Sorry, girlfriends and dogs not allowed
This one is the story based in Bangalore featured on www.msn.com. The landlords (owner of the flats) have put a strange rule to their tenants for not allowing girlfriends in. Or even if they do, than 6 PM is the time limit. No meeting of the friends/lovers can lost more than 30 minutes. Must be sounding weird and a laughing stock.
I can understand some of the things in the process. I have been living in Mumbai since last three years. The conditions these landlords come up with that makes them a laughing stock. Yes in Mumbai, can anybody believe it. The City which is an exception to the exception and to the whole of philosophy and existence of India, in every sense of the word. Still in Mumbai, they flat-owners’ come up with such crazy rules that one can only pity them.
One of the friends told his story; his landlord came to his house and said you can bring any girl you wish too. Provided you keep the door open when any female visits you. He wanted to punch his flat-owner right there on face. He wanted to answer. You guys can live like that, I belong to a small place and we still possess the decency to respect a female’s value in the society. If my female friends come to visit me, it does not mean I am banging that female after closing the door. I know in Mumbai, lots of people keep their front door open as it is the only source of Oxygen in shit holed places known as flats. But shelter is the biggest challenge in Mumbai than food, clothing, mobile, girlfriend, LOVE or SEX. He kept to himself and started look for another decent flat and flat-owner.
In one of my instances, I and my previous flat-mate had a meeting with the flat-owner in Parel area. The owner came and sat on the sofa opposite to our’s and was scanning our faces and body language for any untoward movements. Had we felt we belonged to a Jihadi Group or a mafia? I don’t know what we could/would said/done. After asking about our background, he jumps to the topic of girl-friend. Fortunately or unfortunately, none of us had a girl-friend at that time. My room-mate was planning to hook himself in the near distant time as he was talking to some girl on phone based in Delhi or some other place. The owner was happy to hear this. But then came the ultimate from him. Achha hai, mangta bhi nahi hai. My room-mate had his big frog like eyes bulging out and asked matlab. He explained, till you stay in my house, you will not be entering into any relationship. I was about to get up and tell him with a thumping fist, “bastard even my father cannot tell me such a thing”. But then my father taught me to show complacency and respects to other people’s (esp. if the other person is elder to you) ideas.
The irony is such rules are framed in the name of destroying the culture of the housing society. Can these Mumbaikars tell me what culture do they possess or what they are trying to preserve/protect?
Below is the piece of news, which intrigued me to share my experiences while looking for a rental place in cosmopolitan cities like Mumbai.
No entry for girlfriends in Bangalore apartment
Bangalore is India's IT capital and often makes it to the headlines for its achievements, uniqueness, the weather and politics. The city is often referred to as the Garden City and the Pub Capital of India. But occasionally, Bangalore also hits the headlines for the wrong reasons. No, we are not speaking of the A(H1N1) virus that is come to stay due to the salubrious climate.
The story is of an apartment. Yes, you read it right. An apartment is in the eye of a storm because it has brought in a strange rule by not allowing girlfriends in. But that is after 6 pm. During the day, girlfriends can meet their friends staying in the flats for a maximum period of 30 minutes.
The Majestic Residency in the upmarket area of Koramangala and near Forum Mall - a place where the young brigade of Bangalore hang out - has put up boards stating that girls are not welcome after 6 pm.
If girls have to visit their friends in the flats in the morning hours, they have to deposit their ID Cards, enter all details, including their cell number and sign a register. Thirty minutes later the security will ring them up and ask them to vacate the place. If they do not obey, the security will come up for a dirty knock on door or probably not remove his finger from the door bell to make the call really long and annoying.
The Majestic Residency is very near the famous Christ College and many boys have taken flats on rent in the complex. The association that has put up boards all over has justified their stand saying that in the name of `joint studies', the girls stay for long hours with boys and other flat owners have started objecting to this as it sends `wrong signals' to their children.
The association had first put restrictions on the entry of dogs. And the new restriction has not gone well with many. Girls are not amused by such restrictions.
