I know a lot of my opinions or expressions might be simply my own (that, I think is always a stupid thing to say because whose could it be if not mine? but it is a day fo wooly headedness for me today). I am also knew that I would be asked to justify what I am saying - not in the "how dare you way" but definitely in "what does that mean way". Can I please ask time out till the weekend when I promise to actually share anecdotes of the city and my experiences with it.
And just wanted to add a note that though I might have my share of grumpiness, the two years in bangalore have been an amazing experience and I don't want my comments to be read as "outsider neocolonisation" or "lack of understanding" or "hating the city" types. I have started a romance with Bangalore that is perhaps more intense than any other city I have ever been....
I shall write...but you must excuse the lack of explainations just yet.
cheers
Nishant
On 12/14/05, Madhu M Kurup <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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
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Nishant says
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