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

Ricky Kej

music, QR code menu, religion, gifts, Chanakya U, self-sufficient village

Sindhu Shivaprasad

Sindhu Shivaprasad

Nigeria, freedom, writing, England, third culture kid, home, Kannada, South Bangalore, Japan

Ayush Jain

Ayush Jain

Rajasthan, Singapore, Bangalore, startups, education, course design, Nairobi

Ranjana Iyer

Ranjana Iyer

dance, relationships, Peru

Pavitra Gurumurthi

Pavitra Gurumurthi

Wellington

Udhay Shankar N

Udhay Shankar N

old school tech, Bangalore, startups

Shreyas Prakash

Shreyas Prakash

language, charity, voice prompts, maker spaces, hospitals, Bangalore

Trisha Reddy

Trisha Reddy

writing, America, yoga, swimming, stories

Pradarshan

Pradarshan

backpacking, writing, Bangalore, startups, history

Kaushal Shah

Kaushal Shah

Ahmedabad, Gujarat, Bangalore, politics, meditation, comedy, skimming books

Kartik Isvarmurti

Kartik Isvarmurti

agriculture, Mysore, customer service

Nikhil Jois

Nikhil Jois

books, AI, schools, IoT, startups, marriage

Arunsathyaseelan Palanichami

Arunsathyaseelan Palanichami

Tamil Nadu, names, family, Bangalore, north vs south india, Tamil culture

Thiyagarajan Maruthavanan

Thiyagarajan Maruthavanan

Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore

Ayushi Mukhi

Ayushi Mukhi

Delhi, Bangalore, cultural differences, college, writing

Ritesh Nagpal

Ritesh Nagpal

kids, family, Gita, UPI, Hyderabad, divorce

Siddharth V. Rao

Siddharth V. Rao

Seychelles, law, school, whiskey

Anish Raju

Anish Raju

nomad, coach, parenting

Nirant Kasliwal

Nirant Kasliwal

north vs south India culture, status, Jainism, Bangalore, Urdu poetry, Sufism

Kartikeya Bhardwaj

Kartikeya Bhardwaj

AI, security, Bangalore, music, hip-hop

Srikanthan Kumarasamy

Srikanthan Kumarasamy

trauma, coaching

Apoorve Singhal

Apoorve Singhal

AI, UPI, Python

Saurav Arya

Saurav Arya

nomad, travel, Kenya, Rwanda, Nagaland

Jesvin Mathew

Jesvin Mathew

Bahrain, Kerala, family, drumming

Moina Abdul

Moina Abdul

illustration, books, collaboration

Srijan Mahajan

Srijan Mahajan

motorcycles, Delhi, creative technology

Kaustubh M.

Kaustubh M.

programming, Haskell

Saurabh Mithal

Saurabh Mithal

meditation, Seth Godin

Alicia Souza

Alicia Souza

illustration, Abu Dhabi, Goa, Catholicism

Yogesh Nachnani

Yogesh Nachnani

Linux, PostgreSQL, WhatsApp, journaling, Aadhaar, cost of living

Arif Vakil

Arif Vakil

Sufi, Gujarat, Islam, parenting

Ganesh K

Ganesh K

startups, Aadhaar, UPI

Jyothirmayee JT

Jyothirmayee JT

India, Bengal, delegation