yeah its a lovely city and welcomes u with open arms if u are ready to gel in
Oh! That must be such a wonderful feeling. I used to feel that way about Bombay, probably still do in many ways. Have not been anywhere else long enough to feel it as my own. But I am sure it must be great to feel at home.
oh u know GM when i moved to blore I was clear 2 yrs nothing more but i changed me and bounded me here 😀
You’re blending alright! Our community also had that marrying uncles thing in previous generations, hardly seen now, at least in the urban Konkanis. LOL at the orange sambhar!
Whatta? You’re adjusting to become a Bengaluru hudugi??
yeah from a delhi kudi to bangaluru hudigi 🙂
Its great to fall in love with the city, where we start living !!! I fell in love with Hyd like that – I’ll not like any rude references to the city or the horrendous traffic woes !!! 🙂
But I am unable to settle myself completely in Chennai, yet – am waiting for my heart to find its place here. 🙂
Idly wada with orange sambhar – Isnt it fab ??? Thats the udipi style sambhar. Our sambhar is much different !!! 🙂
That direction and distance – LOL – even Hyd ppl are like that – ikkadne undhi (its just here) means a solid 5kms of walk !!! 🙄
So, can u speak good kannada ????
Is this a tag or what ??? Can I borrow it ???? 😉
Girls – Monu and Swaru, too much bribing to Shruti, I guess !!! U two are the only competitors, hai na ???
Ums, orange sambar is one where the Darshinis use sweet pumpkin for the consistency instead of Dal which is costlier 🙂 What we make @ home is very much red .. as red as the chillies are 😉
But u r rt. With all the shortcomings, I can never like any rude references to the city. every city hs its own problems. None is perfect no 🙂
oh yes that was exactly the point of the post swaram… delhi has hazar problems but still love it to bits and thats what is happening with blore too
i am starting to accept it as it is wholy
oh i took a long time to settle in… when I came in I was clear for 2 yrs thats it but slowly the city started to grow up on me and now there is no looking back 🙂 give chennai sometime may be it will
oh well I used to hate that orange sambhar still not a great fan but yes have accepted it as a part of blore 😉
I cant speak kannada, can understand it a little bit though…. I know its not good but I am really bad at languages
oh please go ahead and do it uma would love to read ur version
and i dont think I stand a chance against swaram uma not a chance
Great!! I think its a really good thing to accept ‘your’ city with all its pros and cons, just as we accept the people in our life. That just makes us more peaceful and happier individuals. And once your catering business gets rolling, BLR city will be even more rocking 😉
thank u pal those are very sweet words 🙂
Aww that is so sweet. I know the point of the post is not that, but I just stopped reading at idli wada and orange sambar……slurp!
awwww thats what happens when we stay away from home i so understand hugs
have heard so much about the weather ..must visit the city soon 🙂
yeah u must…. u must
and oh ..u r using the same theme as mine..same pinch!!
yeah yeah same pinch
ah! Bangalore – we love it and hate it! It’s home away from home! 🙂
Here’s the deal with the orange-ness in the sambhar –
becasue it is slightly Udupi Style, they would use sweet pumpkin for thickning and also, their sambhar-powder is slightly different. It would be slightly sweet as well because we usually use jaggery as well for flavor and to bring together the spices, so the sambhar would be slightly orange, spicy and with a hint of sweet! yummy! 🙂 🙂
The marrying of uncles and cousins – this is something that I too don’t understand and even after talking to my aunt about it, still don’t understand it. This is what she had to say –
The whole concept was brought in place to thwart dowry practices and to make sure the girl is taken care of. The standing logic when such marriages are “fixed” is that the parents already know how the family is and since it’s all family, there would be no dowry.
This thought has slowly set into people’s minds and when they look for a bride outside the family, the thought that dowry should be taken is not there. Of course, we also have our share of dowry, bad in-laws etc etc, but if one looks at the ratio – Karnataka and Tamil Nadu doesn’t have a thriving dowry taking population.
So, though its weird, bad as well when it comes to genetics, parents prefer it in some communities so that they know their daughter would be well cared of. 🙂
I agree when you say that I wouldn’t prefer to live anywhere else! 😉
And LOL@ blaming the IT population! we all do that na?!
