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Good news for expats and the state government which wants to woo foreign investors to Bangalore. The city is less expensive than most other cities around the world, including places generally considered cheap like Dhaka, Karachi, Colombo and Chennai. But this holds true for only expats; for the rest, Bangalore puts a bigger strain on their pocket than most other cities on the sub-continent.

Living and Working in India Interviews with Expats Living in India Expats in this section share their thoughts on what it's like to live in the mystical nation of India. This country is sometimes known as the land of extremes: it's extremely large, extremely civilized, and extremely diverse in terms of population, natural attractions, and weather. The people are deeply religious, highly cultured, and good-natured.

Living and working in Bangalore can only expand his career and education opportunities, that's Nate's belief. But it's not all work and no play in Bangalore for this Yankee. There are plenty of things to do in a place known as the City of Gardens, India's Fashion Capital, and Pub City of India. Nate and other young Americans expats in India like him have also been featured elsewhere online

A good friend of mine is leaving this weekend for a few months in India, but she refuses to take her anti-malaria medication until she moves below a certain altitude (apparently mosquitoes can't survive over a couple thousand feet). I've been telling here to start taking them on day one, but she won't listen. Crazy woman.

On one hand, India has been progressing rapidly since 1991 but on the other hand progress appears slow. For example, the city of Bangalore in the year 2000 will still suffer from 4 hours per day blackouts. These power outages are not the result of a storm that knocked down a power line but because there is not enough electricity to go around. This condition is not a new one. It has been going on for several years. One can only speculate that it is a combination of apathy, poor planning and unconcerned politicians. Then there is the problem of getting a telephone connection. A few years ago an Indian would put his name on a list and wait up to three years for a phone connection. Now it is better, the wait has dropped to one year and a rumor is circulating that it is being reduced to three months. So this leads us to where we started at "software technology parks."

Hi, so you are a foreigner in Bangalore and don’t really know anybody. Well you just came to the right place to make cool friends. We are a social club whose only aim is to get cool, professional expatriates networking together in pubs, clubs, restaurants, social gatherings etc here in Bangalore so we can all share each other’s global experiences and make truly wonderful friends along the way. We can also mutually help each other get settled in this city and adjust to the culture during our stay here.

Denise and Shemej are absolute lifesavers for new expats moving to Bangalore. My family and I moved here to start a small outsourcing firm, but as an independent entrepreneur, I didn’t have the big budget or contacts of the large corporations. They totally took care of us starting from the airport pick-up all the way to finding long-term accommodations, steering us clear of the traps and snares set up for new and inexperienced visitors.

Not long ago, I moved from the US to settle in the garden city of Bangalore. A lively, exciting and cool place - Bangalore can be great fun. This blog intends to be a guide for all those who are moving or planning to move to Bangalore and want to enjoy this city to the fullest. I will post tips and tricks for expats to have an enjoyable stay in the garden city. Each post will be an idea or advice to help expatriates in Bangalore with their everyday needs. Enjoy your stay in Bangalore !

Sujatha Bagal Originally from Bangalore, India, Sujatha Bagal moved to the US as a student and settled in northern Virginia, but returned to Bangalore as an expat, where she now lives with her husband, son and daughter. An ex-lawyer, she divides her day between being a full-time mom and a freelance writer and radio host. Sujatha is also the Culture Editor at Desicritics.

Bangalore: The Insider/Outsider Debate In the wake of the recent riots in Bangalore following thespian Dr. Rajkumar's death, there has been some soul-searching in the Karnataka legislature, in the newspapers and on the internet as to who or what was responsible for the total breakdown of calm and order over two whole days in the city. Finger-pointing is in full swing. As is to be expected, political parties blame each other, residents blame the government and the police.

Things in Bangalore I will miss * The many friendly, curious, energetic people I met here * The great food: dosas, vadas, fresh lime soda (Google "dosa" and "vada" if you don't know what they are) * Low prices for restaurant meals, clothes and other items (OK, low for me) * Someone making my bed for me every day (which was nice for a year. I never could quite get used to the cleaners coming in every day. I guess I'm too solidly middle-class and too used to doing things for myself) * The colors -- of clothes, of trucks, of ... everything * Experiencing a totally different culture from the Judaeo-Christian framework that defines the West * Being able to wear a T-shirt in January (I am writing this in New Jersey, where some patches of snow are still on the ground)

New Start in India The "insider's guide" to living and working in India: What you need to know before you go. Bangalore Find out here about India's fifth-largest city, Karnataka's capital and the heart of India's burgeoning IT industry.

An Ebook for Expats moving to Bangalore Bangalore: expat survival guide Bangalore: An Expat Survival Guide From one expat to others! There are lots of books available on Bangalore on the net and in bookshops all over the world, yet the article on being an Expat Mom, written by Joanna Budelman, a partner of Chillibreeze attracted a lot of email enquiries. What to bring? Where to live? How safe is the place? Will it be difficult to adjust? What about schools? There were ever so many such questions in these emails! This book hopes to provide some of the answers.

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