I need "Wide Open Spaces"............!!

....... No I am not talking of the peppy Dixie Chick's "Wide Open Spaces" number.

Read that as, I need Wide Open Spaces in Bangalore..............
Ah.....!! Now I see the entire world nodding at me......!!
Before U continue reading my blog, heres a questionnaire, answering which, I assure is not even 1/100000 times as painful as Blore traffic.

Have U traveled on Blore roads? (sigh!)
Have U been victimized to long travel time on roads?
Have U been pushed and pulled by a hazaar ppl in a bus that can fit < 50 ppl?
Have U had a less painful weekend than shopping at the Malls which take more ppl than it can fit??
Have U walked half the distance to office, asking for an auto every second?
and.....
most importantly........... Does pollution bother U??

If Yes, welcome to the club!! and a hi-fi before we proceed :)
If No, trust me, I am the first to envy U man!! :(

To the former, heres is 1 forum we could have a mass cribbb session.

Being a blorean from birth, I have seen how this place has transformed over the past few years (say around 5-6 years). Well, I thought I would grow to see a more transformed world.......... but this kind of transformation....#%&**#%%.......... I DINT ASK FOR IT!!

But before I proceed more of the crib session ahead, I would certainly acknowledge the honor that Blore is getting in being the most sought-after city in India. This place has:
a) given shelter to so many people coming from other states
b) laid grounds to an IT revolution that pays the bread & butter to people like me
c) enabled SMBs to enterprises to have their share of growth and profits
d) transformed the life-style of people.
e) and has the best weather among other cities in India (TOUCH WOOD!!)........ Hmmmm..... Namma Bengalooru!! I love Blore,.................... FULL STOP!!

But should I rephrase that as I loved Blore?? Hmmmm......... well........, ah! uuuuuuuughhhhhhh!! Nah!!

I mean, my academic days, we had a rather peaceful life.... If not for too much of an infrastructure, we atleast had some facility to go places in Blore. I have not been a active sports, but I still remember, I had a hoard lot of neighbour kids playing around on the roads........... games like hide& seek, gilli-dhaanda, and ofcourse the must play kunte-bille.

But what remains of today is still the suffering infrastructure, which is just not healthy enough to gain momentum. And now, I see hoards of neighbour kids stranded at home watching TV...... and if they have to play on roads, there is more fear of vehicles running down......
Even the open spaces, we had once upon a time near my house, has some uncle build a big house.......

All the playgrounds we had near my house, has some commercial establishments set up. And with the property crave booming, I see houses come up in any little open space....... I fear Gen Y would not even play as much as I used to.........!!

I am at this point addressing 2 issues: a) the traffic problem b) the space constraint...... Both of them are directly proportional!! and there arises the problem. In either cases, we are talking of more number of people than what the system can fit in........!!

What strikes me at this point is would Blore, anytime see "Wide Open Spaces", rather "open spaces" at all (forget wide!!)??