tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8522679.post113975373466499703..comments2023-10-28T07:54:56.706-07:00Comments on Catch-22: Neena's Tourism Bluesnestpahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04518166441944790082noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8522679.post-1156924403930949132006-08-30T00:53:00.000-07:002006-08-30T00:53:00.000-07:00I am shocked to see this kind of behaviour, i am s...I am shocked to see this kind of behaviour, i am sure tourists coming to kerala is treated much better.<BR/><BR/>At the same time I want to bring another point here. As tourists, malayalees (not the family one, but the college gangs) are the most uncivilised ones. Which ever tourist place I go in Karnataka, it is always the mallu gangs who creates problem. They misbehaves with ladies, booze, take drugs, violate all rules they create so much noise and spoils the atmosphere. So mallu gangs are getting beaten up is not new, i have seen this happening many time and I have no sympathy for them.<BR/><BR/>In Neena's case is she sure her male collegues did not misbehave.<BR/><BR/>So it is not 'adithi devo bhava' but 'criminal' devo bhava. I have not seen a single student gang from kerala who seem to know how to behave in a public place. (They seem to behave well in places like Veega land since thye know they will get beaten up). Kannadigas are slowly realising this menace, I think.<BR/><BR/>b.tw. I am a malayalee myslef and have nothing against malayalee.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8522679.post-1149678356844076622006-06-07T04:05:00.000-07:002006-06-07T04:05:00.000-07:00Karnataka is surely a corrupt state . Being born a...Karnataka is surely a corrupt state . <BR/>Being born and brought up in Bangalore, <BR/>I regularly face corruption at various govt offices.<BR/>Whenever i did travel to the neighbouring state of kerala , andhra and tamilnadu,<BR/>i was surprised to see the lesser levels of corruption.<BR/>Surely the report that came out recently , had bihar as the no. 1 corrupt state and<BR/>Karnataka at no.2<BR/>Even official work wont be so neatly organised, but for collecting the bribes and the way <BR/>they share it is so very organised , anybody will be baffled.<BR/>They talk in terms of percentage.<BR/>Here was on incident , when myself and my fiancee were sitting in a park at 7.00 PM, <BR/>a cop started threatening us of taking us to Police station.<BR/>But the moment i started dropping names of some police officers i knew , he disappeared<BR/>within seconds. <BR/>Only two things work in karnataka , Power and Money.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8522679.post-1148023651076464312006-05-19T00:27:00.000-07:002006-05-19T00:27:00.000-07:00True, a law internship seems to mostly involve typ...True, a law internship seems to mostly involve typist work, but thankfully after switching firms, my legal input has increased mani-fold:) but still no pay!:( I don't mind doing pro bono work, but not for rich firms that can afford me:( which law school r u from anyway?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8522679.post-1143252768677961652006-03-24T18:12:00.000-08:002006-03-24T18:12:00.000-08:00Though i am sorry to hear what happened to u or ur...Though i am sorry to hear what happened to u or ur friends in karnataka simply writing something about it in hindu <BR/>or any other news media is not going to change anything. <BR/>If ur friends were abused in any way why didnt they even register a complaint? If this is the plight of college<BR/>students from kerala(who once had the power to even topple the govt) what about others. Simply talking about it <BR/>is not going to make any difference. If they did not have the courage(that too when they were in a grp) to act against <BR/>the abuse/corruption, then I am sorry to say that they do not have any right to talk about it. <BR/><BR/>And Mr.Mindcurry I dont know if u will be reading this comment but u r supposed to chng ur vehicle's registration within <BR/>12 months of bringing it to k'taka. Please try to practice what u preach.<BR/><BR/>I am sort of tired of reading blogs about the rampant corruption in india. Just bcoz they have a medium to write about <BR/>it ppl just write about it, but I wonder how many seriously consider doing somethng about it. Ppl do not have to do much<BR/>to make the system better. Just correct urself atleast(and ppl around u atmost) and the system will correct itself <BR/>automatically.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8522679.post-1141399353007095632006-03-03T07:22:00.000-08:002006-03-03T07:22:00.000-08:00well since i had already heard the incident first ...well since i had already heard the incident first hand from ma sis i had reacted the same way most of u did.amen to what everyone's said.<BR/>but i never heard abt the kochi incident.bein a kochiite maself i apologise for tht.<BR/>i seriously think this should be publicised somehow coz they cant just getaway with what they didAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8522679.post-1141303366960862782006-03-02T04:42:00.000-08:002006-03-02T04:42:00.000-08:00Am sorry to hear the sorry tale of Karnataka and t...Am sorry to hear the sorry tale of Karnataka and the sorrier misdeeds of the petty keepers of law and public places.<BR/>Frankly, this happens all over the country, every day. Some states more so and some like Kerala not so much.