Being "BANGALOREAN"

Do they Cook only rice items ???
Is it a land of black beauty/girls ???
Don't they speak Hindi ???
Do they hate North Indians ???

No to “late party”, Night life sucks ???
Are they caste oriented and orthodox ???
And most important do they worship Ravana instead of Rama ???

Give me break...above said is fake…!!!!

In July 2006, I landed on the land which people called South India (to readers I am not biasing India on the name of south or north it’s just my experience)…..Yelahanka railway station one of my favorite place…. Moment I got down and I heard a voice asking “Nivu yellige hogabekku ?”, it came from an auto driver…..I gave a confused and tough look….but my dad who was standing next to me replied to him “Hamari Army ki gypsy aa rahi hai, usi ka wait kar rahe hai”….. he said something back in kannada…..we ignored

What was next….my first outing after 2 months when I joined college…. I studied Diploma from BSF IT (the institute which is made for only defense/paramilitary force kids …) the strict discipline of college not only made me sportsman and badass but also taught me to avoid locals/Bangaloreans…. My first trip to BMTC bus from Yelahanka to Majestic (KBS)…..conductor asked “tikech..tikech” instead of ticket I replied “kannad gotiyalla”….. frankly he said something which sounded like abusing me…I argued but my local friend/hubli guy who was standing next to me said bhai its “kannada gotiyalla” not “kannad gotiyalla”……….for new comers never say “kannad gotiyalla” if u say so then run quickly or they will break your legs…….my first intraction with bangaloraens made me to avoid Bangaloreans….Hence to avoid Bangaloreans I learned the word “kannada gotiyalla”…..trust me anyone who comes to blore first time they learn “kannada gotiyalla, “uutaa aiytaaa”, "Chill maadi" and few other things which I don’t want to describe......i avoided Bangaloreans for 3 yrs its not because I wanted to but its because I dint find much Bangalorean in my circle….as my college mates were from different parts of India and son of Indian armed forces…..

In Aug 2009, I landed on Tumkur leaving all my friends in blore….an unknown place and first day what I liked waa SSIT Library and nothing else…..(read my upcoming article SSIT,Tumkur)…..somehow I survived in Tumkur for 3yrs….transformation took place I met with so many Kannadiga, whom I made experienced hindi speaker including my x girl…they too tried and taught me “swalpa swalpa” kanadda…I remember a day when my friend asked me my IPL fav Team, I said CSK..he replied “wht the fuck, why don’t you shift to Chennai”…jokes apart he is one of my best friend who support Bangalore team…

In Feb, 2014…I was fed up and decided to move to New Delhi (Capital of India)…I landed there and came back in Aug 2014…the love and smell of Bangalore pulled me back...

Today after 9+ yrs of stay in Karnataka (Bangalore+Tumkur), when I look at myself….I feel this land has transferred me from a kid to gentleman…I am addicted to Bangalore's  Weather, OrionMall, MG road, Toit, Marathali Bridge, Chai Points, SankeyTank, Bengaluru Marathon, Strivers Cricket Club, Malleswaram , JP nagar, Bangalore Girls, Karnataka culture and many more….

Bangaloreans are awesome when I address them as Anna, they address me back as Bhai…when I had been to their house they prepared chapatti-sabji for me instead of idly-samber…I still remember the day when I visited my x-girl house, her mom took almost 2hrs to cook special dish for me instead of dosha…my other friend's mom cooked chicken for me instead of offering me ragi-mude…..trust me i never liked ragi-mude so wenever i feel sad, I desperately eat South Indian Dish Ragi Mude, Which make me to realize there is something more bitter than my sadness....

My thanks to all the wonderful people in Bangalore or blood of Karnataka for helping me and giving me opportunity to grow in Bangalore….to all the New people in Bengaluru... It’s not inevitable to learn Kannada in Bengaluru, but it'll make your life a bit easy.....

Dedicated to “Kannada Rajatosava”

Stay tuned my upcoming articles: “SSIT Tumkur” and “BSF IT Bangalore”