Comments on: A Station of Mind and Memories http://www.sandeepweb.com/2006/05/05/a-station-of-mind-and-memories/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 18:23:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: R.E.Rajalakshmi http://www.sandeepweb.com/2006/05/05/a-station-of-mind-and-memories/comment-page-1/#comment-253429 R.E.Rajalakshmi Thu, 07 Aug 2008 10:25:11 +0000 http://www.sandeepweb.com/?p=579#comment-253429 Sandeep's story about Malleswaram makes me weep floods of tears. Those good old trees, that station, that temple etc., etc., it was really a nostalgic trip. But, Sandeep and many others have not seen Malleswaram like old timers Mr. Suresh Panje or I have seen it. My house was on Sampige Road, main road opposite Petrol bunk and we used to play cricket on the road in those days! Our house was the striker's end and the non-striker's end used to be Devi Dayal Steel Angadi or Malleswaram Oil Stores. I also studied in the same school (MSV) that Mr.Panje studied in - i.e. 60s/early70s. I have lived all my life in Malleswaram. Compared to what a heavenly place it used to be, it makes blood roll out of my eyes when I see it now - everyday. They have murdered the place. Believe me, I have even prayed to Kadu Malleswara that Malleswaram should become its old self and we old timers should see it happening ! R.E.Rajalakshmi Sandeep’s story about Malleswaram makes me weep floods of tears. Those good old trees, that station, that temple etc., etc., it was really a nostalgic trip. But, Sandeep and many others have not seen Malleswaram like old timers Mr. Suresh Panje or I have seen it. My house was on Sampige Road, main road opposite Petrol bunk and we used to play cricket on the road in those days! Our house was the striker’s end and the non-striker’s end used to be Devi Dayal Steel Angadi or Malleswaram Oil Stores. I also studied in the same school (MSV) that Mr.Panje studied in – i.e. 60s/early70s.
I have lived all my life in Malleswaram. Compared to what a heavenly place it used to be, it makes blood roll out of my eyes when I see it now – everyday. They have murdered the place. Believe me, I have even prayed to Kadu Malleswara that Malleswaram should become its old self and we old timers should see it happening !

R.E.Rajalakshmi

]]> By: Jyothi Prasad http://www.sandeepweb.com/2006/05/05/a-station-of-mind-and-memories/comment-page-1/#comment-239310 Jyothi Prasad Fri, 16 May 2008 08:37:47 +0000 http://www.sandeepweb.com/?p=579#comment-239310 Oh its lovely... I dont want to read all your comments... i feel like crying... i miss home... i miss my malleshwaram :( Oh its lovely… I dont want to read all your comments… i feel like crying… i miss home… i miss my malleshwaram :(

]]> By: Srinvias http://www.sandeepweb.com/2006/05/05/a-station-of-mind-and-memories/comment-page-1/#comment-235243 Srinvias Thu, 17 Apr 2008 14:04:58 +0000 http://www.sandeepweb.com/?p=579#comment-235243 I spent the first few months of my life and probably every known vacation at my grand-dad's house on 16th cross between 6th and 8th main. I have fond memories of Popular stores and buying "Loly" icecream growing up. Not to mention "Hur-galu" and "Tati-nungu" that we'd buy off this person who'd sell it on his bicycle late in evening. Bangalore used to be cold in the winter and I remember the narrow gauge line that used to cross the road on the way to Malleswaram from City. I could not believe that Margosa and Sampige Roads were going to be one-ways when I heard it. Malleswaram is a great place, I went for a huge walk when I visited India last year. My aunt still lives at the corner of 15th cross and 4th main. Fond memories, Malleswaram still holds its charm some 40 years later ! Regards, CJ I spent the first few months of my life and probably every known vacation at my grand-dad’s house on 16th cross between 6th and 8th main. I have fond memories of Popular stores and buying “Loly” icecream growing up. Not to mention “Hur-galu” and “Tati-nungu” that we’d buy off this person who’d sell it on his bicycle late in evening.

Bangalore used to be cold in the winter and I remember the narrow gauge line that used to cross the road on the way to Malleswaram from City.

I could not believe that Margosa and Sampige Roads were going to be one-ways when I heard it. Malleswaram is a great place, I went for a huge walk when I visited India last year. My aunt still lives at the corner of 15th cross and 4th main.

Fond memories, Malleswaram still holds its charm some 40 years later !

