Back….!!

Feels great to be back in Bangalore and already many interesting things have occurred within the last 4-5 days. As soon as I landed, I made the fundamental mistake of still assuming that as a pedestrian, I had the right of way on the zebra crossing. I got into a rather vocal conversation with an angry taxi driver on this issue of who had the first right over the crossing. Then the realization struck me that I now back in India and hence I have no such privileges. Zebra crossing is a purely ornamental marking in our country and has no significance whatsoever.

Spotted this gem on the back of a car yesterday. “Thinking is a solution but too much thinking is pollution”. India definitely does have a hidden pool of talented deep thinkers.

In the recent elections, a very important news came to light. The notorious “activist” Mr. Vatal Nagaraj not only lost the election but also lost his deposit. When I last saw this man in 2003, he was sitting on top of a tree in Adugodi waiting for the press to arrive. And to top this, my city has named a street after him. In most cities that I know of, streets are named only after deceased important public figures. Our Mr.Nagaraj is neither.

Everyone’s dear & favourite actor, Rebel Star Ambareesh also lost the election. Apparently, there were no celebrations on his 57^th birthday. Don’t know if this election was the Operation Antha for him. (For the uninformed, Operation Antha is a must see radical movie of its time ,:-) I can write a separate blog on this. )

The mid week night show tradition still continues in the gang. Some people in the gang still continue to sleep during movies . Some things haven’t changed. That sure is a relief.