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Funny isn’t it? If you are so concerned about India at large, then how come the whole OUTSIDER business began with you? And whoever talked about India being in the cities…India lies equally in the villages as in the cities but calling an Indian an outsider in an Indian city is nothing short of criminal…time you shook off the pseudo-Indianness…

Lets admit it, a city which was designed to house 20 lakh has taken in 400% more in the last decade or so mainly because of IT and related services. True, it was the Government’s problem to speculate and make adjustments but with the prevalent redtapism, what more can you expect? The once seen huge plots gave way to multi storied apartments and commercial buildings…i.e. if a 60X40 plot had one bungalow, the real estate guys built four storey building on the same plot thus increasing the population 4 fold, imagine what would be the state if 10 such buildings come up in the same road. Ok, you want to argue that the Corporation should not have given the permission…fine, now they want to correct their mistakes, will you give them a chance? If yes, talk to the Koramangala residents.

And half the time, everybody talks about paying Income Tax. You are paying to the center and the state gets only a fraction of that. What do you expect the state government to do with the little chunk? Should they concentrate on under developed parts of the state or still cater to the ever demanding IT fraternity?

Most of the IT bosses say that a Public – Private partnership is required to correct the state of affairs of Bangalore. They should first start the charity at home.. why don’t they admit that they have raped the city left, right and center and stop this insane expansion and go and set up shop in other parts of the country? Don’t you think its going to do a lot good for the country in general and the respective states in particular?

Even if the Government of Arunachal Pradesh gives free land, 25 years Income tax holiday to Narayan Murthy, will he open a development center there? He won’t do it…the only interest that the IT bosses have is to make money and live in air conditioned rooms. Because of this short sighted attitude of the rich, that we, the citizens of India have to bow our heads in shame at the sorry state of affairs in states like Bihar, UP and other NE states.

There seems to be a whole lot of Jain Hinds doing rounds, but are we doing our duty like law abiding citizens? Instead of cribbing about the present government, why don’t you pressurize the State where you hail from to encourage investments in IT. That reduces the migration and brings down a whole lot of other problems to a great extent.

You visit the old localities of Bangalore during rains and see if they are facing the hardship..you’ll know the correct reason. If every individual who has bought an apartment in new localities like Indiranagar, Koramangala, HSR layout or working in new age centers had checked if the plans were in order and as per Corporation law, half the problem would have been solved.

Just because one works for IT, it does not mean that poverty does not move them or they are not doing anything for the poor and needy. One does not have to take extreme stance to mitigate these, the middle path can also bring in results.

Buddy you are wasting your talent here, if u r so concerned then put these words across to the govt. Why can’t you see positive things in life. Even poor men are happy except you. Each accusations of ur can be countered but then its a never ending loop, u accuse and others answer and so on. Now dont start cribbing again.

Good for you Amit. But you know there is a historical saying. “Ignore the poor at your own peril”.

paavi said — ” I am NEVER going to concur with the extreme view points presented.”

I think extremities bring out the many consciential people among the IT industry to think out of their bubble and not just cry all the time about their own small discomforts. When I see the extreme poverty and callousness our civil society treats the downtrodden, I think it is ok to be extreme. Infact it is better to be extreme than to be blind.

Sameer said — ” : So Mr Magaa — Are you trying to do the same now here in Bangalore? Is it your revenge that’s directing you? Instead I suppose you should try harder to see to it that Bangalore treats all it’s citizens at par and set an example for other cities to follow. India is one, we all are one! Let’s respect our people and our unity in diversity!”

Thanks a lot sameer. The issue however is IT symbolises the collective failiure of the India shining brigade to take other people along. Infrastructure means infrastructure for the rich. Anything for the poor is classified as deficit spending/subsidies in the anals of finance ministry. IT is the symptom of that. The disease runs deeper than that in the hand of few rich industrialists and a few crore of foot soldiers (middle class) who collude with the rich to get a little share of the booty. All I am saying is dont masquerade as doing good for India. Whenever you say that, ask yourself the question Is it the India living in koramangala and Indra nagar ? or the true India that lives in villages and earn near subsitance living. IT is the reason everything got derailed in Karnataka. A sector which employs 300,000 people out of 50,000,000 people should enjoy just .6 per cent of funding, attention and subsidies. What IT is getting is much bigger than its share and this eats into all other developemental plans of the govt.

