2023-02 - Bangalore, India
ITC Gardenia, 1 Residency Rd, Ashok Nagar, Bengaluru
Bangalore is a wonderful creative hub. It feels like the new San Francisco, with creative ambitious people moving there from all over India. A super-casual California-style culture, free from the formality and materialism of Delhi and Mumbai.
Bangalore is such a great place to live - (good weather, culture, people) - that the money made in Bangalore is staying in Bangalore instead of fleeing overseas like it used to, so this feeds the local arts and culture scene, making it an even better place to live.
I loved it so much that I wanted to cancel my return flight and just live there now. Instead, it’s now my second home, in my heart, and I’ll be returning often.
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Ricky Kej
music, QR code menu, religion, gifts, Chanakya U, self-sufficient village
Sindhu Shivaprasad
Nigeria, freedom, writing, England, third culture kid, home, Kannada, South Bangalore, Japan
Ayush Jain
Rajasthan, Singapore, Bangalore, startups, education, course design, Nairobi
Ranjana Iyer
dance, relationships, Peru
Pavitra Gurumurthi
Wellington
Udhay Shankar N
old school tech, Bangalore, startups
Shreyas Prakash
language, charity, voice prompts, maker spaces, hospitals, Bangalore
Trisha Reddy
writing, America, yoga, swimming, stories
Pradarshan
backpacking, writing, Bangalore, startups, history
Kaushal Shah
Ahmedabad, Gujarat, Bangalore, politics, meditation, comedy, skimming books
Kartik Isvarmurti
agriculture, Mysore, customer service
Nikhil Jois
books, AI, schools, IoT, startups, marriage
Arunsathyaseelan Palanichami
Tamil Nadu, names, family, Bangalore, north vs south india, Tamil culture
Thiyagarajan Maruthavanan
Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore
Ayushi Mukhi
Delhi, Bangalore, cultural differences, college, writing
Ritesh Nagpal
kids, family, Gita, UPI, Hyderabad, divorce
Siddharth V. Rao
Seychelles, law, school, whiskey
Anish Raju
nomad, coach, parenting
Nirant Kasliwal
north vs south India culture, status, Jainism, Bangalore, Urdu poetry, Sufism
Kartikeya Bhardwaj
AI, security, Bangalore, music, hip-hop
Srikanthan Kumarasamy
trauma, coaching
Apoorve Singhal
AI, UPI, Python
Saurav Arya
nomad, travel, Kenya, Rwanda, Nagaland
Jesvin Mathew
Bahrain, Kerala, family, drumming
Moina Abdul
illustration, books, collaboration
Srijan Mahajan
motorcycles, Delhi, creative technology
Kaustubh M.
programming, Haskell
Saurabh Mithal
meditation, Seth Godin
Alicia Souza
illustration, Abu Dhabi, Goa, Catholicism
Yogesh Nachnani
Linux, PostgreSQL, WhatsApp, journaling, Aadhaar, cost of living
Arif Vakil
Sufi, Gujarat, Islam, parenting
Ganesh K
startups, Aadhaar, UPI
Jyothirmayee JT
India, Bengal, delegation