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Bengaluru International Airport
Bangalore

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Bengaluru International Airport - Bangalore
Psyxx x@psyxx
May 21, 2007 11:30 PM, 3741 Views
Flight to Nowhere

This is gonna be a mix of rhyme and crime. To be honest, I don’t even know why I’m wasting precious oxygen and effort on this one.Let’s start off with the city known as... Bang... Beng... darn... whatever the new name is...


The City


City, city, garden city


where once bloomed, flowers pretty


now short of space, electricity


you’ve gone from sweet to very sh


Bangalore... a place where 7 million people reside... in space designed for a million!


now... the airport...


The Airport


Bangalore’s Airport is it’s life line


access to every place


its more like a hernia in the groin


a pimple on it’s face


your ordeal starts when you have a flight


to catch or to get off


if you expect customer delight


you’re gonna choke and cough


there’s rennovation going on


they’re revamping the joint


workers toiling dusk to morn


still you wonder what’s the point


with several flights to grace the scene


so many flights to catch


there’s only one xray machine


and a queue that none can match


you amble on like an idiot lost


and wonder where you are


the airport, wonder what it cost,


resembles the planet Mars


Ok... so you got a rough idea of what it’s like. Its just a massive building that looks more like a warehouse than an airport. There are crowds everywhere. There’s one xray machine and 20 flights. And... the air conditioning looks like it has been assembled from left over parts from the last 20 aircrafts that crashed.


on to the next part...


Accessibility


Roads that lead in and lead out


roads that make you twist and shout


traffic that can make you weep


people driving in their sleep


bumper bumper bumping BUMP


makes you wanna scream and jump


takes an hour to traverse


50 meters, could it be worse


two lanes are there for your wheels


taxi cabs one lane did steal


the rest the police barricade


all your hopes will die and fade


the footpath is a better choice


to drive your amby or rolls royce


but when you get to the airport, LO


all that parking space... where did it GO....


No exaggerations here... during those times when there are more than a handful of flights... it takes hours to make it to the airport. Experience me hearties... I speak from experience.


Now... on to the parking lot. Before I start this one, please make sure you have nose plugs on or you have a cold or something and cannot smell anything.


(puts on nose plugs)... here goes...


The Parking Lot


Its hard to negotiate this space


without bumping your car


and once you find an empty place


with a shoe horn you shall park


then you get out of your vehicle


and you feel a sudden rush


and tears of pain will soon trickle


you’re in a toilet without a flush


there’s a paid bathroom that’s ok


but the folks dont wanna pay


they just pick a wall to spray


oh this vile scent wont go away


we the PEEple suffer bad


cos of PEEple who do pee


this is the state of the place, so sad


you can borrow these nose plugs from me...


I once read an article that said INDIAN MEN WILL PEE... the truth in that statement hit me hard the first time I ever stepped foot... er... drove my car... into that parking lot. After all those patriotic songs Manoj Kumar sang for this country... after all that soil he rubbed on his forehead... sigh...


On to the rest of the rest...


What Else?


Where else, would baggage be scanned and the customs guys put an X on baggage they suspect... and that too with WHITE CHALK. I’ve seen a lot of people erase the white chalk X and calmly cart their bags through green channel.


And then... once I was carrying an Acoustic Guitar. The guy wanted to slap duty on it saying it was ’electronic items’.


Then, there are the baggage handlers... the blokes who look sweet and seem helpful. You have a few options here. One is to tell the guy that you’re perfectly capable of handling your baggage. Then again, you could make him push it for you and later listen to his angry statements like "you paid me only 50 bucks to cart your luggage 10 meters". On some rare occasions, you’ll find 4 or 5 of them wanting to wheel your luggage (which might consist of a bag and a half).


So what’s the positive side? There’s positive in everything, isn’t there? Well, here’s what I feel. The government is constructing a new Airport which should be done in a few years time (the catch being, it’s lightyears away from the city). Whatever they build... can only be better than this airport.


I hope my next flight will be up a flight of stairs.


~finis~

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