@Kishore — I am really glad atlest some of you see through the mirrage of IT. The funniest part is all these sensitive folks dont have it in them to answer those facts that I have put up. Its a superficial “Mile sur mera thumara” syndrome of asking the hungry common man to hold up the indian flag and feel proud while the rest of them go on looting the common man. I feel sorry because there are many among them who pretend to sleep. As you know you cant wake these people up.

Ullas — “So, going by the same logic, why is it that you talk only about Kannadigas and not Indians at large? Or is it that the condition of India doesn’t affect you?”

I am talking about condition of India. Isnt bellary, bidar part of India ? Isnt a kannadiga an Indian ? Do you have any doubts on that. I thought a better karnataka means a better India. Thats the India that I believe in. Not the India living in the cities and travelling around in large cars. Its funny you even have such doubts.

Ullas further said — “Would you blame the so-called prejudice against Kannadigas for the fate of these roads? Or is it that these bad roads exist only for non-Kannadigas?”

I think you misunderstood me (giving you the benefit of doubt). I am saying I care a rats ass for the road condition in bangalore. I care for the road condition in bellary. Enough of showing the flag of bangalore and getting free money. Why dont the person put some of her own money and fix that road. Arent those people living in the area rich enough ? The people in the villages all over this country have time and again pooled in money and labour to fix the village well, roads, lakes and tanks. This community living exists outside of bangalore and has been so for centuries. Maybe the answer is you guys think as individuals and not as a community. Which is ok as long as you stop preaching India and Indianness to others.

Mohit said — “Now my question — How is IT responsible for this? No one wants to pay extra for anything. Even if I had a zillion rupees with my (yeah right!) would I pay more for something just because I can? No! I will pay more if I see that its the prevailing rate. If the schools now ask for donations, its because they see people who can be made to pay. People are not the issue here, schools are…. ditto for builders… and for that matter vegetable vendors, auto drivers and everyone else.

Instead of blindly following what the politicians say, try and think for yourself. I agree that things need to change but don’t let anyone else decide what you fight for.”

Mohit. Bennerghetta road has over 40 major residential complexes coming up. Each has atleast 1000 apartments if not more which is a minimum of 40,000 families. Add to that offices (HSBC, accenture, IBM etc. ) another 40,000 people. Which means 80,000 cars and atleast 60,000 kids (having an average of 1.5 kids per household). Also add onto this complex entertainment infrastructure for these elites which would mean 80,000 parking lots, malls, cineplexes etc. etc. Why should the govt spend money to make these people’s living world class. Instead why not put the same money in the villages to life atleast 50–75 lakh people out of poverty. These 40,000 households would screw up the rent, prices of vegetables and make common man’s existance a lot more difficult. Dont believe me ? The cost of onions and potatoes in sarjapur market is 3 times that of KR market on any given day. The land prices have been doubling every 4 months all across bangalore. I think this model is not sustainable. We got to push up the rural economy even at the cost of IT.

Anindita said — ” Thank you for putting it down so well. Please don’t get upset by people who don’t even have the courage to own up to their own opinions. But then if I was as narrow-minded as anonymous, I would probably wish to hide my face too. :D”

Anindita. Its sad that instead of answering questions or raising more questions, you seek to rubbish my words just based on weather I have a blog id or not… really how does tha matter. Would really like to know.

Give me one other city where this is possible !!!

In every other city, a person who is not well versant with the local language gets treated as an “OUTSIDER” or “UNTOUCHABLE” !!! I am stating this from my personal experiences.

Now my question — How is IT responsible for this? No one wants to pay extra for anything. Even if I had a zillion rupees with my (yeah right!) would I pay more for something just because I can? No! I will pay more if I see that its the prevailing rate. If the schools now ask for donations, its because they see people who can be made to pay. People are not the issue here, schools are.… ditto for builders… and for that matter vegetable vendors, auto drivers and everyone else.

Instead of blindly following what the politicians say, try and think for yourself. I agree that things need to change but don’t let anyone else decide what you fight for.