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[abhirama @abhyrama]

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[rohanbabu @rohanbabu]

There is an invisible layer that affects many friendships in Bengaluru.

That layer is called urban and civic exhaustion.

Friendships don’t fade because people don’t care. They fade because the city quietly drains the energy required to sustain them.

The traffic takes an hour out of your evening. Work spills into what used to be personal time. Weekends become recovery periods rather than social ones.

You start saying things like:

“Let’s meet soon.”
“Next week for sure.”
“Once things settle down.”

Things rarely settle down.

What earlier required a 10 minute auto ride now requires planning, coordination, and stamina. You have to build stamina to be rejected by drivers on apps, to cross under constructed sites, to take long jumps over open drainages and collect dust on your face.

Friendships slowly move from physical spaces to WhatsApp reactions and Instagram replies.

The affection is still there. The intent is still there.

But the civic friction of the city sits between people.

In cities like Bengaluru, maintaining friendships has quietly become an act of effort. And sometimes, effort is the first casualty of urban and civic exhaustion.

[Simons @Simon_Ingari]

Corporate Rules for Happy Life In 2026

1. Trust nobody.

2. What happens in office, remain in office. Never take office gossips to home and vice versa.

3. Enter office on time, leave on time. Your desktop is not helping improvement in your health.

4. Never make GF/BF and/or brother/sister in office. It will always backfire.

5. Expect nothing. If somebody helps, feel thankful. If not, you will learn to know things on your own.

6. Never rush for position. If you get promoted, congrats. If not, it doesn't matter. You will always be remembered for your knowledge and politeness, not for your designation.

7. Never run behind office stuff. You have better things to do in life.

8. Avoid taking everything on your ego. Your salary matters. You are being paid. Use your assets to get happiness.

9. It doesn't matter how people treat you. Be humble. You are not everyone's cup of tea.

10. In the end nothing matters except family, friends, home, and Inner peace

[Gabbar @GabbbarSingh]

You visited a country as a tourist long ago. Visit it again, coz now it will be a different country. Not coz it has developed, but your new income strata will unlock a different experience in the same country.

Imagine surviving on Supermarket Panini sandwiches & cup noodles, and running around looking for free Wi-Fi.

That’s a great experience in itself. But you have graduated from that level. A Paris will look and feel much different, when you don’t faint if you have to buy bottled water. That’s the beauty of travel.

[THE SKIN DOCTOR @theskindoctor13]

This is the Ejipura flyover in Bengaluru, under construction since 2017, still incomplete after 8 years.

For perspective, the UAE built the Burj Khalifa in 5 years. The US reconstructed the World Trade Center in 7 years. China turned Shenzhen from a fishing village into an industrial city in 7 years.

And here we are, unable to finish even a flyover in nearly a decade. The irony is that after all that delay, whatever finally gets built barely lasts a few years.

[Nabila Jamal @nabilajamal_]

#BREAKING

#Karnataka education minister Madhu Bangarappa breaks silence on NEP class 1 age row.. Big relief incoming!

Karnataka government has finally acknowledged the plight of over 5 lakh aggrieved families battling the rigid #NEP age limit for Class 1

Education Minister Madhu Bangarappa has assured a favourable solution will be announced soon, bringing much needed relief to parents whose children were unfairly forced to repeat a year.. The full story 👇

[Shashank @deepshanks023]

🚸 Over 6 Lakh Children in Karnataka at Risk of Losing a Year! 🚸
❌ Kids who started pre-primary education in 2022 are now being forced to repeat a year due to a new age rule (NEP) introduced in Nov 2022—AFTER they had already begun school!
🤔 Is it fair to change rules retrospectively and disrupt a child’s education?
📢 These children met the age criteria when admitted—why penalize them now?
⏳ With no new learning opportunities, forcing them to repeat a year is unfair and unnecessary!

Requesting for relaxing the rule for 2 more years so that kids who had already enrolled before the NEP rule came into light are not getting affected.

#LetThemMoveForward #JusticeFor6LakhKids

@EduMinOfIndia @PMOIndia @CMofKarnataka @KarnatakaEduSer @RahulGandhi @Madhu_Bangarapp @Tejasvi_Surya @dpradhanbjp

[Civic Opposition of India @CivicOp_india]

Help Fix Our Roads: Share Your Video Evidence Citizens Movement, East Bengaluru invites citizens to contribute high-quality video footage capturing the dilapidated roads (potholes) on all 22 arterial roads of the Outer Ring Road. Please share the footage, named as (road_location_date_of_video), using the following Google form. Longer videos with voice over explaining technical problem from point A to B are preferred. We expect maximum contribution from all of you. Let's come together to shake the sleeping system of the Silicon Valley of India and create a true Brand Bengaluru.

