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Askew: A Short Biography: A Short Biography Of Bangalore
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When The Fabled Founder Of Bangalore, Kempe Gowda, Set Out To Build His Dream City In The Early Sixteenth Century, His Mother Gave Him Two Instructions: Keregalam Kattu, Marangalam Nedu. Build Lakes, Plant Trees. Gowda Built A Hundred Lakes And Lined The Wide Avenues Of The City With Leafy Trees.After India Gained Independence, Bangalore Became Known As A Pensioners Paradise. In The Early 1980S, The City Reinvented Itself Once Again, This Time As The Home Of Some Of The Worlds Most Outstanding Entrepreneurs. Very Rapidly, Aided By The Dozens Of Engineering Schools That Had Sprouted In The City Since Independence, Bangalore Became The Hub Of Indias Information Technology (It) Revolution. In The Twenty-First Century, The City Is Trying To Cope With The Problems That Have Accompanied Its Explosive Growth And Enormous Success Crumbling Infrastructure, Traffic Jams, Soaring Real Estate Prices, Corruption And Chaos. Despite The Challenges It Faces, Bangalore Continues To Be One Of The Worlds Most Distinctive And Interesting Cities. T. J. S. George Walks Us Through Both Old And New Bangalorefrom Gleaming Skyscrapers And Lively Dance Studios To Colonial-Era Bungalows Marked By Quaint Little Name-Stones, From Legendary Eating Places Like Koshys And Mavalli Tiffin Room (Mtr) To Shining New Eateries That Serve Craft Beer.
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