Maybe it feels that way because of the foreigners in the area coordinating IT work. But in fact
it's the thousands of young professionals with regal-sounding British/Indian accents running
around making the city hum, who you could otherwise not distinguish by look or by attitude from the yuppie population of any major US city. It's cool to make contact with the engineering and business community here in roundabout ways, getting to know the kinds of projects that people do and what small organizations are capable of. People are naturally busy, but when you catch them in their free time they are eager to get to know a foreign soul with a different kind of story than the typical.
The hard deadline for Bangalore nightspots is 11:00pm vs. Goa's 10pm, but I'm holding out for more secret late night events.
The post title refers to Bangalore's new official name, Bengaluru, which translates to "Baked beans". Old habits die hard, especially given locals' own reinforcement of the deprecated name, hence its appearance throughout the post.
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