Realisation
I’ve discovered the reason why Bangalore exists. It’s doing the Madras model/Madras thing, and doing it in the 20th century. Everything Madras was, Bangalore is.
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March 18th, 2008 at 8:29 pm
Heh.
Sequel:
(Everything Madras was, Bangalore is)
Everyone Madras had, Bangalore has.
Doing Madras bored Madrasis and they now do Bangalore.
Madrasis once did Bombay and were sent back to Madras.
A Madrasi’s “Core Competency” can’t be questioned. It has to be realised.
March 18th, 2008 at 8:31 pm
People do. Cities don’t.
March 19th, 2008 at 8:33 am
You are one of the very, very few people I know who use ’s’ instead of ‘z’ in realisation.
March 19th, 2008 at 9:48 am
Vishnu: Hmmm…
Krishnan: That was a habit developed after a long, hard uphill climb.
March 27th, 2008 at 12:59 pm
I started out to write a comment, and it got so long that I decided to make it a post on my blog. I’ve lived in both cities so I believe I’m qualified to give an impartial view. And I’m neither Tamilian or Kannadiga.
You can read what I have to say here:
http://shoestringtheband.blogspot.com/2008/03/bangalore-or-chennai-argument-continues.html
April 3rd, 2008 at 8:12 am
Well I am both Tamil and Kannada…I was born in Bangalore and brought up in Madras. I know what you mean by ‘Bangalore is what Madras was…’