It’s a question nobody wants to ask. And it’s question few want to answer.
But ask we must: will IT do to namma Mysore what it has so magnificently done to Bangalore?
Bhamy V. Shenoy does precisely that for churumuri (click on the page to the right).
By putting all our eggs in the IT basket, by thrusting all our best and brightest into IT, by giving them ridiculous salaries, are we, asks Dr Shenoy, planting the virus of Dutch Disease on the banks of the Cauvery?
These are uncomfortable questions, but somebody’s gotta ask them. Join the debate.
Prateek Padakannaya writes: Yes, I too am shuddering to think what will happen to our good old Mysore, if too many IT companies set shop! I do hope that Mysore will not go the Bangalore way :-)
Gosh! I want Mysore to be untouched, I have very selfish reasons for wanting Mysore not to grow. I want those empty roads, I want those naive neighbours, I want everything untouched in Mysore and I also beleive people who grow up in Mysore are the best. I have so much to say but I dont know where to start from. God Bless Mysore and I will always love it.
Yah I hope too that Mysore doesnt end up like bangalore, thats the only peaceful home on earth.
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Funny, we were discussing the very same thing last weekend – sitting in Ramya hotel and savouring the delicious vada-sambars and set dosas. How to keep Mysore from “progressing” like Bangalore? One thought was to declare it a heritage city and limiting the amount of businesses allowed there. But that would probably be too artificial and sterile. We want Mysore to remain this way – with clean air, wide and tree-lined roads, little traffic, as someone else mentioned friendly and naive neighbours and just the general bonhomie in the air. But this needs to be sustained naturally, not with artificial restrictions. Maybe it is just not possible. Maybe change is the only constant thing in life and Mysore is destined to progress and become another Bangalore. But if that happens, I truly believe the world will be poorer for it.
Mysore is the good old place that is too beutiful to describe. I hope Mysore does not go the Bangalore way. It is relatively unpolluted (literally in all aspects) compared to Bangalore. 20 years back my relatives in Bangalore described Mysore as the ultimate retirement place (they called it a Halli). However, only Mysore people know the true value of Mysore. The amazing thing is Mysore still retains its charms. With the IT companies setting up shop in Mysore, things are bound to change (rather changing). Let us hope that Mysore remains Mysore.