Very soon out lovely Bangalore will die and Bangluru (or whatever they will spell it as) will see the light of the dawn. What is there in the name? Call it anything this will always remain the same.
Bangalore- a city, which was dream of some ruler, the green beauty spot on otherwise barren Deccan plateau. Summer destination for many, paradise for the pensioners. Time changed, so did the people. New generation came and so did new habits. It became the pub city. Educational institutes attracted outsiders and thus came new cultural threads. And then took place the biggest event in the history of this city – the IT boom. Te city that was silent and peaceful throughout its past, saw the surge of people, jobs and money. Everything was unexpected, and, in the long run, this became Bangalore’s problem.
Outsiders flooded Bangalore for studies and then job. They brought with them new customs and ways of living. But this city was never ready for it. It tried its best to accommodate everyone. But the burden was immense. Infrastructure was never in place, neither they planned for it. Roads, proper residential areas were never thought of. Every thing just grew out of proportions, there was absolutely no planning and check on it. all the new development plans somehow ignored the expected growth in terms of population. It is os bad that today you see a flyover with divider on the top. There is traffic jam next to flyover. Posh residential areas have the worst roads. Number of road accidents is increasing day by day. Public transportation system is worse than you find any other metro city. Problems, problems and more problems.
Will changing the name help in any way?
2 comments:
sadly nothin will physically change but local pride in having our city being called the way it was initially called before foriegners came in and we forgot. foriegners being the british, IT, even you and me
True...
I totally agree that we live for our pride.
But still... Is it the pride worth the effort?
Just by renaming it, we wont change anything. The problems will remain the same. Government and other organisations are just wasting their time and effort in doing these not-so-important works.
But what can we do, we are good followers - when Madras can become Chennai, Bombay can become Mumbai, why not we also change our Bangalore to Bangluru..
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