Bangalore, & its incessant charm
A tribute to the best childhood in ನಮ್ಮ ಪ್ರೀತಿಯ ಬೆಂಗಳೂರು
4 min readFeb 24, 2024
- Bangaloreans waking up to MS Subbalaxmi’s Suprabhata
- A morning walk in Cubbon Park is bliss.
- Weekends at Bal Bhavan excited for Toy train rides.
- Evening picnic at Cubbon Park again playing Frizbee.
- The walk to the lit-up spectacular view of Vidhana Soudha in the evening for snacks.
- Pendulum clocks & their lengthy tones were a common thing in all households.
- Visiting CCD (Cafe Coffee Day) was a status of the rich only.
- The race course audience & betting with friends on a particular jockey.
- The long ride to Bannerghatta National Pack on Sundays.
- Lunch at MTR was something we craved for.
- During summer holidays play non-stop Super Mario with friends as commentators :)
- The cricket matches bitter-sweet memories of wins & losses at Chinnaswamy stadium.
- Visiting Alankar Plaza in Majestic for all festivities & being mesmerised by using the escalator.
- Summer holidays without visiting Star World, Niladri Water Park, & local exhibitions were next to impossible.
- Movies at Sagar or any theatre in Majestic with all the hype around it
- Watching Mayamruga & Sunday 4 pm Kannada movies of Ramesh Arvind on Doordarshan :)
- Watching Alif Laisa, Shaktimaan, Nandu Apna, etc with an excuse of improvising our Hindi for good marks.
- Sundays starting with Rangoli on Doordarshan with old Bollywood vibes.
- Evening walks to VV Puram for the food street.
- The new love of softie ice creams at Bashyam Circle.
- The never-ending crush & secret visits to Corner House or grabbing Amul ice creams.
- School results at the Feast Ice Cream only if I scored well in math.
- The summer camps in the localities where kids from all schools are together.
- We used to visit Ulsoor Lake for boating in those double-decker buses during the summer holidays & spotting the Utility building was so much fun.
- Visiting the Manikshaw Parade ground during Independence Day in those wee hours of the morning was so much fun.
- Ambassador cars used to be such a luxury back in those days.
- A girl with long hair was nominated as the most beautiful girl.
- Mosquito nets were another luxury item in the household.
- The vegetable cart vendors, their perfect timings that mom would be ready for without any technology seem to be a miracle.
- Basavangudi Kalekai parishe was such an auspicious time of the year.
- Christmas at MG Road Nilgiri’s plum cake exhibition, Cake exhibition near St. Joseph’s college campus, & walking in Church street used to be pleasant sight.
- Shivraatri spent as Kempfort Shiva Temple was such a bliss.
- No festivities would start without visiting the temple in the early hours.
- Having dinner with family sitting on the redoxide floor which used to be cold was a mandate with no excuses.
- Waiting for first-day-first-show tickets for Raj Kumar & Rajnikanth movie tickets was more than an achievement for us!
- Visiting MG Road felt out of the world for the brands.
