Share autos is where the human side of digital Namma Bengaluru shines. Everybody is using laptop while being driven. Well each one is on other’s lap. A different kind of jam in sillycon city. #sillyconCity (#145)
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Weight loss
Post a sumptuous breakfast of Butter Masala Dosa and Ghee Kesari Bath after a 45 min brisk walk and 30 minutes of exercises he complained:“Yennu weight loss illa Saar, yee workout ella wastu”(No weight loss happening at all, all these workouts are a waste.) sillycon maya at Namma Bengaluru. #sillyconCity (#144)
Luva
Sai Nellore posted a lovely video of the flowing river of lave(Pahoehoe) and asked “Anyone wants to go for a swim”. My muse perked up and I commented on his with a poem. Here is the same as a poem poster titled “Luva”.
Jay walking
He revelled in jay asking as he thought pavement was for wimps. When a biker crashed into him, he saw the poster “Jesus loves you” near the headlight as he lay prostrate on the ground. Yeah right, he thought. The biker helped him get up and then he saw the poster on rear mudguard “Jesus is coming”. Damn, the stickers were placed wrongly. Stupid jays in sillycon city, pray you don’t bump into them. #sillyconCity…
Honey
My good friend Rajiv who has a lovely Cocker Spaniel befriended a stray and it came to live in his open portico. He named her Honey and whenever we met during our dog walks, she was always prancing away to glory, full of life and zest. One fine day she suddenly left, to heaven. Here is my creative on her as “Honey”.
Found & Lost
An Australian lady impressed by honest auto driver’s work gifted him a 1.6Cr villa and IT raided his house. (*) A few thousand promised high returns by a company lost ~1200Cr and owner absconded from the company. Dharma and Karma in sillycon city. #sillyconCity (#141) (*)http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/bengaluru/2019/may/02/bengaluru-auto-drivers-rs-16-crore-villa-becomes-talk-of-the-town-1971621.amp)
Three some
Three people on a bike, none wearing helmets, the rider busy looking at his mobile as he jumps the red signal. I love probability in namma sillycon city. #sillyconCity (#142)
Pavement
The granite slabs on pavements installed aeons ago were systematically changed to concrete ones. After a few months they crack, only to be replaced in the next year’s budget. Isn’t wonderful how we stimulate growth? Replace good stuff with shoddy ones that require continual maintenance. Fix what is unbroken, ignore what is broken. sillycon city it is. #sillyconCity (#140)
Billboard pollution
Cubbon park is a brilliant oasis of nature amidst the noisy and noxious urban central business district. On Sunday mornings it is just lovely, bustling with walkers, bicyclists, skaters, photographers, dog walkers, bird feeders etc.. young and old enjoying the lovely nature away from the digital tether. Now the authorities decided that this was too much and installed large digital screens all over the park to beam images of nature and advertisements. The transformation from…
I am outta the city
My good friend took early retirement and moved to a place near a hill station. Every morning as I am busy getting to work, he posts me pictures of his morning jaunts – beautiful streams, lovely forest greenery and majestic mountains. Unable to able do anything, stuck in a gridlock breathing noxious air, I post him pictures of traffic jams, garbage mounds and videos of honking vehicles. Instagram life in sillycon city. #sillyconCity (#138)