Posts Tagged ‘Koramangala’
My Cousin’s Wedding and Other Stories
Well, I made up the other stories part so you'd start reading, but I wouldn't hold it against you if you were to just close the window. So, on Saturday evening, I left Bangalore for Mangalore via train and returned on Monday morning. It had been almost two years since I had visited Mangalore, and that was in January 2007 for the wedding of a [...]
The Longest Bike Ride
Every weekday, when our band has to practise, I have to travel a total distance of about thirty six kilometres from my office on Mysore Road, all the way till Vignana Nagar in Kaggadasapura. My friend's bike, which I am in possession of when he is in the US, has been extremely useful for me in order to undertake this long and perilious journey [...]
License to Parent
Just when you thought the License Raj which was a characteristic of post-Independence, pre-liberalization India was a thing of the past, Bangalore city seems to be engulfed in a flurry of license related issues. With new government regulations put into place that have banned live performances in places serving alcohol, smoking within enclosed [...]
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
a.k.a who will police the police? Warning: Post is slightly lengthy, as it is quite descriptive of a particular incident that took place over the weekend, and required some additional details to be given. On saturday night, after an evening at the office where I had some non-office work to be done, I met up with PGK at Koramangala to have [...]
Serial Bomb Blasts in Bangalore
A lazy friday afternoon at the office, which was going to be spent watching the clock until it was time for me to head back to Mysore was suddenly transformed into one that shocked all and sundry with the news of serial explosions that have taken place in Bangalore. From what has been stated across multiple websites and TV channels, the blasts [...]
