IT Infrastructure? Hehe

Well ive been in b'lore for about a month now and its becoming more and more apparent to me that this state really is oblivious to the raw potential that is availible to it. B'lore could be the best city in India if it got its act together and got rid of some of the minor facts that are hindering its progress in the field of IT infrastructure.

Availibility of Facilities to Residents
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Well to be honest with you im quite disturbed about the fact that most of the software companies in b'lore reside on a road where restaurants arent plenty, moreover, residential areas are more prominent which also makes sense but instead of putting residential areas close to workplaces, restaurants and areas of relaxation and leisure make more sense. We all know the wonderful messes that we have at work and how easily one can get bored of the menu at work despite the freshness and variety in food availible.

Learn to speak more than one language it really helps
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B'loreans really need to understand that Kanada isnt the one-to-end-all language and the necessity to learn hindi or english should be an important factor in hiring people for any public service. but alas this is an unrealistic demand in a realistic world where most of the people that own restaurants only speak the local language or broken hindi and can say the proverbial 'hello' word.

Respect Everyone
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For some odd reason, people from india and mind u only people from india will speak in their native tongue around foreigners. In my entire lifetime of travelling I have never seen any other culture do that unless you let them to. And what do they do when you tell them to behave and stop talking in their language they talk even more. Do we honestly think that foreigners want to invest in our country when we are consistently talking in our own language amongst them? take a scenario, lets say two chinese people are doing business with you and they are always talking in chinese around you but when you come around they stop talking and smile and shake your hand, fishy isnt it? well take a few steps in the right direction.


Lastly, on a personal note, people all over the world need to learn one very quintessential social attribute and that is ..... CIVIC SENSE/DUTY. if you throw garbage on the road then it makes it ok to actually let other people do it too. keeping a city clean isnt difficult if you actually take the time to be a little literate and throw garbage where its meant to be thrown. now this also goes hand in hand with having the facility to actually dispose of waste as well which brings me back to infrastructure all over again.

In a few more years, b'lore is going to have to sell people to make money because at the rate this is going some other city in india like hydrebad or chennai is going to step in and do the right thing and if that happens God help B'lore.

Cheers
MEL