The Joy Of Living In Small Town

I have lived all my life in small towns. But education (or rather enjoyment!) has brought me to a big city. So what am I missing?

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•    Clean air for sure. I live in fifth floor and when I look down at the traffic below I see only black shades of smoke which is scaring. In small towns you see a lot of greenery.
•    I miss the quietness. It is way past 10pm now but still the honking and blaring of the horns is disturbing my easy flow of thoughts. In small towns, I feel there is self-imposed rule of “No Horn” after 7pm!
•    I miss easy mapping of roads. Small towns usually have one main big road with all your shopping needs located on this road itself. And usually this road will be christened M.G.Road. But, in a big city there are hundreds of main roads and your M.G.Road will be somewhere in the corner!
•    Chics! In a small town suppose you see a girl in the bus stand or in some public place and have a crush. It is not at all difficult to know about her. Usually, there will be only two or three good educational institutions and this girl will be from one of them. So, your contacts will help you find her. In a nut shell, if you like some girl (in a small town) then she can be your potential girl friend! But in big cities, you see a girl and the chances of not seeing her again are very high!
•            Some cop finds your vehicle parked in “no parking” zone and starts writing you a ticket, then in a small town that cop will surely be a friend of some of your own. So, one phone call and the cop lets you walk away with a warning. But, in a big city the chances of you getting a place for parking are very low and if you land in front of a cop for some mistake; you are sure to get a ticket!
•    In a small town, if you are going out for lunch, then you leave your house at the lunch time. But, in a big town you leave your house at the breakfast time! (You have to consider traffic if you are crossing your compound wall also!)
•            Ample space. In small towns, I feel you get ample space to stretch your legs. But in big cities, (I am speaking of apartments here) you stretch your leg and the guy leaving next door will give his piece of mind to you. Because, your stretched legs would have landed in his territory! Moreover, you get space and time to do some gardening in small towns. Sadly, it is not the case in big cities.

The Brigade Road

After waiting for a long time, an opportunity came in my way to tread the brigade road. At the first sight, it looked like any other street. There is neither any breath-taking buildings nor any tributorial statues to blow your mind. Just a normal road. But, as I continued exploring the street I started discovering it’s exclusivity.

We reached this 24*7 hotspot at around 4 30pm. One of my friends knew about a place called tibetian plaza, which is famous for band t-shirts( you name the band: bullet for my valentine, children of bodom, linkin park; you get the t-shirt with the band logo). But please note that you need to go to first floor for exclusive t-shirts’ shops. Additionally, there is not much scope for bargaining.

 From my cousin, I had heard about a book store. And we found it in front of amoeba in church street (take a turn at arrow’s). The poster “blossom book house” was huge. After giving entry I realized what a book paradise is. One of my friends even commented how could there be so many books! (we were in fiction section and he meant how could people write so many books-forget reading them!). We came across “erotic section”. We wanted to spend some time here, but like any ordinary Indian we were apprehensive about what people will think! So, two of us kept watch at the end of the rack. this continued for some ten minutes. However, when we were about to move from there, to our surprise, we discovered a CCTV camera staring at us!!!


 Our next stop was at Amoeba gaming world. I have heard that Brigade Road houses the oldest Amoeba in Bangalore. We roamed around the bowling alley and since none of us were in playing mood, we moved from there.


 We did not know any famous place in Brigade Road to fill our stomach. So, we had to satisfy ourselves with some chats and stuff.  And then we returned. But, later we came to know about some very good restaurants.

Bangalore has good many streets for every purpose. You want books? Head to Avenue Road. Looking for automobile parts? J.C Road is the one. Computer and electronics? S.P! Youth? Brigade. Though Not for the ones who believe more in the Indian way of life. 


Apart from the hot chics, renowned pubs and stuff I feel Brigade Road has something to offer... to everyone. With Metro coming up, I feel Brigade Road is going to fly high. 


Updated: Yesterday, I was walking through D.V.G Road. If you are interested, read this