Taking garden plants from Bangalore?

Flowers in Lalbag and everywhere in Bangalore looks so attractive and we are tend to buy small plants from Bangalore while going back to home towns.

Any issue of buying plants ?

How many of you know that developed countries dont allow plants or seeds to take it to their country while traveling. Yes, this way many new diseases can get into the country from the plants origin country.

Now let us come back to our case. I have been trying to plant chilly,tomato in my flower plots and observed they all having a white color spreading disease and none of them grew well. Later I understood that all gardeners use heavy pesticides to avoid this. Because many trees/ plants which we see in Bangalore are imported.

So I recommend never take plants from garden while traveling back, you may be spreading diseases.

Buying milk in Bangalore? What to be careful about

In Bangalore any shop guy will take 50 paise extra on MRP on milk. What ever you argue you cant do anything on this.

When ever I go to buy milk, I observe, some people selectively asking for milk which lasts for many days. But how many of you know that this milks are banned in nearby states after detecting formaline beyond the limit?

What formalin does?

You might have heard about formalin, it is used to keep animals intact in science labs. Yes they are chemicals which should not be consumed, but we get fish now a days applied with formalin. And even in milk they are using it to keep the milk many days without getting spoiled.


So what we can do?

My recommendation is, always try to buy milk produced under government. At least they dont use chemicals.

Precautions while buying fruits in Bangalore

Recently I was in a vegetable shop where I buy fruits and vegetables and shop owner was quite known to me.

I asked him, "brother we also cultivate banana in my native, but they never look attractive with so perfect yellowish colour and no black mark". His reply was scary.

He told "sir, all this fruits are ripened by Carbide (Carbide is a chemical which is banned in all developed countries for usage in fruits), the banana will be very much raw and the marketers put carbide and in 1 day all banana color will be come yellow, but no much sweet"

This is the fact friends;  olden time, Bananas were ripened by keeping them in a compartment filled with some (No harm to human health). But this was time consuming and much effort required. But carbide work is cheap and quick.


Mangos

I have a friend who does catering business in a IT Company cafeteria. He says, all mangoes are ripened by carbide and now its used with all fruits, even with lemon to make them yellow.

Can we do something?

I think only government can do something, as a common man we have limitations.

Travel options In Bangalore

When you are  a new comer in Bangalore, your worry may be about how to reach a place. Nothing to worry, Bangaore has got a wonderful public transport system run by Bengaluru Metropolitan Transport Corporation(BMTC).

Bus Facility: There are routes to almost all part of city from anywhere in Bangalore. There is something called Daily Pass or Monthly Pass, based on your requirement, you canbuy one and travel how many times in a day/ month using this pass. One of the most affordable way.

Metro Service: Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation is growing by its routes now. One of the easiest and fastest way of communication inside city.
AS mentioned the BMRCL is running on specified routes and covering more area in its map. Even BMRCL provides pass option for its commuters.

Autos and online cabs: You can even select autos or online/app based cabs like OLA and UBER. There are some car pooling apps too which is used inside city.

First time in Bangalore? How people may treat you as an outsider who doesnt know Kannada.

Be polite, one of the most friendly people here.

Bengalurians are one of the most friendly and helpful people I have ever met. You might have heard that people force Kannada here, but all on quora. Talk to any one nicely, they will revert you the same way. Even you can talk in Hindi to localites, any one talks Hindi here.

Then why am I hearing so much about topic 'learn Kannda if you are in Bangalore'?

This is for the people who are staying in Bangalore from years and who are not ready to recognise localites and their culture. After marriage, we stay in a new house and years later too, if you dont mingle with the people there, how they feel?

So, my recommendation is, if you have plan of staying here for long time, please learn the language. Its bnot only about Bangalore, any where in this world. When you mingle with people in thier local language, you get more respect because localites can understand your feeling better.

About Author: Please note, I am not a Born Kannadiga, In Bangalore for more than 10 years, I learned reading Kannada using 30 days learn Kannada book, I can speak Kannada well too. And definitely, I get good response from people when I communicate in local language.

What you need to be careful in Bangalore on rainy days?

Below given some of the precautions when you see rain in Bangalore. This section is under update.

1. Traffic: the traffic gets worse on these days.
2. Power: Any time power failure may happens, be ready for that.
3. Trees & falling: Never park the vehicles under a tree or neither stand beneth the tree. The trees which has beautiful flowers on summer season are all very delicate and any time branches may fall.
4. Local floods: Some of the areas doesnt have a tested drainage, so chances of flooding are quite heavy. You need to reach a safe zone quickly.

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