The capital of Karnataka
state is thriving modern business center, dubbed the
'Silicon
Valley' of India, whose gracious garrison town
features are being remodelled in the image of India's
mall-loving middle class. It likes to think it's more in
tune with Mumbai and Manhattan rather than the rest of
Karnataka, and has been scathingly described as a city '
in
search of a soul
'. The
pace of life, like the intellectual and political
climate, is brisk. hardly a day goes by without some new
controversy boiling over across the front pages of it's
also regarded as one of India's most progressive and
liberal cities, as far as social attitudes go. |