Bangalore ...

I have had a chance to be a part of a community titled "Bangalore is Full. Go Home !!" on Orkut. Its description is interesting ...

This is a community for all those true blooded, hardcore Bangloreans who believe that people from outside Bangalore, who come and settle down here are the ones who should be majorly held responsible for the recent collapse in infrastructure, bad traffic amongst other negative developments in the city. Facilities originally created for us are being exploited by non-Bangloreans. Growing up in this wonderful city, we knew how this place was 10-15 years ago..or more. We feel extremely attached to this place and we express our hatred and anger towards all those 'immigrants' here who are bringing about the city's downfall!!..Come on in and express your solidarity as a Hardcore Banglorean.. and for all you wimps at heart.. stay away!!
P.S: If you are gonna delete your post after you get owned, please do not join this community. Some pussies have done that earlier and thats why this last line!

Personally i find some of the statements too radical and racist ... like "We feel extremely attached to this place and we express our hatred and anger towards all those 'immigrants' here who are bringing about the city's downfall!!" I am not yet a blatant racist ... and so i do not agree with this point ... yet i do agree with the fact that to a large extent the ills that have befallen bangalore are a consequence of outsiders who come in to bangalore ... grabbing high paying IT and ITES jobs ... they do nothing productive for the city ... dont treat the city as their own ... since anyway within a few years they are going to quit their jobs and go back to wherever it is that they have come from.

I thought there were some enlightened souls in this community who were truly trying to make a change to Bangalore ... make a point that people who come in must integrate into the local culture ... but maybe i am wrong in my assessment.

I believe that there should be atleast a minimum integration into the local culture ... i.e. the learning of the local language ... atleast upto a "spoken" level. This will make the people of bangalore realize that people who come into bangalore are not here just for the jobs ... but are here to be a part of the community ... It is not an easy task and this is an objective that can be achieved over time without compromising on the "cosmopolitan" nature of the city.

Getting back to this community ... there are a lot of discussion threads on this community that are directed against "outsiders" particularly the north indian commmunitites that are coming into bangalore ... most of the threads are abusive with local members just abusing the skin off the impetuous "northie" who dares to post anything that is percieved to be anti-local. I have tried something interesting ... a sort of experiment ... to check if this community is really all about some serious work or just a place for people to let out hot air ....

I have started a thread that outlines ways in which kannada can be taught to people who have come from outside bangalore to settle in bangalore ... It is on a serious note and is meant to get some of the bright sparks to come out with creative and innovative ideas.

15 minutes after i started the thread ... there were 5-6 posts on the "bash northie/immigrant" threads whereas my thread had not even recieved a single hit. This is making me wonder ... are the creators of this communityand its ardent members here to just blow hot air or seriously make a difference to bangalore ... I am going to wait for a few more days before i pass my judgement ...

The forgotten genre

Completely forgot about the animated movies :) ... Tom and Jerry ... Ice Age ... Shark Tale ...

Now that is a genre that defies age boundaries ... just got off watching shark tale ... and if you are reading this post laugh at this dialogue ... imagine it being said in will smith style :)

"Yo sykes! My brother from another mother ! " .... muhuaaahaahaa ......