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1. Jag says:
   

   April 15th, 2004 at 2:57 pm (#)

   Best of luck in your new town!

2. Shobha says:
   

   April 15th, 2004 at 4:12 pm (#)

   Hey Bangalore..its my sec­ond home..I love blore.….….U wud have a cool time thr, am sure.,after all my place.…:D :D

3. adi says:
   

   April 15th, 2004 at 8:28 pm (#)

   hey b’lore is nice, u cd have done worse. though i do know hw it feels to leave friends behind and move to a new place. Ive been try­ing to set­tle in hyd since last nine months ;-) hope u find a nice place there, and if u need any help, dont hes­i­tate to ask.… hamaare jaa­soos ban­ga­lore ke kone kone mein hain ;-)

4. Sanjay Vyas says:
   

   April 15th, 2004 at 8:35 pm (#)

   I agree as far as mains and crosses are con­cerned. I have vis­ited my friends a num­ber of times in the past few years and yet everys­in­gle time I (and the richshaw wala) get lost look­ing for his main and cross :(

5. Aurora says:
   

   April 15th, 2004 at 8:39 pm (#)

   Its bet­ter U ask for land marks rather than Mains etc!

   (A vet­eran in get­ting lost & found!;-))

   Wel­come To Bangalore!!!

6. Nilesh says:
   

   April 15th, 2004 at 11:01 pm (#)

   Hey Anita! That’s sad! I have moved back from Ban­ga­lore to Mum­bai! Any­way, I loved and still love Ban­ga­lore, not for its lazi­ness, not for its pubs, but for the cli­mate and the nice people!

   I don’t know about you, but Mum­bai is num­ber one for me any day. After all I have spent 24 years of my life here. I am too used to it.

7. ajay patel says:
   

   April 16th, 2004 at 10:51 am (#)

   Hi Anita,

   Wel­come to bangalore!

   This has been my home for decades and if you do need help please feel free to call.

   Ajay

8. Kiruba Shankar says:
   

   April 16th, 2004 at 12:59 pm (#)

   Hey Anita, good to see you move closer. Lets see if we can meet up some­time soon. Cheers.

9. Anita says:
   

   April 16th, 2004 at 1:30 pm (#)

   Hi Jag: Thanks a lot :)

   Shobha: I am def­i­nitely look­ing for­ward to spend­ing some time here :) And hope­fully mak­ing more nice new friends.

   Hi Adi: I’ve found a place and look­ing for­ward to move in over the week­end! I guess I will feel a lit­tle more set­tled then.

   San­jay: They should carry maps with them, seriously!

   Aurora: Now you tell me! Ill try that approach next time I get into a rick :)

   Nilesh: I can imag­ine how much a place grows on you after 24 years. In my case, it was 6 and a half, so I am hop­ing that the sep­a­ra­tion is not too hard!

   Thanks Ajay!

   Kiruba: Yes, def­i­nitely. That would be great. Be in touch in case you make a trip to Bangalore :)

10. wildflower says:
    

    April 16th, 2004 at 3:50 pm (#)

    u can con­tact my brother there if u wish to. hes been there since a year now and can help u if u r lost. i will give u his num­ber …just mail me.

11. Farzad says:
    

    April 17th, 2004 at 12:10 am (#)

    Hi Anita,

    I came across this site recently and liked it immensely. I can under­stand the feel­ing when you left Bom­bay. That city just gets to you. After leav­ing most of my life there I was not chuffed when I had to keep relo­cat­ing to other cities in India. Its not that the expe­ri­ence was bad. But the ‘Mum­baiyya’ charm was irre­place­able. I also of course attribute this to some extent on hav­ing to start life anew every­time. I am now in the US, but I trea­sure every time I have to come back to this mar­vel­lous city.

    Good luck on your future job !

    Regards,

    Farzad

12. Danto says:
    

    April 17th, 2004 at 3:24 am (#)

    Bye. Remem­ber, Ban­ga­lore is not far from Mum­bai. Do say hi when you drop in. And please give us a party when you get your first Infosys salary!

13. Mithun says:
    

    April 17th, 2004 at 8:12 am (#)

    Funny coincidence…my girl­friend moved from Mum­bai to Ban­ga­lore this week too, to start a new life and a new job there.

    She didn’t last as long in Mum­bai as you did, barely a year but she seems to be lovin Ban­ga­lore already.

