M.S. Sathyu

film-maker/ theatre personality

nThe state of Bangalore’s roads has been much talked and written about. And I must admit that it is true that it’s a terror to drive here at times. But sometimes I feel we are being slightly unfair on the city. After all, one must not forget that Bangalore was never meant to hold so many people or for that matter, so many vehicles either.

I have seen Bangalore transforming from a sleepy pensioners’ town to the teeming metro it is today. And naturally, things have changed quite a bit along the way. Of course, the infrastructure needs to be updated and the state government should make this their first responsibility and top priority.

What makes me especially angry on the road is the apathy and inefficiency I can sense sometimes that leads to a situation like this, where driving becomes a pain rather than a pleasure.

Photograph by Shashi Kiran K