Is Bangalore sprinting backwards? like other cities ?

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Is Bangalore sprinting backwards?

Its past midnight, sleepy eyes but it wont let me sleep. Writing this blog post with a heavy heart.

When Country is celebrating 65th "Independence day" more than 7000 people flew to their hometown fearing trouble from Bangalore alone.

The “Bangalore” which many of my friends call ‘Home’ is not the same it used to be. Is the Raj Thakre ill-effect eating Bangalore too like Pune ?

If you pick to move to Bangalore, you should ask the state's political bosses a few questions. Is Bangalore is going the Mumbai and Pune way?

1. Will you welcome me even if I am not a Kannadiga?

2. If there is an assault on my gated community by vested interests, will you take action swiftly?

3. If there is a (lawful) party at my place, will I be shielded from vigilante fringe groups?

4. Will you ensure local politicians, primarily MLAs and corporators, do not harass me on civic issues?

5. Will you also ensure protection to people from the northeast?

6. In short, will you enforce law and order? 

These six questions may be applied in different forms to different states across the country, but Karnataka is on the verge of getting a lead medal (the worst performance) for lawlessness. Perhaps the people of Bangalore expect too much since they are credited with global mindsets and, therefore, global benchmarks in every activity that entails citizens and officials. But what's wrong in demanding peace and order? What's wrong in setting a higher benchmark? 

The city of Bangalore owes its economic success to northeasterners who man its security, run its hospitality, and fill the service gaps that make's the city tick. 

It's sad we cannot convince them that Bangalore is safe anymore.

Next time you think of Bangalore as a global city, swallow this by Benjamin Disraeli: "A great city, whose image dwells in the memory of man, is the type of some great idea. Rome represents conquest; Faith hovers over the towers of Jerusalem; and Athens embodies the pre-eminent quality of the antique world, Art." 

The railways have already sent over 6900 people of northeast home by two special trains and the regular Bangalore City-Guwahati express on August 15, 2012 night.

And, Bangalore? An IT city that is trying to negotiate peace for its citizens? Surely, Bangalore is sprinting backwards.

Dear Bangaloreans

I don’t live at Bangalore, theoretically it doesn’t affect me what happening there, but will you the people who live at Bangalore want to do the same which Raj Thakre and other fools did in Maharashtra?

Rise above this cast-ism and communal-ism or IT powerhouse called Bangalore will be lost forever.

Inputs from TOI Story.