Sunday, 7 August 2011

This is Bopal not Bhopal

Sunset on the Sardar Patel Ring Road Bridge : Bopal 




Well I live in Bopal, a suburb of Ahmedabad , not Bhopal in Madhya Pradesh . But like the proverbial big brother all my Serach Engines invariably throw up Bhopal for any search that i do . This blog is dedicated to perhaps bring in Bopal to search engines.

Bopal a quintessential small village at one time is now an extension of Ahmedabad with the madness thrown in . There was a time Bopal used to be at least 5 degrees less in temperature than Ahmedabad city , but soon I guess we will overtake Ahmedabad in that. GEB office used to be in Sanand and Khodiyar Provisions the only shop around . 

A complaint with GEB  could take anywhere between 2 to 48 hours as we were in rural Gujarat compared to our richer cousins using AEC.Now everything has changed , garbage , narrow roads , indiscriminate constructions , sewage , Bopal is now South Bopal , North Bopal whatever.

Schools have made a homestay thanks to cheap land and we have multitudes of them clogging up traffic everywhere in the morning . A place like Sterling city has more than six  of them , with  a road that could have actually accommodated a bullock cart ,perhaps a large one . We have International Baccaulaureate to State Boards , English speaking classes to our own Bone setter( Hardvaid).

I have also set up a Bopal Community Page at Facebook at   http://www.facebook.com/pages/Bopal-Ahmedabad-Community/145151182220303 
interested folks can join and make Bopal a happening place .




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