<BR/>These are class issues, the policemen and the security guards all hale from backgrounds where in normal course any interaction in the Indian social system with elite middle class would be minimal. The ones inhabiting places like Bangalore or Mysore see every one making it big in the real world. Corruption of course is endemic and opportunities are rarely missed.<BR/>You quote Rs 100 in Karnataka as a happy bribe. In West Bengal I see bribes of RS 2, in coin form, as a regular exchange that the bus and truck operators give to traffic policemen. Most often at night the coin is flung on the road and the policeman goes and picks it up too.<BR/>I am digressing. My point is that there will be such sorry instances over and over. What one needs at this stage is protection. One has to work within the system. As some one here said you needed to take up the matter with the senior officers and the authoroties at Brindavan Gardens. It always helps to know someone or the other where you are going. ( This is India) then things get done faster or you need to drop names and contacts.<BR/> <BR/>This is not a statement of acceptance but a statement of cognisance of the reality. In the long term one must endeavour to eradicate the boorish outlook and the social malaise, but in the immediate term, one must know ones way out in such situations.<BR/>Anyway take heart now and brave up to face the rest of the country. This was Karnataka. You need to be in North India to hear wolf calls, receive leering stares and overtly sexual groping and of course worse policemen and the like. <BR/><BR/>I hope You dont go anywhere there. It is worse then Karnataka. This is called perverted logic.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14771071645850265366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8522679.post-1141125521487801452006-02-28T03:18:00.000-08:002006-02-28T03:18:00.000-08:00i am so angry when i read such stuff. mistreatment...i am so angry when i read such stuff. mistreatment and disrespect is inborn in a lot of indians i think. and all this happening in a public facility is even more crazy.<BR/><BR/>i drove a KL regn car for 4-5 years in karnataka and always used to be at loggerheads with the cops and rto. my car has been seized 9 times by the rto citing different reasons, but till the end i never paid any money which was undue to them. (i admit i did bribe them once as i was going to pay my exam fees and there was no time to argue with them) anywya, the sad point is that india is sadly divided into a country of many states. i remember another incident, where another 20 something year old once jumped lanes and banged into my car. the moment he saw my cars KL registration he started shouting me and said " this is my area and i can show you who i am". and then goes to the cop and speaks in kannada. i was so enraged at what he said and first blasted him. and then noticed that the cop was slowly siding him. the moment i started shouting at the cop in kannada things became fine. thank god i learnt my kannada well.<BR/><BR/>back to the issue, i definitely feel you should report the matter to the park authorities as well as the cops - say a senior officer in bangalore.Mind Curryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11788912357913882065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8522679.post-1140189199601579662006-02-17T07:13:00.000-08:002006-02-17T07:13:00.000-08:00hey,r u the neil who was studying in BVB trivandru...hey,r u the neil who was studying in BVB trivandrum????remember me???i was in ur classnaveenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15767708462046994129noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8522679.post-1140160692077017782006-02-16T23:18:00.000-08:002006-02-16T23:18:00.000-08:00neena..i never expected u to be reading this blog....neena..i never expected u to be reading this blog....My apologies for the abusive words i used...But then that is me ...Just a bit emotional.....And neeli "Neil says he cannot bring himself to show any kind of disrespect to girls coz he's constantly reminded of me.".....Any comments...Hehe(sorry da ,but just cant control laughin) .And also neena a thanks look totally out of place....CheersAnish Prasadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18371558371446039930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8522679.post-1140153813963422842006-02-16T21:23:00.000-08:002006-02-16T21:23:00.000-08:00neena..i never expected u to be reading this blog....neena..i never expected u to be reading this blog....My apologies for the abusive words i used...But then that is me ...Just a bit emotional.....And neeli "Neil says he cannot bring himself to show any kind of disrespect to girls coz he's constantly reminded of me.".....Any comments...Hehe(sorry da ,but just cant control laughin)Anish Prasadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18371558371446039930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8522679.post-1140080629795301232006-02-16T01:03:00.000-08:002006-02-16T01:03:00.000-08:00I think the response is amazing!Thanks a million.I...I think the response is amazing!Thanks a million.I already feel that all those bitter experiences were worth.Just kidding.<BR/><BR/>For Silverine & Jeyavel-<BR/>Apology accepted,it is good to know that the real Bangaloreans have the right sense of hospitality.