On Tue, 2005-12-13 at 14:31 +0530, Nishant Shah wrote: > wasnt it? I mean, from somebody who has lived all around the country > for many years, Bangalore was and remains a more hostile place > resistant to me as an outsider. And I am not saying this as a poor > victim full of righteous indignation...but I can see how traditional > structures of identity and linguistic articulation have been > undermined in the matter of a few years and can perhaps understand the > discontent that the local might experience.
Especially so if the local is the only one that cares about voting - and is therefore heard. The young folks who have flooded Bangalore are probably the most politically inactive, often cynical and are (justifiably?) less than trusting of all political activity. And therefore with the least amount of power. But in the same line as others in this thread, I do believe that Bangalore is extremely accommodating of new folks. Even more so in places such as the University or RTO, I've found that while the language chauvinism could get bad, it was not as strident and loud as I have seen it. The shock that I had when I was in Belgaum (Karnataka/Maharastra border disputes) was rather disturbing. It was a very weird feeling when I realized that I would get second class treatment if I spoke Kannada as opposed to better treatment with English. Oh well. But I'm curious - Nishant, do you want to elaborate on how Bangalore was hostile to you? Cheerio, M -- Madhu M Kurup /* Nemo Me Impune Lacessit */ mmk at yahoo-inc dt com