What is this association? The Taliban, wonder the girls.
This one is the story based in Bangalore featured on www.msn.com. The landlords (owner of the flats) have put a strange rule to their tenants for not allowing girlfriends in. Or even if they do, than 6 PM is the time limit. No meeting of the friends/lovers can lost more than 30 minutes. Must be sounding weird and a laughing stock.
I can understand some of the things in the process. I have been living in Mumbai since last three years. The conditions these landlords come up with that makes them a laughing stock. Yes in Mumbai, can anybody believe it. The City which is an exception to the exception and to the whole of philosophy and existence of India, in every sense of the word. Still in Mumbai, they flat-owners’ come up with such crazy rules that one can only pity them.
One of the friends told his story; his landlord came to his house and said you can bring any girl you wish too. Provided you keep the door open when any female visits you. He wanted to punch his flat-owner right there on face. He wanted to answer. You guys can live like that, I belong to a small place and we still possess the decency to respect a female’s value in the society. If my female friends come to visit me, it does not mean I am banging that female after closing the door. I know in Mumbai, lots of people keep their front door open as it is the only source of Oxygen in shit holed places known as flats. But shelter is the biggest challenge in Mumbai than food, clothing, mobile, girlfriend, LOVE or SEX. He kept to himself and started look for another decent flat and flat-owner.
In one of my instances, I and my previous flat-mate had a meeting with the flat-owner in Parel area. The owner came and sat on the sofa opposite to our’s and was scanning our faces and body language for any untoward movements. Had we felt we belonged to a Jihadi Group or a mafia? I don’t know what we could/would said/done. After asking about our background, he jumps to the topic of girl-friend. Fortunately or unfortunately, none of us had a girl-friend at that time. My room-mate was planning to hook himself in the near distant time as he was talking to some girl on phone based in Delhi or some other place. The owner was happy to hear this. But then came the ultimate from him. Achha hai, mangta bhi nahi hai. My room-mate had his big frog like eyes bulging out and asked matlab. He explained, till you stay in my house, you will not be entering into any relationship. I was about to get up and tell him with a thumping fist, “bastard even my father cannot tell me such a thing”. But then my father taught me to show complacency and respects to other people’s (esp. if the other person is elder to you) ideas.
The irony is such rules are framed in the name of destroying the culture of the housing society. Can these Mumbaikars tell me what culture do they possess or what they are trying to preserve/protect?
Below is the piece of news, which intrigued me to share my experiences while looking for a rental place in cosmopolitan cities like Mumbai.
No entry for girlfriends in Bangalore apartment
Bangalore is India's IT capital and often makes it to the headlines for its achievements, uniqueness, the weather and politics. The city is often referred to as the Garden City and the Pub Capital of India. But occasionally, Bangalore also hits the headlines for the wrong reasons. No, we are not speaking of the A(H1N1) virus that is come to stay due to the salubrious climate.
The story is of an apartment. Yes, you read it right. An apartment is in the eye of a storm because it has brought in a strange rule by not allowing girlfriends in. But that is after 6 pm. During the day, girlfriends can meet their friends staying in the flats for a maximum period of 30 minutes.
The Majestic Residency in the upmarket area of Koramangala and near Forum Mall - a place where the young brigade of Bangalore hang out - has put up boards stating that girls are not welcome after 6 pm.
If girls have to visit their friends in the flats in the morning hours, they have to deposit their ID Cards, enter all details, including their cell number and sign a register. Thirty minutes later the security will ring them up and ask them to vacate the place. If they do not obey, the security will come up for a dirty knock on door or probably not remove his finger from the door bell to make the call really long and annoying.
The Majestic Residency is very near the famous Christ College and many boys have taken flats on rent in the complex. The association that has put up boards all over has justified their stand saying that in the name of `joint studies', the girls stay for long hours with boys and other flat owners have started objecting to this as it sends `wrong signals' to their children.
The association had first put restrictions on the entry of dogs. And the new restriction has not gone well with many. Girls are not amused by such restrictions.
What is this association? The Taliban, wonder the girls.
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