Every time I come back from Mumbai, I heave a sigh of relief that I live in Bangalore.u00a0

Except the last time I landed a couple of days ago.u00a0

Somehow Mumbai seemed cleaner, the air was breezier, the traffic moved in its right lanes, and the government functionary; who I met for some paper work was polite and efficient.

Cut to Bangalore with its chaotic traffic snarls, inefficient bureaucracy and a baking summer redolent with dust and fumes.u00a0 The trees are getting scarcer, a free flowing road is completely non-existent and our infrastructure isn't crumbling, it's crumbled!
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The night life in Bombay of course was always better than we ever had in Bangalore. The bars and the Bellinis are somehow swisher. And the crowd that trickles in "early" at 11 p m seems so much more urbane than our motley crew at Ice or at Blue.u00a0

TOO COSTLY: In Bangalore, you have only some leering auto guys who won't turn a hair before they strip you of all your earthly assets file pic