City of Angels

I just stared reading the book Single in the city, in which the author described about how her life was in Delhi. Well as all the books I read, usually makes me write a blog, this worked too. It triggered me to switch my system on and start writing as I realized that my experiences in Bangalore were far more exciting than what author experienced in Delhi.



To begin with, I always travelled in my own car in Delhi; Rs. 500 in my wallet was enough, as I knew the petrol or gas worth Rs 500 would let me travel from any corner of Delhi to my home. My mom had given me strict instructions to hire a prepaid taxi once I land at Bangalore airport. Well the point to be noted here is, mom has never been to Bangalore but she knew that prepaid taxi here would be cheap and safe. I always followed her instructions and as soon I collected my luggage, a guy, smartly dressed, came and asked “Mam, prepaid taxi?” I nodded and he led me to a counter where I had to book the cab. He asked me the destination and I said “Electronic City”. The female at the counter started typing it hurriedly and took a slip out and smiled “Rs 2000 please”. I coughed and asked “I am sorry, how much?” she repeated coldly “Rs 2000”. I looked into my wallet, confident of the fact that I would not have more than Rs 500 cash and looked up and asked “do you accept cards?”, praying to god to save me, to which she replied “yes we do”. I sighed at it, wondering if my office would reimburse this amount or not. Nevertheless for the moment I was saved because they accepted the card. I was sure that my bank account had that much money as it was just the 4th day of the month.

Lesson #1: Carrying just Rs 500 in my wallet is not going to let me reach home, because I don’t use my car anymore, I am dependent on public transport in this city of angels!



Back at home, I knew all the roads and ways, so I never asked anyone for the same. The thought that comes to my mind is Delhi men hate when a female drives a car, and I don’t mind proving them right! Smiles smiles! The next step was to search a house or PG or hostel. I had been following it up people through advertisements in the intranet about the accommodation. Some of the places were near my office, so I dialed in those numbers to ask if I can come and see the place. Well to be honest the way I was directed the place, I couldn’t even locate them. I have heard jokes about Delhites that they can never tell “easiest way” to reach the place. People here couldn’t suggest me “any way” by which I could reach the place. Nevermind!I realized it may be because the people living in these PG/hostels also didn’t belong to Bangalore , hence were not able to help me out in reaching the right place.

Next day I talked to a landlord lady, who was very much from this place, but couldn’t again tell me “Any way” leave apart the “easiest way” to reach the place. Finally I struggled to plot a PG using the navigator in my mobile to search the place. The search was for an hour, which actually was just five minutes away from my original location, had I used the navigator before.

Lesson # 2: I need to learn to use the navigators in mobile to locate a place, than relying on the suggestions of people. Technology works better here in this city of angels!


After I managed to search the PG, my roomies and friends whom I made just now in the adjacent room were shocked to hear the fact that I had been with Wipro for more than two years, as they calculated my age with that and all of them started calling me “Didi”.’uuhhh’ Next day when I was in office, a gang of guys giggling came and told me upfront “we got to hear that you have joined from Wipro Delhi and have been working since last two years”. I politely smiled “yes” knowing who the source could be. The question immediately after that was “what have you studied?” I replied politely again “I have completed my MBA”, to which one more person asked “correspondence?”, now I was frustrated with the series of question and replied with a question mark in my tone, wondering why they want to know “regular”. Suddenly one of them blurted out “didi hain, chalo yaar”. I was left amused and all I could do was smile wondering they could have directly asked my age! Huh! Since that day, almost all my team mates have been introducing me as “This is Sharanya di, who has recently joined our team”.

Lesson #3: Age is a comparative factor. If you are among the young crowd, then you are old and vice versa. According to comparative factor, I feel I have grown old in this city of angels!



I preferred to stay in a place which is full of north Indians. I often wondered on my identity crisis issues, if I should call myself a south Indian being an Iyer or call myself a north Indian for having born and brought up in Delhi. When it came to choosing a place to live, I preferred to stay where all the people from north lived because of few reasons- I preferred north Indian food over south Indian, I loved Shahrukh khan movies, so wanted a roommate who would watch the Hindi channels in TV. Last but not the least people from south might go back to their homes which is close by during weekends and I really didn’t want to spend the weekends getting bored by sharing room with south Indian girls. However when I was at work, there were so many south Indians that I had to reveal that I am a Tamilian in order to make them all my friends. As long as changing my identity between a north Indian and south Indian is doing good to me, I don’t mind doing that. On a Sunday evening a friend of mine took me to a famous tea Shop called “Ginger” and since that day I am a regular customer there. Friend’s friends are all your friends in this unknown world. My friend’s roomies asked me “where are you from?”……now I struggled ‘Aaarrr…what do I say? ’I am at a tea shop, although my love for filter coffee is no less than the tea and I finally replied “I am from Delhi”

Lesson # 4: Be a roman in Rome! :-) !Be an angel in this city of Angels! lol

More lessons to come! Would keep updating my blogs!

A place of angels!

All these years in corporate life if I have learnt anything, then that were to control my thoughts, not to shout back at wrong things. I had learnt to think ten times before I say anything and read hundred times before I write anything. I have unlearnt the wrong lessons.


After a month of running, I got the tickets in my hand when fear suddenly hit me. A realization of what I have done. I wondered why I took this decision and was wondering if the decision was right or wrong. But I was too late and I knew there was no going back. But finally I was sure of something, I was sure that I was going away from a place which I call my home.

As I waited for the flight I recollected the reasons why I decided to relocate. Since my management days I strongly believed that change is the only constant. I was implementing it practically in my life. Well that reminds me of my physics and chemistry practical exams in school and graduation days where I always looked forward to my twin or my best friend to get me passed in the exams as I really feared practical exams.

I reached the place of angels- Bangalore. I had no one, I had no expectation and I had nothing to look forward to. I just had one thing in mind, I am going to learn something new, and would learn to face some new challenges in life. Had lot of difficulties, but at every difficult moment an angel or few angels came into my life, making those moments easier.

I smiled at everyone and greeted whoever came my way. I talked to all strangers, but never ever I feared. I enjoyed the hustle and bustle, the running around and I was lost in the run.

At last I sit absorbing the emptiness around. I am tired. I saw emptiness around.

The world sees the person in me, who I am not. I succeeded in what I wanted to do. I created an identity of mine, which I am not. I don’t bother of what impression others are making about me, I just want to be happy, so am I. All I say today is “bhawnao ko control mat karo, behne do!kaho jo kehna hai” smiling at my own self “look who’s talking this”.

The world sees me happy, so am I .I don’t think anymore, than to live just another day which I have been given by the god. This place angels of made me realize if god is going to give a problem, and if I had the courage to face it, god would send the angels to make me face the difficulties also.

So here I am waiting for the biggest problem of my life without any fear, to get the best angel from god :-)