Hotel accommodation in Bangalore

There was a request from one of the readers that I post some info about accommodation in Bangalore. Bangalore, a few years ago, did not have many choices in terms of accommodation. Either you had the expensive star hotels (which were few, by the way) or upscale hotels or low cost hotels (you would not want to get into one of those, I tell you).

Now, there are quite a few choices.

1. For those who want luxury, there is always Ashok, Windsor Manor, Oberoi, Gateway and West End. Get into one of those if you can afford anywhere upwards $250 a night.

2. Then, there are business class hotels, which cost anywhere between $100 to $200 and these are Central Park, Ramanashree Inn, Ashraya International, Taj Residency, Keys, Royal Parc Plaza and the like.

3. You have, serviced apartments which cost anywhere between $50 to $100 and many of these are located in Koramangala, Banashankari, Whitefield and electronic city areas.


 If you would like to look at more options, then, you can visit www.justdial.com which gives a fairly good information on many of the topics one would look for. As the name suggests, justdial is a phone service which helps customers find service providers.

Someone in Hyundai had woken up.

Few weeks ago, I had made a comment on Hyundai's design and aesthetic appeal related issues. Looks like Hyundai had woken up. My comments should have been made earlier. Now, they have released a new version of Verna which is a decent looker! (for those in USA and Europe, it is still good old Accent).

You look at Sonata, it looked like a Jaguar. It was indeed a copy of the smooth flowing lines of a Jag! Then, they did something and it never looked the same. Take a look at Santro aka Atos, again, a sneering face. Thankfully, the i10 and i20 have made a difference. Looks like they are finally learning that a car should not remind one of his wife, rather a sweet girlfriend (just joking, take it in the right spirit, please).

Trust Hyundai to screw up!

Hyundai had one, yes, just one decent design - that is of Accent. That was a car well thought of, a decent design (dated, it might be), looked nice, and then came Verna (in India, Accent replacement is called Verna and Accent, the old model continues as a low end sedan!). This one again, had all the sneering face typical of Hyundai, the designers there must be really out of their minds! All of their cars to date, except Accent, have had a really dirty face and a back! (well, I can't say that for the old Sonata which was a copy of Jaguar!!!!!, but they had to screw it up eventually!).

Okay, they are not bad with their I10 and I20 and the soon to be launched I45, they look good! But, why in the bloody hell would someone want to screw up a decent looking car. Look at old Accent (for my European and American friends) and the new Verna (accent still for European and American friends and Verna for my Indian Friends). The bloody thing, again has a sneery face (just like Atos or in India we call it Santro). and has a chopped back! just does not fit in! Horrible looking cars, except the old Accent.

Anyway, all said and done, a man always treats his car like his ideal lovely wife. Well, the real one complains, moans, makes hue and cry about silly things and he is in love with his car where he can get away from the devil. And, you have the audacity to make cars which remind us, men folk of the pain that these elements inflict on us, no sir, no way, I will not buy your @#$%^ car, Wake up! Do something better!


All this is my personal opinion, and I don't want to know what you think of it! This is my opinion and I rest  my case! Just look at those ugly cars! give me a break.

Adios Hyundai, I will never, ever, buy a car however great you make them, unless, you make them look good to me.


Bye for now.