Regards,
CJ

]]> By: girish http://www.sandeepweb.com/2006/05/05/a-station-of-mind-and-memories/comment-page-1/#comment-211564 girish Mon, 10 Dec 2007 10:04:19 +0000 http://www.sandeepweb.com/?p=579#comment-211564 Grand job sandeep and thanks to all the contributions. Thanks to technology we can access the information from all corners of the world ( a small place now) and go back in time. After all- memories is all we are made of. I guess change is inevitable with time and ' development' ,more apparent especially for those of us who left bangalore/ india, we still see it as it was when we left- be it the 80's/ 90's. I grew up with my grand parents in maruthi extension, initially indian preparatory school, then walked over the bridge to hymamshu jyothi kala peetha. Lots of memories as a child, i had spent learning about trains/ signalling etc with my granddad ( he is now 92, daily visitor to the station for meeting with his friends under one of the big trees), infact a couple of years ago he took my daughter around to show the station and the trains! Ramanna's hotel( a personal friend of my grandad) thanks for those lovely idlis/vada with benne, Honne gowda angadi ( i saw it recently still there), saibaba temple....... and the thought that if we were to keep 10p coins it will change it to magnets!!! A learning place in all senses, for many of us the first experience of seeing dead body ( atleast in the 80's) after an incident on the track whilst walking over the bridge to the school.. the learning continues........as we continue to store up our memories as we go on. have a good day. girish Grand job sandeep and thanks to all the contributions. Thanks to technology we can access the information from all corners of the world ( a small place now) and go back in time. After all- memories is all we are made of. I guess change is inevitable with time and ‘ development’ ,more apparent especially for those of us who left bangalore/ india, we still see it as it was when we left- be it the 80′s/ 90′s.
I grew up with my grand parents in maruthi extension, initially indian preparatory school, then walked over the bridge to hymamshu jyothi kala peetha. Lots of memories as a child, i had spent learning about trains/ signalling etc with my granddad ( he is now 92, daily visitor to the station for meeting with his friends under one of the big trees), infact a couple of years ago he took my daughter around to show the station and the trains!
Ramanna’s hotel( a personal friend of my grandad) thanks for those lovely idlis/vada with benne, Honne gowda angadi ( i saw it recently still there), saibaba temple……. and the thought that if we were to keep 10p coins it will change it to magnets!!!

A learning place in all senses, for many of us the first experience of seeing dead body ( atleast in the 80′s) after an incident on the track whilst walking over the bridge to the school..

the learning continues……..as we continue to store up our memories as we go on.
have a good day.
girish

]]> By: darshana kalyanpur http://www.sandeepweb.com/2006/05/05/a-station-of-mind-and-memories/comment-page-1/#comment-211541 darshana kalyanpur Mon, 10 Dec 2007 05:40:41 +0000 http://www.sandeepweb.com/?p=579#comment-211541 Hey - so nice to read about Malleswaram - lovely pics Sandeep. I grew up in Maitree Apts, then Everest Apts on 8th Main road. Studied at B P Indian from 5th to 10th. Then lived in various cities in India & abroad. My uncle, aunt, cousins,nephew & niece still live in Datta Prasad. Am presently in Pune with my husband & daughter. Thank you so much for bringing back such pleasant memories... I stumbled onto this blog quite by accident - so glad I could read it - I am about to start my Monday routine @work - u really helped me get over my blues!! Darshana Kalyanpur Technical Recruiter & Senior Consultant Hey – so nice to read about Malleswaram – lovely pics Sandeep. I grew up in Maitree Apts, then Everest Apts on 8th Main road. Studied at B P Indian from 5th to 10th. Then lived in various cities in India & abroad. My uncle, aunt, cousins,nephew & niece still live in Datta Prasad. Am presently in Pune with my husband & daughter. Thank you so much for bringing back such pleasant memories… I stumbled onto this blog quite by accident – so glad I could read it – I am about to start my Monday routine @work – u really helped me get over my blues!!
Darshana Kalyanpur
Technical Recruiter & Senior Consultant

