Bangalore. Every year for a few weeks I become a Bangalore local, and try to pick up the threads from where I  left it the previous year. I have been doing this exercise for over over a decade. Before Bangalore, it was Madras (Chennai) where I spent a few weeks of my precious vacation before [...]

I have known about  Bridget White Kumar  for over 6 years, and every year on my purpose-filled trips to Bangalore, I’d promise myself to meet her. Every year her name would dutifully appear on my list of people to meet in Bangalore, and every year I’d carry her name forward to the next year’s list. [...]

  Bangalore special so far in case you missed listening or watching the interviews in our life, people and ideas channel. Our goal is to highlight Bangalore, a city in rapid transition, while remains of an older and gentler times still exist in pockets of the city. Every Thursday, you can expect to see a [...]

Could this be the most photographed person in Bangalore? Well, while there is no way to establish that fact, it may be safe to state that he is probably photographed quite a bit. But, wait a second. Now that I think of it, another most photographed person (well, persons actually) could be the 2 doormen [...]

Bangalore special.  This month’s  focus is on life, people and ideas from Bangalore, one of the fastest growing cities in India. Often referred as Silicon Valley of India, this once laid-back town known as “pensioners paradise” is fast morphing into vibrant, ever-expanding megapolis in India. Megapolis you ask? Consider this. Whitefield was once considered a [...]

Everytime I visit India, I am fascinated by the use of mobile phones. I think it was 10 years ago when I noticed the change. The reason I say noticed is that growing up in a Socialist India, the plain old phone was considered something of a luxury item. Not everybody had access to one, [...]

Paan. What a great way to end the year with a paan that aids in digesting all the news/videos/songs we consumed in 2011 including the video of the year Kolaveri Di. All your kolaveri induced emotions should subside with a nice, mitha (sweet) paan. If you’ve never had paan, let’s take you behind the scene [...]

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There are a few dates that you might remember from your history class. Perhaps your remember the following dates? 1453 1493 1498 1453 kind of rings a bell? That is the year that Constantinople fell as your high school textbooks may have described it. An upshot of this was that that the overland route from [...]

Wish you all a very happy, healthy and wonderful 2011. Thanks for your support and help, which means a lot.