Author Shashi Deshpande wishes BT a very Happy Birthday!

"Like all people who have lived in Bengaluru, I feel the regret and nostalgia about the Bengaluru we have lost, and find hidden pleasure in the little things that remain. There are the early mornings, the friendliness among the people that you don’t often find in metropolitan cities, and, of course, the glorious trees and flowers. There is sadness over what the government has done to the city and how not enough people are standing strongly against it. About the

Bangalore Times

, it’s always great to have a local paper that gives local news. Things have changed, especially in the sense that there is a lot of filmi news now, but I love the things like the crossword, comics and Su-doku."

- Shashi Deshpande,

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