Robbed in Bangalore..!!

Hi...If you live in Bangalore, then you must be knowing what I am talking about. Its very unsafe these days to venture out alone. Crime is on the rise in Bangalore. At least that is the impression you get reading the newspapers. You thought you were being helpful when someone asked you for a lift. Beware of the hitch-hiker. Roberries by people who hitch-hike is on the rise. And if you thought that the damsel in distress is harmless for a machismo like you, I am sorry dude. I have heard of robberies where beautiful ladies ask for a lift and the next thing you know you are dropping her off where armed members of her gang are waiting for you. You dont need to carry cash. Your Debit Card is enough. You will be more than willing to part away with your PIN number with a loaded gun or a knife aimed at you. People who tried to fool around by giving the wrong PIN number have had their fingers chopped!! Or so I heard..!! Of course if you are like my flatmate then you got little problems giving away your PIN number. In case you are wondering what kind of a person is my flat-mate who parts away with money so easily, let me tell you a thing or two about him. His salary is spent in a matter of two days of being credited. The rest of the month he borrows money, and for Food we got SODEX-HO's..!!So it's a robber's bad day if he cathches him, coz he is not what they would call a Good Catch.

Anyways, thankfully we havent had any such experience in our almost 3 month long stint in the Silicon City. However, I have had some similar experiences here.
It wasnt what people call robbery, but I do. And it has happened to me thrice now.

As People are scared of guns and knives, I am shit scared of one more thing. It's a weapon which beggars from outside Bangalore have started using very effectively. I feel threatened and a chill runs through my spine whenever I see it. Just the thought of it sent shivers down me as I looked around to see if there were any present in my room. Phew!! i can continue writing now..

Confused..? Well, this very deadly weapon I am talking is none other than..... the slithering COBRA... Come every weekend, and I am scared of going out of the secure confines of my apartment. For out there, they are roaming, waiting, hunting...This is a kind of beggary I have never seen before... Or would you call it begging..? I believe its more of a robbery.. They come towards you, seeing the fear in your eyes... They read your mind... "Please, dont open the lid of the casket..Please",you beg. And that's when they do that revealing the encircled Cobra, lying as if asleep. You freeze for a moment as you realize the imminent danger that's there in front of you. And then the NagaRAj starts to wake up.. showing signs of life... OOPS.!! Better get out of here soon..You ask the snake-charmer to close the casket as your hands move into your pocket with your eyes fixed for an imminent attack by one of the deadliest snakes in the world... You grab hold of whatever change comes to your hand and take it out... Seeing that his objective is fulfilled, the charmer closes the casket and takes the money from you. You dont bother to count how much you gave. You just heave a sigh of relief.. And move on...



Well that is what has happened to me thrice in Bangalore... People talk about about robberies in the night at Gun point at desolate places... I was robbed at 10:00 am in the morning in the busiest of places at Snake-Point... What is the government doing..? How safe are we today walking down the streets of Bangalore..? No one seems to take notice of this menace except me, once again forcing me think.."Has living 3kms. from India's largest Mental Asylum for more than 10 years really made me paranoid..?"