Is this what we call 'Progress'?
Once termed 'retirement paradise', Bangalore has come a long long way. I was very young to understand all the IT boom that took over the place in the early 90s and had no idea the city would grow this much. A lack of planning and vision has ensured a lot of suffering for quite sometime to come. After quite a lot of observation, I'm struggling to cope up with this 'growth' term. Yes, it's expanded at a rapid pace but where is the necessary infrastructure? Where is the beautiful greenery? Where's the awesome weather that made Bangalore so famous in the first place? A lot of noise was created around the 'Namma Metro' recently. Sheer lack of planning has made it a spectacular failure. It's not that the route by itself is not perfect, but also the fact that the workers over there have done a half *** job! Huge trenches, massive potholes, pimpled roads are only the icing on the cake dare I say. Make no mistake, I'm a huge fan of the city. Howe...