Monday 28 April 2014

Rambling - Chapter 8

Nammuru…….

On popular demand I am writing this article about my home town, Bengaluru.  It is a beautiful city (I know because all the outsiders tell me that).  I am from a very middle class area Malleshwaram.
The history of Bengaluru is a very interesting one which you can find on Google (do some work). History of Malleshwaram is also a very interesting one (Ref : Google again……gotcha).

Bengaluru is a unique city and well known for the year round spring (WAS…..) and daily drizzle (WAS……).

We don’t have any sense of distance.  You ask anybody in Bengaluru “how far is this address?”, he will look at it like Arvind Kejrwal looked at congress manifesto and reply “Ille ide ree”(Its here only sir”).   There are a few words in Bengaluru Kannada which is not present in any other dialect of the state, I will mention two here: Swalpa and Sakath.

You will know a true Banglurian by his answers to the following questions(This is for Bengalurians born in 70’s)

1)      Where do you go to BUY booze after 11.30 in Majestic?
2)      Where is booze supplied if you want to sit and drink say, at 2 in the morning?
3)      Which are the 3 main colleges to visit to improve your mood?
4)      What do you call the leader of a gang?
5)      What will the leader of the gang call you?
6)      What is booze called in Bangaluru?
7)      When planning for a booze party, what do you call it?
8)      When you drink only 90ml and walk out, what is it called?
9)      When you sit and drink with your friends what is it called?
10)   When a Banglurian is trying to convince you, what is the word he uses to address you?
11)   What do you call a beautiful girl? 2 names
12)   What do you call a beautiful married woman?
13)   What a Bengalurian asks a person who speaks in English all the time?
14)   Name the best idli joint in Malleshwaram
15)   Which area do you get the best “Kal Soup”? Name the road.
16)   Name of the theater in Majestic which shows only adult movies.
17)   After 10 pm, what is the charge to hire an auto from anywhere to anywhere?
18)   College in Malleshwaram which houses the easiest girls
19)   Name the bar in Malleshwaram that every boy from Malleshwaram has visited in his life time atleast once
20)   What do Banglurians call a nerd?

You give your answers as comments. Remember that this is specific to my area and it was a loooong time ago.  Just have fun, don’t do research.


More to come on Nammuru…….

7 comments:

  1. 1) Majestic al nange gothiro onde bar maga: skipper.
    11:30 mele majestic ge hogi yenne hodiyosthu chool innu bandilla..bandre thilisthivi..aaga help maduviranthe :))

    2. As far as I knw and ofcourse i have bought booze past 2-3 am frm Indiranagar and MG rd.. never gone beyond this area in search of booze

    3.MCC JNC Christ..ad bitre ofcourse nam college Dr AIT :))

    4. Guru - Boss - Anna - Gowdre :))

    5.sisya, sisi, maga etc etc

    6. YENNE

    7.Sketch

    8. Gaanchali :))

    9. Sitting

    10. Guru

    11. Figure, piece

    12. "Olle Aunty" :))

    13. "Taavu Thames nadi al dina thikka tholiyoda"

    14. Devre aane gothilla maam... thapp ans heli nin bai al uguskolloda beda antha..:)

    15. 100% Shivajinagar area.. road hesru gothilla..

    16. Himalaya... i swear i hav never been ther..but hav ogle'ed at the posters on my way to college :))

    17. Ee Q ge ans ningu gothiralla bidu

    18.Maharani Ammani :))

    19.i hav been ther..but unable to recal the name

    20. Goobe, penga, dadda etc etc

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  2. You are a certified Banglurian maga, the secret is not what the right answer is but how you give it. Wonder maga. Even then I will post my other answers here.

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  3. 17 q ge ans is "Double meter" maga, not the amount

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  4. 1. I'll go with Salil's. Skipper - Could be wrong
    2. Indiranagar RTO Bar
    3. MCC, JNC (for sure) and NMKRV (or Maharani's / Baldwins )?
    4. Guru, Boss
    5. Maga
    6. LOL - Ofcourse Yenne
    8. Counter Attack!
    9. Sittings
    10. Saar!
    11. Pigure, Item
    12. Bomb
    13. What ya yo?
    14. I would be 100% wrong...so no comments
    15. Isn't this the one behind Coles Park, next to the Masjid? Let me guess Millers Road?
    16. Movieland?
    17. :)
    18. Maharani's
    19. Chandu's
    20. Dhad'nan'Maga, Guggu

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  6. Thank you for visiting my blog and for the kind words regarding my artwork. I'm sorry it took me so long to acknowledge your comment, I don't get many on the blog and sometimes they slip by me haha. I'd love to see your art. If you post some, please swing by my blog and let me know. Thanks! -Tom

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  7. I am not much in to art Tom.....as in doing it. But your art caught me, really. I started this blog for a kind of satire and that too very local comedy. Thanks for posting comment and I will be following your blog closely.

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