    And yeah — shes house­hunt­ing too! So if you come across any nice places let me know and I’ll relay them onto her or vice versa. Or bet­ter still you two could hook up and house­hunt together :)

14. Anita says:
    

    April 17th, 2004 at 12:33 pm (#)

    Wild­flower: Do send me his email ID/phone no… is he work­ing here?

    Farzad: Yes, I guess a city kind of grows on you. And also leav­ing behind the friends you made, the famil­iar faces and sights are prob­a­bly what makes it harder.

    Danto: Good to see you blog­ging! Will def­i­nitely treat you next time I come to see you at rediff!

    Mithun: Please ask her to call or email me — anitabora5 at rediffmail.com. If you send me an email, I’ll send you my num­ber also. I’ve already got quite a bit of expe­ri­ence in house­hunt­ing. Plus, it will be good to have some company :)

15. Lalith says:
    

    April 17th, 2004 at 3:11 pm (#)

    Hey Anita,

    I am sure you will find Ban­ga­lore very dif­fer­ent. Its a much smaller place, but is def­i­nitely a great fun, if you can find a group to hang out with. and as for Infosys, I used to work with them about two years back. Were you at the bil­lion dol­lar cel­e­bra­tion a few days back?

16. Anita says:
    

    April 17th, 2004 at 3:49 pm (#)

    Lalith: I am sure it will be fun. For me, it is always hav­ing enough things to do, a few good friends to have around. Once I have that, I’m okay any­where! Right now, I’m hav­ing a hec­tic time set­tling into the city and my work and find­ing a place to work. (And yes, I was there!).

17. Anita says:
    

    April 17th, 2004 at 3:51 pm (#)

    Lalith: I meant hav­ing a place to stay!

18. Tom Shugart says:
    

    April 18th, 2004 at 1:19 am (#)

    Best of luck, Anita, as you move on to the next stage. Ban­ga­lore is all over the news in the USA these days because of all the out­sourc­ing of jobs. It sounds like a lively place, or is every­body too busy work­ing to have any fun?

19. karthik says:
    

    April 18th, 2004 at 10:32 am (#)

    Hey anita!!

    Wel­come to Bangalore!!

    Been here all my life…let me know if u r in dire straits!

    Karthik

20. aqua says:
    

    April 18th, 2004 at 10:20 pm (#)

    wel­come to blore! great .…i hope we get to meet up soon. havent met pallavi also so far. so here’s another good rea­son to have BBC part deux.

21. Arun says:
    

    April 19th, 2004 at 11:45 am (#)

    Wel­come aboard! :)

22. Manpreet says:
    

    April 19th, 2004 at 1:37 pm (#)

    Hi Anita,

    Wel­come to Ban­ga­lore. Me too work­ing in Infy. Joined about 8 months back.

    Hope you enjoy your work here.

    Cheers,

    Man­preet

23. Manpreet says:
    

    April 19th, 2004 at 1:38 pm (#)

    Hi Anita,

    Wel­come to Ban­ga­lore. Me too work­ing in Infy. Joined about 8 months back.

    Hope you enjoy your work here.

    Cheers,

    Man­preet

24. :::LL::: says:
    

    April 19th, 2004 at 2:30 pm (#)

    hope b’lore is treat­ing you well, Anita!~!

25. :::LL::: says:
    

    April 19th, 2004 at 2:35 pm (#)

    n Ban­ga­lore weather is bliss com­pared to other cities at this time… ENJOY!

26. Pallavi says:
    

    April 19th, 2004 at 3:21 pm (#)

    I think you must have set­tled down now and all the best in your new venture !!

27. Mehak says:
    

    April 19th, 2004 at 4:36 pm (#)

    hey anita.…all the beri best.…n keep updat­ing us wid ur experiences.

28. Anita says:
    

    April 19th, 2004 at 8:30 pm (#)

    Tom: Thanks a lot! I am still get­ting used to a new envi­ron­ment and unfa­mil­iar faces. But it should not be too long before I fig­ure out where the fun is :) Dur­ing the week, peo­ple are pretty much deep into work. But hope­fully, the week­end will offer some respite!

    Thanks Karthik! I am def­i­nitely look­ing for­ward to meet­ing some Ban­ga­lore­ans down the line!

    Hi Aqua! We can meet up even with­out the BBC! We’ll try and make it hap­pen one of these days. I couldn’t meet you last time I came down, so this time we must def­i­nitely make it!

