Bangalore a wannabe Mumbai

Bangalore ... the garden city.... once meant to be a home for retirees.... a summer abode for the british... a sort of a hill station... a young city. Life was meant to be laid back... tension free .... ordinary!!! But then one day something happened which the city was not prepared for... it began to grow younger .... in its population. Youngsters began to come to the city for a life. The traffic began to swell... the public transport began to burst at the seams. The infrastructure work began to lag behind ... it had to get used to a new pace ... an alien pace... a pace that wasnt meant for the old bangalore. Retirees began to groan... this place is turning into hell.

The truth is that the Tamas.... the Still Inertia left behind by the old world will take some force to change. People here must stop wearing masks. Stop pretending that they have achieved something by just having some moolah in the bank and a comfortable home to retire to. What are they doing for the city? A city is a place according to me where the crowd is vibrant, full of ideas... wanting to improve their lives by a conciuos effort. An effort to improve the quality of life that has to be made by the majority, not by an isolated few.

Mumbai didnt need to go through this phase because it was always destined for great things. The people there are and were always proggressive in their thoughts. Bombay city is a pioneer in many ways... cause mumbaikars are leaders. The have a natural born instinct to lead to create and to morph with the times. Chance only favours the prepared mind not the lethargic or soporific one. Just being a good follower does not help ... you can only manage to serve someone else by doin that. To improve oneself, one has to be a forward thinker... a real go-getter. Things are changing for the better infrastructure-wise in Bangalore, but the mindset still needs to change.

There is no great history behind bangalore... it is a history waiting to be made.

Wake up people!!!!! or we will only remain wannabes loafing on MG road dreaming of Marine Drive!