Lovely weather here! and this was how it was always… because of the over crowded streets, too much pollution, immigrant population we have a spell of hot, dry weather these days as well!
I will stop here and make sure this doesn’t become a post by itself! 😀
yeah yeah I get the orange sambhar deal but I still find it amusing and different 😉
and hmm now that u have explained it does make some sense but u know these marriages are genetically not supposed to be very good… anyways I was not saying good or bad, I was just pointing out a fact 😀
and blore is much more than home away from away… its actually home now 🙂
I loved this post!
The ‘aa’ in the sentences is actually the question mark. They don’t say it for complete sentences.
The idly sambar is yummy when eaten at the right joints.
The traffic isn’t as bad as Pune/Mumbai/Hyderabad
The weather is the BEST. I am not leaving this place for anything too 🙂
And how come you haven’t picked up Kannada as yet? I SO love the language, though I am only still learning.
(Except the Andhra mess part, I am with u on everything else. Andhra cuisine is just TOO spicy for me!)
oh I really bad at languages… dont even know my mother tongue punjabi well 😦
I love Bangalore weather, and if there is a place where I can settle and would love to also… it would be either Delhi or Bangalore.
There are somethings which Bangalore never is going to be… which Delhi is.. and Bangalore weather is something Delhi is never going to get! Maybe I should leave India… that is the only way I will get both… Europe?
oh yes I am also in the constant state like this… I want a bit of that and bit of this
love both cities like crazy
I laughed so hard when you said “straigggggggggggggght” in the first point.. it’s exactly like that. And yes, the dramatic quotient of the expression IS directly correlated to the actual distance 😀
I’m from Delhi, and that’s where my heart still is. Lived in Bangalore for 2 years but on campus, and now visit off and on because in-laws are there. Right now in slushy, muggy Mumbai. I’m confused which city I should do this sort of a post for 🙂
oh my heart is in delhi too atleast some of it is 😉
Aaah Bang bang bangalore!!!
Pls dont remind me. I am one of those unfortunate souls who had to leave the city and move to a desert. So your point about the weather is crushing my soul.
But those 2.5 yrs that i spent in the city have left me with memories for a lifetime. Infact even today when I think of cities where I would want to settle – Blore tops that list.
Lefta, righta – this was the first thing i noticed when I moved there while house-hunting. Did not know directions and whenever I asked someone…that;s exactly what I got.
And those divine idlis…i particularly loved going for breakfast to MTR. Best idlis i’ve ever eaten.
About the inter-family marriages, I thought it was more predominant in certain communities. I did not know it was regional. What pixie said is very true. Another reason for it is the fact that if the girl or boy is from the family, there is a assurance that he/she is well known to them and will be taken care off. There is also a level of comfort when dealing with people you know all your life….both for the boy and more so for the girl. But there have been cases where good, perfect relationships in the family have soured when they turned in-laws. And ofcourse the genetic angle too. so that’s that.
You’ve taken me down memory lane into the deep world of nostalgia. Just 2 days back I got into a similar discussion with my bro about bangalore and how we miss it so much. Specially for us living in the Gulf, the nostalgia is all the more.
All said and done, this is a super super super post 🙂
aawwww masood dont worry spend some more time there and come back to blore… to its lovely weather
and MTR is divine and there are a couple of other very very good places to eat
oh yes all that holds good as u said it but u know I was just mentioning that I was very surprised seeing this as up north the maternal uncle is really like a father and is actually a very important entity in getting one married 😉
awww thanks
Oh Oh..so now I lose a fellow-delhiite to Bangalore?? Nahiiiiiin!!!
naaah once a delhitie always a delhitie I love delhi too much to abandon it from my heart like ever… just that I love blore too 🙂
u know i’ve never been to blore…but i’ve had lots of friends from the city so i smiled at a couple of things u wrote ..i really shud find a bahana to visit blore yaa…
cities really do grown on u… i never knew i’d turn so bambaiya when i moved here…but look at me now!! 🙂
The “aa” part is added to words mostly as a question. “Leftaa” meaning “Left ??” … If its an answer, you’d most likely hear it alright 🙂
“aa” reference can be found here …”Bekaa” .. meaning “Want ?” “Idya” meaning “There?” etc
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