]]> By: Hemant Nayak http://www.sandeepweb.com/2006/05/05/a-station-of-mind-and-memories/comment-page-1/#comment-196502 Hemant Nayak Wed, 24 Oct 2007 19:41:09 +0000 http://www.sandeepweb.com/?p=579#comment-196502 Good stuff!!! Grew up on 8th main 13 crs (millqtrs) and later Dattaprasad. Awesome memories!!! Canara union, Malleswaram 18th cross, MES(chicks!) Circle ground cricket etc!!(Jeerge, promote muscles and manhood!). It's all over. DONOT dream of going/coming back to malleswaram. Torn to pieces with waves of concrete, flood of traffic and .. nothing left. Still get a few rounds of whisky at picnics with old buddies who live behind MES. SO a trip is always on. But dont even think of going back!! Hemant Nayak Good stuff!!! Grew up on 8th main 13 crs (millqtrs) and later Dattaprasad. Awesome memories!!! Canara union, Malleswaram 18th cross, MES(chicks!) Circle ground cricket etc!!(Jeerge, promote muscles and manhood!).

It’s all over. DONOT dream of going/coming back to malleswaram. Torn to pieces with waves of concrete, flood of traffic and .. nothing left. Still get a few rounds of whisky at picnics with old buddies who live behind MES. SO a trip is always on. But dont even think of going back!!
Hemant Nayak

]]> By: balasubramanyam k s http://www.sandeepweb.com/2006/05/05/a-station-of-mind-and-memories/comment-page-1/#comment-189155 balasubramanyam k s Sun, 09 Sep 2007 01:39:15 +0000 http://www.sandeepweb.com/?p=579#comment-189155 Hi every buddy It was so nice to see the photos of mvm railway station. I too was a student of indian preparatory school, maruti extension. It is so nostalgic and i went through those still times in a flashback.....what a quality life and how lucky we were to enjoy the beauty of nature and simple life. Today we afford everything and can give anything to our children except those good days. What a quite place and you forgot small things like hawkers selling vegetables in the evening .... other landmark places....onnegowda shop near station, famous saibaba temple near station, bwssb office near station, first apartment in malleswaram (perhaps in bangalore)...datta prasad followed by kt apartment, mvm bridge itself came i guess in 1975 or so.... Thanks for helping me to rewind those pleasant and unforgettable memories with joy of tears. Bala Hong Kong Hi every buddy

It was so nice to see the photos of mvm railway station. I too was a student of indian preparatory school, maruti extension. It is so nostalgic and i went through those still times in a flashback…..what a quality life and how lucky we were to enjoy the beauty of nature and simple life. Today we afford everything and can give anything to our children except those good days. What a quite place and you forgot small things like hawkers selling vegetables in the evening …. other landmark places….onnegowda shop near station, famous saibaba temple near station, bwssb office near station, first apartment in malleswaram (perhaps in bangalore)…datta prasad followed by kt apartment, mvm bridge itself came i guess in 1975 or so….

Thanks for helping me to rewind those pleasant and unforgettable memories with joy of tears.

Bala
Hong Kong

]]> By: Vinayak Bharadwaj http://www.sandeepweb.com/2006/05/05/a-station-of-mind-and-memories/comment-page-1/#comment-186537 Vinayak Bharadwaj Sat, 04 Aug 2007 06:42:56 +0000 http://www.sandeepweb.com/?p=579#comment-186537 Hi Everybody! Like everyone else I also would like to share something about the Malleshwarm Station which brings into my memory the good old days I had during my childhood days at my Uncle's place who stayed opposite to the station which is called Maruti Extn. I used to go to School which is called Indian Prepartatory School for almost 7 years. In the evenings when I was a kid my Uncle used to take to me to the station and explain to me the Steam Engines where the Engine drivers used to dump coal into the engine boilers. Initially the Sound of the Engine was frightening that I used to ask my Uncle to take me away from the station. Later on I got used to it. After some years when I was in the 4th or 5th Standard I used to come along with Friends during Lunch break and we as young chaps used to keep small stones on the railway tracks and watch what happened when the train moved over them out of curiosity. There was no traffic on the roads adjoining the railway station and it used to be pretty Calm and Cool. During afternoon, we used to see Milk Vendors from nearby areas collect the milk and travel by train to places like Tumkur, Banavara etc. Thank You Sandeep for posting this article. V.S.Bharadwaj Branch Manager Adroitec Information Systems Ltd Bangalore Hi Everybody!
Like everyone else I also would like to share something about the Malleshwarm Station which brings into my memory the good old days I had during my childhood days at my Uncle’s place who stayed opposite to the station which is called Maruti Extn. I used to go to School which is called Indian Prepartatory School for almost 7 years. In the evenings when I was a kid my Uncle used to take to me to the station and explain to me the Steam Engines where the Engine drivers used to dump coal into the engine boilers. Initially the Sound of the Engine was frightening that I used to ask my Uncle to take me away from the station. Later on I got used to it. After some years when I was in the 4th or 5th Standard I used to come along with Friends during Lunch break and we as young chaps used to keep small stones on the railway tracks and watch what happened when the train moved over them out of curiosity.
There was no traffic on the roads adjoining the railway station and it used to be pretty Calm and Cool. During afternoon, we used to see Milk Vendors from nearby areas collect the milk and travel by train to places like Tumkur, Banavara etc.