    Thanks Arun! Hope I get a chance to meet you when the Ban­ga­lore blog­gers meet next :)

    Hi Man­preet, I hope so too! Which build­ing are you in?

    LL: So far, so good!

    Jil: With all the shop­ping I did yes­ter­day, it’s def­i­nitely helped :)

    Thanks Mehak. Hope I have some nice Ban­ga­lore expe­ri­ences to post in the next cou­ple of months!

29. dinesh says:
    

    April 19th, 2004 at 10:31 pm (#)

    A bit belated per­haps, but wel­come to ban­ga­lore. Be warned: its easy to get here, but rather hard to leave :)

30. Ravi says:
    

    April 24th, 2004 at 11:59 am (#)

    This is def­i­nitely late, Anita but bet­ter late than never — Wel­come to Ban­ga­lore! I’ve had to move to Chen­nai on a/c of job require­ments but my heart has always been in Ban­ga­lore. You’ll get used to the knots & crosses.. er…blocks, crosses, mains, streets I mean. In time, you’ll like the city for its cli­mate, its friendly & cos­mopoli­tan peo­ple, clean­li­ness, cof­fee shops, pubs, malls, gar­dens, food, tech-savvy nature, fly­overs, trans­port, Narayana Murthy & Nan­dan Nilekani, BATF, Jana­graha etc. You might get pissed by the water & elec­tric­ity short­age, pol­lu­tion etc but hey, who­ever said Ban­ga­lore is near per­fect? Its get­ting there and Krishna-avaru (may his tribe increase in India) will ensure that. Ban­ga­lore is totally unlike Mum­bai and its xeno­pho­bia, Delhi and its power-play, Cal­cutta and its pre­ten­tious intel­li­gentsia, Chen­nai with its petty pol­i­tics & stink­ing places!! I’ll wager a bet Ban­ga­lore will endear itself to you in a short while!! All the best!!! :)

31. Dinesh says:
    

    April 28th, 2004 at 11:54 am (#)

    Dinesh: Stranger things have been known to happen :)

    Ravi: Thanks for that nice long primer on Ban­ga­lore. I am sure I will get used to all of the above pretty soon!

32. Ravi says:
    

    April 28th, 2004 at 7:22 pm (#)

    Cool, Anita. Inshal­lah, I’ll be back to Ban­ga­lore soon! Wish me luck! :)

33. Anita says:
    

    April 30th, 2004 at 4:32 pm (#)

    Def­i­nitely, Ravi! I am sure you will :)

34. Manpreet says:
    

    May 21st, 2004 at 1:49 pm (#)

    Anita, sorry for post­ing so late.. i cared to watch this post again today only.. lol

    BTW, I’m in B33.. what about u?

35. Gautam says:
    

    May 26th, 2004 at 1:10 pm (#)

    Found a house?

    There’s an egroup of home hunters in Ban­ga­lore called Bangalorerentals

    Check them out if you don’t want to get fleeced by brokers !

    ciao,

    Gau­tam

36. Hrishikesh Sandilya says:
    

    November 16th, 2005 at 6:39 am (#)

    Well Come to Blore. Yes when i first come to Blore even I got lost in all those blocks, phases, stages etc but now after 6 years in this place I am com­pletely in love with this place. Its a true cosmo city and locals are more or less help­ful. (yes I know some­times they got smit­ten by the bug of out­sider hatao Andolan but then these kind of peo­ple are very less)

    Over­all Balore is great and trust me U wont miss your friends. Blore has lots of Assamese guys and guls. Even Assamese cooks, Restau­rant and every thing else I think if this trend con­tin­ues this is soon going to to the next Guwahati.

37. chandita says:
    

    January 4th, 2006 at 6:19 pm (#)

    Assamese food @ Ban­ga­lore??!!
    More details please.

    thanks,
    Chandita

38. Akkshai Malhotra says:
    

    February 16th, 2006 at 1:00 pm (#)

    Hi,
    I am here on a short visit from delhi, and your page made a nice read­ing.
    Lets keep in touch.
    Akkshai

39. john dunne says:
    

    March 4th, 2007 at 3:12 pm (#)

    Hi there, im plan­nin a trip to i ndia this sum­mer and i was won­der­ing how far is bom­bay to either ban­ga­lore or put­ta­parti. Im plan­ning to visit sai baba and also the bhrigu in bom­bay any tips would be super txs john

40. soma says:
    

    April 4th, 2007 at 7:58 pm (#)

    It is the coolest site,keep so!

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