<BR/><BR/>For poison-<BR/>We wish u were there too!<BR/><BR/>For mdemon-<BR/>Just as i thought,This couldnt have been an isolated case.Talking about the Kerala police,everyone in our group were waxing eloquent about 'our' righteous police force,until the Marine boat squad came aboard while we were enjoying the backwaters at Kochi.They declared that boating was prohibited after 7pm but changed the rule when the boat owner gave them their 'tip'.<BR/>Guess you are right.<BR/><BR/>For blah_blah_blogger-<BR/>You should have seen the reaction of the guys who took the blows.But I think it was best to bury the hatchet.<BR/><BR/>For darren_flecther-<BR/>Overwhelming! Thnks, Anish, for the concern and support.Neil says he cannot bring himself to show any kind of disrespect to girls coz he's constantly reminded of me.I love my brother!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8522679.post-1140053294699189882006-02-15T17:28:00.000-08:002006-02-15T17:28:00.000-08:00neeli....dissapoitning...words are few to describe...neeli....dissapoitning...words are few to describe the feeling that i underwent going thru these words.The fact this is written by my own sis just adds to it...If indeed a genaeration has awakened then it is high time these offenders are brought to law....These sort of outrageous acts no matter who they are(ethu pundade mon aayalum) is never aacpetable.Al this despite the girsl being in a group..Wonder what would have been the case had they been stranded alon...Siting here i am helpless..But neeel and neena..As always for ever the vikings are behind you...no to be correct with u......and a truth is we mallu;s indeed are good at treating guests....Anish Prasadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18371558371446039930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8522679.post-1139994076512036502006-02-15T01:01:00.000-08:002006-02-15T01:01:00.000-08:00OUTRAGEOUS...actually this whole atithi devo bhav ...OUTRAGEOUS...actually this whole atithi devo bhav bullshit holds true only for the white skinned foreigners...what good are the people of a place who don't respect their own men? <BR/><BR/>Poison is right, wish I were there...at the risk of going behind bars, I would have got at least one of those guards...One in the crowdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11855622150038576843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8522679.post-1139861246213988002006-02-13T12:07:00.000-08:002006-02-13T12:07:00.000-08:00I remember once when a few friends of mine came fr...I remember once when a few friends of mine came from Kerala, in a KL vehicle to Bangalore. They were circling around the MG Road area, unable to find their way to palace grounds, thanks to the peek hour traffic and oneways, when a cop caught them. <BR/><BR/>He checked the vehicle, the documents-even the bags of the travellers to find a reason to penalize them. When i reached the scene, he was booking them for "violating the traffic rules" and the fine amount was 500 bucks and ofcourse, no recipt. <BR/><BR/>After a bit of smooth talk i had with him, he pulled out a traffic fine receipt of Rs 500, from Kerala Police. and yelled to me, <BR/><BR/>" I just want my money back !" <BR/><BR/>Apparantly he and his party was charged by Kerala police when they went to sabarimala for violating a one-way rule. <BR/>Now, that's what i call "tit for tat " !mDemonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00730753994913757035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8522679.post-1139820360699746042006-02-13T00:46:00.000-08:002006-02-13T00:46:00.000-08:00wish i were therewish i were there-Poison-https://www.blogger.com/profile/16369562525527820769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8522679.post-1139803924228258142006-02-12T20:12:00.000-08:002006-02-12T20:12:00.000-08:00Shocking indeed, Bangalore is not what she used to...Shocking indeed, Bangalore is not what she used to be, Silverine correctly puts it, "<B>The real Bangalorean is now an outnumbered species</B>". Incident reminds me of how a couple was harrassed by the police (they tried to book the female as a CSW).bengaluruhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18208107016477151136noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8522679.post-1139763194940074712006-02-12T08:53:00.000-08:002006-02-12T08:53:00.000-08:00I am absolutely shocked at this incident.The polic...I am absolutely shocked at this incident.The police in Karnataka is the most corrupt. So I am not surprised at the incident. Maybe the Kerala registration of the vehicle made him bold.Bangalore has changed a lot since the IT boom. The real Bangalorean is now an outnumbered species. In fact migrants out number us old Bangaloreans.And a lot os antisocial activities can be attributed to them.<BR/><BR/>Security is outsourced by many establishments.And some of these guys do misbehave as most security guards are a floating population in themselves. This would explain their audacity and aggression. I think your sis should have immediately lodged a complaint with the Park authorities. All I can say is "sorry' and hope that such things are bought to light. I would suggest she sends a mail to Times of India too since Hindu is not very widely read in Bangalore.silverinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16474136215458639419noreply@blogger.com