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Salaam Bombay Bangalore!

March 29, 2007 |

My parents move again, this time for personal reasons! As a Central Govt Employee, my dad has always had a tranferrable job. The whole family has been kicked around every 3-4 years - a few years in Pune, Ahmedabad, New Delhi, and a lot of years in Dombivli. I have always considered Dombivli home - we have family there, I spent most of my childhood there and after I moved to the States all my India trips have been to Dombivli. My parents have finally sold our 1BHK we’ve had since 1984 and moved to Bangalore.

Every proud Mumbaiite knows how heart-breaking it could be leave Mumbai. I’ve had several enquiries from old buddies asking me how I feel.

from Jacklin:
Don’t know whether to feel happy or sad. You don’t live in India but still hoped to see you at avp some day and we all meet up like old days. I suppose your parents are happy with this move.

I spent a week in Bangalore this January and the city has changed a lot since my last trip in 1995. New roads, new buildings, a lot of new people and lots & lots of new cards, and a good number of foreigners (mostly South East Asians, Africans and Europeans). Some things are still the same - cheating Rickshaw drivers, “slow” localites and riders parking their vehicles in the middle of the road to piss on walls in public.

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While my parents are no strangers to Bangalore, this is a big change even for them. So here’s hoping they like the new place and are happy with the move. I definitely love our new house, lots of rooms for visitors and guests :)


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