I want my Bangalore back, Bangalore that I loved, Bangalore that I moved in about 9.5 yrs ago… Bangalore….
- where there were only two seasons pleasant and very pleasant
- where when you drive down any road a canopy of trees would welcome you with open arms wanting to embrace you with the branches
- where if it becomes a little hot in the day it would be sure to rain in the evening
- where come spring and the roads will be lined with colors, lavender, pink, red and yellow
- where the longest travel time used to be like 20 or 30 minutes to travel across the city
- where I used to be able to walk to work without getting worried of being hit by 10001 cars and without getting worried of being mobbed or teased
- where it was possible to party till 4 in the morning remember the pub city?
- where it was not only possible to party till 4 it was also possible to have a girls night out till 4 and come back home all by yourself
- where if one feels hungry at midnight there used to be those small dhabhas to go to not just 5 star coffee shops
- where having Forum was a novelty 😉
I want my Bangalore back…. can someone please bring it back for me?
Edited to add : feel free to add to the list please
Edited to add even more : fellow NaBloPoMo’s I will come and comment on ur blogs… just give me a little more time barely able to manage posting these days 😦
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aww..i can imagine the feeling…
Though havent lived in bangalore…but i know hw u feel about all these simple joys of life vanishing day by day.
🙂 🙂
are comments are not wordless wednesday’s swaram… bolo kuch to bolo
ha ha ha, Mon! Good one 🙂
There should be a WW comments day too….would be fun with all those signs 😀 🙂
aree the smile says it all..
Bangalore has become way too cramped up, is it?? I have always loved the city for its people and weather. But roads and traffic a big let-down, right?
Hope you get your old Bangalore back 🙂
ohh.. I remember I was on a trip to Bangalore nearly 12 years ago, and I loved it though it was just a week or so we stayed there.. And after many days, when I got a chance to be there for some project last year, I immediately accepted.. This time I was there for 5 whole months and had loads of fun exploring the city, its really a beautiful city with even beautiful people. 🙂
ahhhhhhhhhh MISSED it…
never been to bangalore, planning to be there this year sometimes .. then i will give my points on what i found of the city…
its sad that all the good features of the cities are slowly going away and things are changing .. hopefully sept/oct will be a VERY pleasant Time …
U made me miss bangalore even more. speciallt these days when its so hot in singapore..
I know what you mean!! Sigh!! I want that Bangalore back too…
but, right now – I can take the current polluted Bangalore too!! 😀
I miss Bangalore and its noise and its bustle and yes – even the rude auto drivers and the traffic jams!!
I love my city!! And spring with the lavender and the roses will always hold a special place in my heart! 🙂
Progress demands its pound of flesh — congestion, pollution being some of them. I totally know what you mean — I feel the same way towards Kolkata.
Indian cities are developing at the cost of losing their USP. In Lucknow, though, there’s a revival of all things Lakhnawi and it’s so heartwarming.
That Bangalore where it was not important that there was a pothole on the left lane, there were not enough cars to worry about;
That Bangalore where roads were wrapped around trees;
That Bangalore where there was space for an avenue of Banyan trees;
The Bangalore where if you saw the street instead of green, people tsked in pity for you;
That city where people from hot little towns needed razais – in a Bangalore Summer; and
That Bangalore that did not stink or was sculpted around a huge, wide Sewage canal with people saying ‘the smell’s not so bad when you shut all the front room windows – forever’!
With you. Though after a recent trip to tiptop Delhi, I was soooo happy to be back home. Had a good time and all, despite the foul heat. But home’s so much nicer.
lovely post Mon.
The last line startled me…indeed Forum was the “it” place once upon a time, now its just one of the many malls!
and imagine the bangalore of my childhood – that was 20-25 years back!
This was the Bangalore I wanted to study in, graduate from and work in 🙂 So I totally understand and agree….
Bangalore Bangalore na raha …… 😦
even in 2004 bangalore was not as bad as it was in 2008. BTW you and me lived in bangalore at the same point.
When did u move there? We were there in 2008 dec. Were bored witless. This tome, I’d let you entertain me :D.
sigh!! D is not liking there at all 😦
Isnt it the case with every city Monu ???? I loved my hometown Chennai then….but now, its so different and certainly bugs me….
When I shifted to Hyd a decade back, it was gr8. But there were a lot of not so gud changes, when I came to Chennai again.
I loved the nostalgia part of this post…..its there inside every one of us – longing for those gud old days. 🙂