Bangalore
Bangalore thrives on code and chaos — from billion-dollar startups and metro delays to civic protests and rain-induced gridlocks. Explore its pulse on RagaDecode.
“No UPI, Only Cash”: Why Bengaluru Traders Are Ditching Digital Payments
Ragavendran Ramesh • News Articles • Published on 17 Jul 2025Thousands of Bengaluru vendors have taken down UPI QR codes and moved to cash-only transactions after receiving GST notices based on digital payment data. Explore the reasons behind this shift, its impact, and what the government says.
The Life and Legacy of B. Saroja Devi – A Detailed Biography
Ragavendran Ramesh • News Articles • Published on 15 Jul 2025A comprehensive tribute to B. Saroja Devi’s life, films, awards, personal journey, political presence, and legacy in Tamil, Kannada, Telugu, and Hindi cinema.
Bangalore, often dubbed India’s Silicon Valley, is a city forever coding, congesting, and complaining — all at once. What began as a pensioner’s paradise has become a battleground of rapid urbanization, tech dreams, and infrastructural breakdowns. The city’s startup ecosystem is a behemoth — churning out unicorns, crypto experiments, SaaS disruptors, and fintech revolutions from Koramangala, HSR, and Indiranagar — but the roads connecting them are riddled with potholes, flooding, and stalled metro work. As IT parks expand and glass towers rise in Whitefield and Electronic City, ordinary citizens battle water shortages, power cuts, lake pollution, and vanishing tree canopies. Bangalore’s weather might be merciful, but governance often isn’t — from BBMP mismanagement to contractor corruption and municipal apathy that triggers everything from sinkholes to dengue outbreaks. Civic activism runs strong here; residents organize protests against flyover land grabs, garbage mismanagement, and heritage demolitions. The city’s traffic is infamous — officegoers, gig workers, and college students alike plan their lives around unpredictable jams and one-ways. Politically, Bangalore remains a swing battleground, with middle-class voters leaning technocratic while outer wards and slums voice more fundamental demands — housing, education, and access. Educationally, it remains a magnet with premier institutes like IISc, NLSIU, and countless coaching hubs, but student suicides and hostel abuse cases make headlines too. From Cubbon Park picnics to police excesses at Freedom Park, Bangalore is a story of contradiction — where yoga meets AI, activism meets apathy, and apartment residents in gated towers coexist with migrant workers in tin-roofed sheds. RagaDecode captures this lived duality — reporting from inside co-working spaces, protest rallies, BBMP meetings, and flood-hit basements, to decode a city that refuses to slow down even when gridlocked.