Bangalore, now known as Bengaluru, the city of my birth, has changed to an unrecognisable extent in the last 30 years. First recorded as Begur in a stone inscription dating back to 890 CE, Bangalore has changed radically from being a gentle, laid back capital of the state of Karnataka in Southern India, to a roaring giant of India’s IT industry with maddening traffic, a frenetic pace of life and affluence driving up everything from property prices to the price of its most famous delicacy, the Dosa.
Amongst all this change there are still a few less- frantic pockets maintaining a more traditional pace and way of life. Gandhibazaar is one such locality with its narrow streets, colourful open- air flower markets with family- run spice stalls that have continued without changing hands for the last 150 years. Despite an enormous influx of non – Kannada speaking newcomers settling in Bangalore, here in Gandhibazaar the traditional shops, student-friendly coffee-houses and fruit vendors with their mobile carts are still in place where Kannada is spoken and English understood by all and spoken by most, young and old.
Original: Oil on canvas ; 12 x 12″ (305 x 305 mm) ; framed
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