Bangalore, here I come....

First stop on Thursday will be the capital of the state Karnataka, Bangalore. It holds an estimated 6.5 million people and is a today referred to as the "Silicon valley" of India. This because of its huge business activity with the latest technology. As telephone lines were laid to help co-ordinate anti-plague operations in 1898, it continued to be at the forefront of technology and became the first city in India to have electricity, (1906) powered by the hydroelectric plant situated in Shivanasamudra.

I will be staying at ISEC - Institute for Social and Economic Change. (http://www.isec.ac.in/) one of the main institutions involved in STRIVER in India. I will post some pictures of the place after I have settled in...

I am very excited, as I will be exposed to such a different everyday life for the next 2 and a half months. A butterfly colony is settling in my stomach for sure... Lets see what awaits me...

sari-hoog-biTT-banni - okay, I got to go now...

Cheers,
Mai