Well, as it is with newspapers everyday, last Wednesday too it had some shocking news.. And it was again about the changing face of Bangalore.. Though I realize that namma bengalooru that we knew of as kids is never going to be the same, yet every news of the changing times somehow seems to rob me of my memories. The same day I was in Corner House and I saw a picture of the MG Road Promenade as it looked ages ago and I sighed 'Those were the days!' That's what I thought when I saw the flyover come up near National College in Basavanagudi! That's what I felt when a second edition of the Vidhana Soudha was built! That's what I think when I drive down everyday along the dusty roads of Bangalore in the sultry weather.. I wonder what happened to the city we lived in????? I don't know how many people would feel so emotionally attached to their cities but I guess its all got to do with how our childhood memories remain no longer.. We have nothing to fall back on and I think that's what makes me sad.. I remember when I had just started going to school, at that time Koramangala seemed like a city by itself for which we had to travel a long way. But now thinking of my perception then I feel it so funny, considering I was living in Wilson Garden and its just about 20 min drive off from Koramangala. Koramangala now is the hub of Bangalore - unfortunately for all its residents this is nothing to be proud of. The developments here has robbed us of our quiet and peaceful neighbourhood where, 17 years back when we moved in here my mother would claim 'We don't even hear a crow!!'. Now all we hear is noise! A couple of years back we had a re-union at Barista on M G Road.. It was a Sunday evening and since there were many people waiting, we were politely asked to leave the place we were occupying for almost two hours.. The only place to go to next was the Promenade right across the road.. We sat there reminiscing the old times and talking of all the fun in school and catching up on what's been happening with each other's lives.. Now I wish we'd also clicked a photo so I could post it along with this Blog!
Whether I like it or not Bangalore is never going to be the same and in fact, at the rate that it is growing (read: being destroyed) things will always be headed for changes. The sooner I accept this the better it is for me!
Whether I like it or not Bangalore is never going to be the same and in fact, at the rate that it is growing (read: being destroyed) things will always be headed for changes. The sooner I accept this the better it is for me!
