Thursday, June 29, 2006

I had totally a different view of Ernakulum until my recent visit there. You may crib about the attitude of people there, the hot weather or the lack of friendliness from the general public etc. But hey, that city is in the right track, it is growing at a slow pace and I bet the foundation is being laid strong.
For example, if you got to lay 3 stones firmly on the ground, In Bangalore, in the urge to match up with the pace of urbanisation that is happening here, they are forgetting to set the second stone strong and laying the 3rd one on it as a result, the thrid one gets shaky after sometime which eventually affects the other two stones laid below. Where as in a city like Ernakulum, people are moving slowly, steadily and carefully. They are laying only one stone at a time, which makes the whole structure stable and long lasting.
The hotels, the reliegious institutions, the educational system, the whatever...is all systematically being run, which makes me pity the state of Bangalore which is thought to be a heaven. Talk about the roads, you keep something on top of your car and drive and besure that it stays at the same spot even after running long. You rarely come across a pit or an unleveled road. And when you eat the hotel food, its does not make you home sick...
Guess, Bangaloreans have to pause for a while and take a look around and realise in what a mess we are in, and work towards laying a strong foundation to build a better city...