So, how much poverty is there in Bangalore? A hard quastion, because there are different ways to describe poverty. Say, we take German standards. Then most people here in Bangalore probably are very poor and could by far not survive in Germany with their income. On the other hand, the same income is rather medium… Weiterlesen »
You might be wondering what you have to eat, should you ever come to India. Well, inBangalore, you can get everything. There is, of course, the Indian food. North Indian and South Indian, but I don’t find a big difference between them. As far as I know, they use different spices, but I still think… Weiterlesen »
They are big. They are everywhere. They are…ads. And Bangalore has a lot of them. Most ads here in Bangalore are hand-painted and they come in two variations: Large billboards, which are just some type of fabric over a metal frame. They so not seem to be very strong, so after a bit of wind… Weiterlesen »
Bangalore’s animal population seems to consist of mainly three species: cattle, dogs, and ravens. Cows, being a holy animal in the Hindu religion, roam the streets mostly free. Sometimes they are accompanied by someone, or bound to a tree, but mostly they just walk around – or stand on the streets. Yes, a lot of… Weiterlesen »
Pollution in Bangalore has three aspects: dust, exhausts, and litter. Bangalore is very dusty. The main reason for this is that many streets are not paved, so every car throws that dust in the air and carries it onto the paved roads, where it collects on the side of the roads. The air is usually… Weiterlesen »
And another TOTW about traffic – well, it certainly is a topic in Bangalore, whose streets just can’t put up with all the cars which drive on it. And about cars, I’m going to write today. The most often seen car is probably the Tata Indicar. A four-seater comparable to the VW Golf, it is… Weiterlesen »
I just created a new category: the topic of the week, or TOTW. It will contain observations of what struck me as interesting in this week. And I can’t resist, I just have to start with the way Indians drive. Even though there exist some traffic rules somewhere, noone seems to care. Especially the right… Weiterlesen »