I love Bangalore

Any talk of Bangalore today is laced with mentions of traffic snarls, infrastructure problems and government apathy. If you ask me, Bangalore is Bangalore and nothing can take away what it is today. We are not being fair to the city which gave India its most famous industry. One must realise that with growth come the pangs.I love Bangalore because it continues to be so green despite all the attempts to disfigure the city.

Have we started to take the good things for granted? Recently, when I was on a short visit to Bangalore, I went around the city in the early hours of the morning. Green Bangalore greeted me all the way through. The pictures speak for themselves.

Have you seen the stretch of road between South End Circle and Sarakki Layout? It is possibly the greenest stretch of road in India. But unfortunately, people only talk of Bangalore's traffic problems but not of the gems that are all around us.

Or have you been to Cubbon Park in the morning? Did you know that on weekends, there's a live music (Indian music before you get ideas) concert that happens early in the morning?Have you seen the pigeons feeding right in front of the High Court? Or experienced the morning mist near Ulsoor lake? Or the service road on way to Commercial Street from MG Road? Or the magnificent Vidhana Soudha from behind the green trees that dot the road?

I would urge the true Bangalorean to look around for beautiul things and I am sure you will find more than what you are seeing today. It's all in your eyes.