Bangalore – Transformation at a blitzkrieg Pace.

Bangalore has always once a city of harmony, primarily constituted by the demographics of Kannadigas, coupled with the migrants from Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, and Kerala.

The relationship between the neighbours during 1990’ and prior to the period were great, it’s just an example, and how the ecosystems of inhabitants were living together harmoniously 

 There was no trampling of one person on another, triggered by the jealousy for success or wealth creation, or perhaps, it’s a rarity to find in Bangalore. The children tend to play all kind of games and there were specific season to play varied kind of games. Most of the communication is being exchanged through Kannada language, as this language was widely used by all sections of the society for either business transaction or legal requirements. Kannda langauge is one of the oldest in India.

Bangalore was much more Vibrant in its essence during early 1990’s or prior, the green cover across the city, less pollution, less population. The earning potential of average middle class employee wasn't significant during those times; yet, he was able to feed a big family of 5 to 6 with a great sense of satisfaction. We would hardly find people becoming victim of despair, or rightly a depressed personality. The competition was within the local population in every aspect. The primary sources of employment during those days were through Weaving Mills, to name a few, Raja Mill, Binny Mill and Minerva Mill and government jobs. These mills have now become a paradise for the real estate businessmen to convert them in to huge malls such as Mantri Square, and others is in the process of becoming a Major Malls in Bangalore.

The eruption of radical change hit Bangalore post 2000; it opened for the multinational corporate to set up their operations, software head offices, Business Process Outsourcing units etc. This literally attracted thousands of people to migrate to Bangalore for better opportunity, to increase their earning capabilities. The perennial exodus of people from across India to Bangalore has made the city to explode and expand itself by multiple folds to provide shelter to them.  It indeed created a multi-cultural society with different linguistic people in the demographic structure of the ecosystem.  The spike in the floating population as well as the migrant population has had influence on the economic dynamics of the city. The prices have spiked at an exponential rate, as the economic indicator inflation is surging on a continuous basis.

There have always been a perception that there is a rift between the locals and migrant people, the locals expect the migrants to give due respect to the culture, language, tradition of the state of Karnataka.  I think it would be a Payback for the state of Karnataka if the migrant section of the society were to uphold this expectation.

There should not be any kind of wreck havoc on the harmony that Bangalore has been upholding for years; any kind of intolerance is unacceptable. We live in a world of digital revolution and we should act and be united to strengthen our country. We should aim to make Bangalore a better place to live and also let others to live, make a kind of city that world would recognize as the best place to live.That should be the vision of the people of this city and should drive to realize this objective.