Thank You Sandeep for posting this article.

V.S.Bharadwaj
Branch Manager
Adroitec Information Systems Ltd
Bangalore

]]> By: Sunil http://www.sandeepweb.com/2006/05/05/a-station-of-mind-and-memories/comment-page-1/#comment-183608 Sunil Thu, 28 Jun 2007 14:54:53 +0000 http://www.sandeepweb.com/?p=579#comment-183608 Hi All, like all others above, even I am left with the fond memories with the Malleshwaram railway station.very shocking experience because recently I lost my Uncle there. Yes, he died in the train accident.His name is Umesh Acharya, he was a gold smith by profession, my aunt by name Shalini (wife of late Umesh) is a house wife.both have a 7 year old daughter name Shivani. I work for a BPO in Mangalore. it was 24th of April,6:00 AM when I came back from my shift and was sleeping.suddenly at 7AM my Mom woked me and told Umesh Uncle in no more.I just could not believe and prayed it should be false, but not. The family was headed to Shivamogga at 6AM when my Uncle told my Aunt and Shivani to sit and wait in the platform bench and he went accross to cross the track with some other people with him when suddenly Shatabdi Express train comin from Majestic with a speed of 120 KM/HR other people managed to escape from the track while my uncle trying to climb over the platform.Unfortunately he could not make it as he was over weighted and the train passed over him and leading to pieces.It was a night mare to my aunt also to us.she still waiting for him could not believe that the body was her husbands and she got noticed when she found a piece of hand with his ring he wore.I pray god that this kind of death should not be experiencied by any body that too in front of the eyes of their family.Thank you for bringing this website. Cheers, Sunil Hi All, like all others above, even I am left with the fond memories with the Malleshwaram railway station.very shocking experience because recently I lost my Uncle there. Yes, he died in the train accident.His name is Umesh Acharya, he was a gold smith by profession, my aunt by name Shalini (wife of late Umesh) is a house wife.both have a 7 year old daughter name Shivani. I work for a BPO in Mangalore. it was 24th of April,6:00 AM when I came back from my shift and was sleeping.suddenly at 7AM my Mom woked me and told Umesh Uncle in no more.I just could not believe and prayed it should be false, but not. The family was headed to Shivamogga at 6AM when my Uncle told my Aunt and Shivani to sit and wait in the platform bench and he went accross to cross the track with some other people with him when suddenly Shatabdi Express train comin from Majestic with a speed of 120 KM/HR other people managed to escape from the track while my uncle trying to climb over the platform.Unfortunately he could not make it as he was over weighted and the train passed over him and leading to pieces.It was a night mare to my aunt also to us.she still waiting for him could not believe that the body was her husbands and she got noticed when she found a piece of hand with his ring he wore.I pray god that this kind of death should not be experiencied by any body that too in front of the eyes of their family.Thank you for bringing this website.
Cheers,
Sunil

]]> By: Sumathi Srinivasan http://www.sandeepweb.com/2006/05/05/a-station-of-mind-and-memories/comment-page-1/#comment-181146 Sumathi Srinivasan Thu, 24 May 2007 19:22:02 +0000 http://www.sandeepweb.com/?p=579#comment-181146 I was just browsing and came across this blog. I was brought up in Rajajinagar and went to Cluny Convent from KG=10th. and then came to US immediately after. Having been in US for 23 years and visited Bangalore only 3 times that too for very short 2 week breaks in the last 23 years, reading this blog surely brought those childhood memories. Thank you for positing it. Regards, Sumathi I was just browsing and came across this blog. I was brought up in Rajajinagar and went to Cluny Convent from KG=10th. and then came to US immediately after. Having been in US for 23 years and visited Bangalore only 3 times that too for very short 2 week breaks in the last 23 years, reading this blog surely brought those childhood memories. Thank you for positing it.
Regards, Sumathi

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