Life can become a little hard when you move into a new place that is completely unknown to you. Without wasting your precious time, I would like to tell you guys I belong from Nepal, a country filled with lustful beauty and breathtaking scenarios. Currently, due to my own personal and somehow unnatural reasons, I have been forced to live in an overseas country far away from my homeland. To be specific, I am in India, currently living in the city of Bangalore.
Living in a place away from your homeland can be both exciting, at the same moment, terrifying too. With new place come new challenges which one cannot ignore. At first, it might seem hard for you to face such obstructions occurring in your day to day life but later, you start to get the hang of it and realize life is not all that bad. Trust me when I say, Bangalore is my favorite city but there are different situations I faced during my 7 years stay in the city. If only I would have known earlier, I could have avoided the situation. With this article, I would like to elaborate with some of the difficulties and challenges that you might face while coming in contact with this hi-tech city of Bangalore and how to tackle with those problems that you might have to go through in this vast city.
The first and the biggest problem that you are going to face after moving to this city is of language. When I say language problem, I am not talking about communication problem. Out of 100, more than 95% of educated people live in here. So the problem is definitely not related to communication. The kind of problem which I am talking about is of the troubles that you might get into for not knowing the local language which is famously spoken in most of the areas of this city. Because of your accent, there is a high chance of you falling into the target zone of the auto drivers who are always eager to manipulate you and make more money from you as much as possible. So be aware. No matter what you do, never ever think of getting inside an auto for a ride. Book an uber or ola cabs, they are quite popular in Bangalore. They offer you the better price cheaper well. You can also use public transportation as well as they are fast, cheap and reliable. If you coming from the airport and you are traveling by ola or uber, they might trick you into paying the road toll but don’t. It is already included in the fare.
Roooms?
The second problem that you might face here would probably be about finding a place to crash into and spend your night. For that problem of yours, here is a simple solution to it. Just surf the Internet and download some hotel applications such as OYO, Make My Trip, etc that shall provide you with some info regarding the hotel charges. For your convenience, it’s better to book a hotel room nearest from the airport in advance. In case you find the hotel charges a little too expensive, just change your hotel or find a cheaper lodge for yourself on the next following day in a different location depending on your afford level.
MOBILE SIM?
After completing these basic tasks, the next tough thing is to get a mobile SIM card. When you are traveling on a different city apart from your hometown, communication becomes a necessity. For that, just go to a well-known mobile showroom who is the dealers of some reputed mobile company brands such as IDEA, TATA DOCOMO, AIRCEL, AIRTEL, etc. Just go there and apply for a SIM card using your passport or some kind of your ID like your driving license. It might take 2-3 days to get your brand new SIM card. JIO sim is new hype in India and will actually help you to save some money on calls and internet. If you want to make calls overseas better check on the internet which network provide you cheap rates and make a decision. It might actually help you to save a lot. At present SIM needs aadhar card, so you may get into trouble. In this case, you can borrow the SIM card from known person, or, you can contact Nepalese staying in Bangalore through Nepalese in Bangalore group. Aadhar card and pan card making process is included in this website as well.
In case you want to minimize your traveling cost while you are in Bangalore, I suggest you to start using bus facilities more often as they are rather cheap. In Bangalore, more than 70% population of this city prefers to use bus compared to other modes of transportation. In case you are searching for something that can travel fast, you can’t miss metro trains. However, don’t cover the entire city, but it is reasonable and accessible in major part of city. You can do multiple take, like Bus-Metro-Bus or any of the combination.
How to stay in Bangalore?
Each year, people from different places migrate to Bangalore and settle down in here. They move in here either for work or for educational purpose and extend their stay for around four to five years or maybe more. If you also fall under this category, here are some tips to ease your problems a little bit and help you in settling down in Bangalore with less trouble as I am pretty sure you are going to face it in the future in case you happen to be an outsider just like me.
If you are planning to do so, there are two ways for you to do it. One way to do so is to live in a PG. In Bangalore, you can find affordable PG’s made for both girls and boys. The deposit amount for such PG ranges from IRS. 2500-5000, depending on the locality where you are locating yourself, with monthly average rent starting from IRs 4000/- excluding food and IRS.5000/- including food. The cost will be above IRs 5000.
The good thing about PG is they are cheap and affordable. Now comes the hard part. In PG, depending on how many people are going to share the same room, these rooms are mostly labeled as 2-Share,3-Share and 4-Share rooms. Now, the harsh reality you need to face is the room size that remains the same for all these rooms. The only thing that you are going to find different in all these rooms is going to be the number of beds and the price range depending on the room that you plan to shift into. For example, if you are planning to live in a 2-Share room, it will have two beds with a price of IRS. 4000/- for you to pay for your bed and stay. Similarly, a 3-Share Room will consist of 3 beds with a price of IRs 3500/- for you to pay for your bed and stay. But the price may go above 5000/- as well based on the locality and food menu.
Privacy is something that you won’t come along with this PG package. Everything that you possess, including your very most private conversation and your personal belongings that you are very fond of, gets shared inside the PG room, willingly or unwillingly. In the worst case, your valuable belongings might get stolen too as most of these PGs are not well equipped with the separate locker. In case you have included food with your stays, you might regret it later as it is not going to be as tastier as you used to have in your home. Even if you have optioned out for food, it might result in some kind of health issues later on as the street food or any other food that you are going to have or bring from outside inside your PG room is not going to be a healthier choice.
The second option is definitely to get a room in Bangalore but it’s not that simple. First of all, even a 1 RK (1 Room with Kitchen Attached) Room demands a minimum deposit amount of around INR 20000-40000, depending upon if the room is unfurnished, semi-furnished or fully furnished, with monthly rent ranging from IRS.2500 – 4500 in average. To be on the safer side, never hand over your deposit money to the house owner unless the rent agreement papers have been signed by the house owner right in front of your eyes.
Getting a room in Bangalore is not a problem. The problem arises once you get the room as the house owner starts creating a fuss over very small matters. You may compromise for some time. Later on, they literally start to become the headache of your lifetime. That’s why always try to find a room in such building whose house owner lives somewhere else, far away from where your room is located. By doing so, you get to have your privacy as well as peace in your everyday life.
To protect you furthermore, let me give you a free advice. When it comes to your deposit money, never trust your house owner with it. When the time shall come for you to leave Bangalore and return to your hometown, there is no guarantee if your house owner will hand over that deposit money of yours in your hand as they usually don’t like returning it back. So to protect yourself from such fraudulent acts, just inform your house owner to start deducting the rent money from your deposit amount five to six months before your deadline.
Next thing can be your college hostel, cozy, simple and satisfactory for a student. College hostel provides all necessary facilities. You can find your best friends in hostel. Hostel life can be lovely, friendly, fun, entertaining and thrilling as well.
No matter where you travel to, you just can’t stop living your life. Traveling is a necessity in a person’s life, for work or for pleasure or any other reason that you can possibly think of, humans can’t control them from traveling to a new place and experience a life that is completely alien to them. I hope my writing would be of some help in making your journey more productive and pleasurable.
By: Roma Kunwar
