Comments on: Getting to Bangalore http://www.adityabansod.net/index.php/2010/03/getting-to-bangalore/ Homepage of Aditya Bansod. Geek, traveller, casual blogger, and resident of Hayes Valley, San Francisco. Mon, 26 Dec 2011 09:32:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Aditya http://www.adityabansod.net/index.php/2010/03/getting-to-bangalore/comment-page-1/#comment-358 Aditya Fri, 05 Mar 2010 13:46:05 +0000 http://www.adityabansod.net/?p=1016#comment-358 The English wasn't the part that I thought was progressive -- the stark acknowledgement that drinking and driving is a problem and the language to combat it. The English wasn’t the part that I thought was progressive — the stark acknowledgement that drinking and driving is a problem and the language to combat it.

]]> By: Purwa http://www.adityabansod.net/index.php/2010/03/getting-to-bangalore/comment-page-1/#comment-353 Purwa Wed, 03 Mar 2010 14:53:29 +0000 http://www.adityabansod.net/?p=1016#comment-353 2 things (as a Mumbaikar) 1. Mumbai has those signs everywhere too, they just say absurd things like "No helmet = hell met". Stunning. 2. I don't know how "progressive" having signs up in English is. This is a point that continues to bother me (and Baba) about India. Yes, a lot of people read/write in English, but the majority of the population definitely doesn't. Why not use the vernacular? 2 things (as a Mumbaikar)

1. Mumbai has those signs everywhere too, they just say absurd things like “No helmet = hell met”. Stunning.

2. I don’t know how “progressive” having signs up in English is. This is a point that continues to bother me (and Baba) about India. Yes, a lot of people read/write in English, but the majority of the population definitely doesn’t. Why not use the vernacular?

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