Roads to be covered:

1. Sarjapura Road – 5.00 Km: Iblur to Carmelaram Junction
2. Ambalipura Bellandur Road – 1.30 Km: ORR to Sarjapura Road
3. Haraluru Road – 3.25 Km: Sarjapura Road to Kudlu Junction
4. Kasavanahalli Road – 2.50 Km: Sarjapura Road to Choodsandra
5. Gear School Road – 4.00 Km: ORR to Sarjapura Road
6. Panathur Balagere Road – 6.00 Km: ORR to Varthur Gunjur Road
7. New Horizon College Road – 0.70 Km: ORR (Wells Fargo) to Gear School Road
8. Choulkere Road – 2.90 Km: ORR (Devarabeesanahalli) to AET Junction (Gear School Road)
9. Devarabeesanahalli Road – 1.30 Km: ORR (Devarabeesanahalli) to Gear School Road
10. Kariyammana Agrahara Road – 1.80 Km: ORR (Kadubeesanahalli) to ORR (Sakra Hosp)
11. Sakra Hospital Road – 1.00 Km: ORR (Devarabeesanahalli) to Bellandur Kodi
12. Bellandur Main Road via Yamalur – 4.50 Km: ORR Bellanduru to OAR Yamalur Signal
13. Kempapura Main Road – 5.40 Km: Yamalur Kodi to OAR Wind Tunnel Junction
14. Croma Road – 1.80 Km: ORR (Croma) to Balagere Road
15. Gunjur Palya Road – 3.10 Km: Panathur Balagere Road to Carmelaram Road
16. Carmelaram Road – 4.50 Km: Sarjapura Road to Gujur SH35
17. Old Airport Road – 8.60 Km: Surajandas Junction to Varthur Kodi
18. Varthur Gunjur Road (SH-35) – 4.70 Km: Varthur Kodi to Gunjur
19. Doddanekundi Main Road – 2.40 Km: ORR (ISRO Junction) to OAR
20. Doddanekundi Village Road – 1.30 Km: ORR (Doddanekundi) to Doddanekundi Road
21. Graphite India Road – 4.80 Km: OAR Kundalahalli to Whitefield Road
22. Alphine Echo Road – 2.30 Km: ORR Rain Bow Hospital to Graphite India Road

#ORR #Potholes #BrandBengaluru #Bengaluru

[Niraj Bajaj @Niraj23575409]

Pathetic and unsafe road conditions for residents of Kaggadaspura, CV Raman nagar. Please help to safeguard pathway for pedestrians before any mishap. Speed up the work by working 24x7, its not a 9 to 6 job. @BBMPCOMM @BbmpEast @DKShivakumar

[VISHAL DADLANI @VishalDadlani]

The Dicktatorship is real.

[Brian Feroldi @BrianFeroldi]

I asked, “What book do you re-read the most?”

I received 441 replies

Here are 20 books that should be read again and again:

[Rakshit Shetty @rakshitshetty]

Wow. I remember this as if it was yesterday. Thank you Pavitra 🤗

[Pavitra @mpavitra]

@rakshitshetty Thanks Rakshit... So proud of everything you have achieved 👏👏

[Pavitra @mpavitra]

@rajithnoojibail @rakshitshetty The girl standing is me...(Frog ring master 😁). And on my right is Rakshit .

[Pavitra @mpavitra]

Happy Birthday @rakshitshetty . Remember this was our first std frog dance... Recently got hold of this pic from friends... Good old days .. May u continue to be a super star for ever and keep entertaining us.🎉🎂

[Navin Kabra @NGKabra]

As a child, I always wondered why Indian words like राम always got written as "Rama" in English. To me "Ram" seemed like a much better fit for the pronunciation. I thought it was because of British arbitrariness.

Only recently I learnt the real reason for this. /1

[Mahesh Vikram Hegde 🇮🇳 @mvmeet]

Just now my mother received a call saying

Modiji will deposit Rs 15000 to people's A/C due to lockdown

For this he asked her the OTP

It's a new trick to loot the money in your bank

Share this & create nation wide awareness

Let's defeat these who are deadlier than coronavirus

[pj @BeingPractical]

The Art of Product Management..