Nettige Hogi

Ask for directions, the locals often joke, and the response you will get is, “Nettige hogi”: “go straight”. . . these directions are, at best, wishful thinking. . . . have lived half my life in Bangalore and the other half observing it from various points West. It's fifteen years since I was last in Bangalore. It's so long, in fact, that even the city has found the time to change its name. . . More. . .