Fresh Faces ; Here Are Some of the City's Young Achievers Who Tell Us Their Success Stories.
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You can take the boy out of the village, but you can't take the village out of the boy," goes a very popular saying in Kannada. That's the way it is with us Bangaloreans; we might have travelled the world but we can't call any other place home. Yes, we hate the traffic, and yes, we hate the fact that every overbridge and road takes five times longer to build in Bangalore than it does anywhere else in the country. But that's a small price to pay for living in a city that is naturally air-conditioned throughout the year.
The city is also probably the only real cosmopolitan city in India other than Mumbai. It has a mix of people from across the country who have lived here and made it their home. Take a walk on any of the streets and you will hear a smattering of English, Hindi, Punjabi, Bengali, Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu, Manipuri and Gujarati. Kannada will only be one of the languages you will hear.See the full content of this document
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Fresh Faces ; Here Are Some of the City's Young Achievers Who Tell Us Their Success Stories.
Likewise with food, there are far more restaurants serving a generic North Indian cuisine in Bangalore than South Indian or local Karnataka fare. Bangalore has been referred to as India's most young and vibrant city, thanks to the average age of its population. The average age of an employee at Infosys is under 30. What makes the youngster from Bangalore different? "It's the laidback attitude," says musician Ricky Kej, who has composed more...
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