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Meet HN: HN Bangalore Meetup
Hello folks, few of us are planning to meet over the weekend for a in-person meetup.
Which location would you prefer?
- Indiranagar or
- HSR Layout
Join here: https://chat.whatsapp.com/KCIoKXpa7HQItbVA48LlN5
- pritambaral 4y agoYou should make this a poll[1]. 1: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21231804 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21231804
- desaiguddu 4y agoGood idea. Just created a WhatsApp group, it would be easy to do a poll
- pritambaral 4y agoYeah, but now one has to use WhatsApp. If we have to take this off-HN, I think Signal, or even Telegram, would've been preferable.
- anjanb 4y agoHi all, either OK but this weekend won't work. Will look forward to the next meetup.
- desaiguddu 4y agoSure. No worries. Checking if this weekend works for majority or not.
- desaiguddu 4y agoWe will meet if this post gets over 20 upvotes.
- sanjayjc 4y agoOnce finalized, please share details here too (for the rare HN user in India who doesn't use whatsapp)
- desaiguddu 4y agoSure Sanjay
- tintedfireglass 4y agoCurious how do you manage in India without whatsapp?
- sanjayjc 4y agoVery anachronistic I know, but I carry around a little nokia feature phone, which clearly can't run whatsapp. People then grudgingly agree to use some fallback. I know I miss out on a lot.
- desaiguddu 4y agohttps://lu.ma/hnbangalore https://lu.ma/hnbangalore
- 29athrowaway 4y agoWas not the name Bengaluru?
- tintedfireglass 4y agoBangalore and Bengaluru are used interchangeably. But Bengaluru is its official name while Bangalore is its erstwhile colonial/English pronunciation
- 29athrowaway 4y agoWhy would you use the colonial name?
- russelldjimmy 4y agoI grew up in Bombay, whose name was changed to Mumbai some time in my childhood. My friends and I still call it Bombay. We use “Mumbai” in more formal contexts, or with people who grew up in a different city. Similarly, I know of people who say “Calcutta”, “Bangalore”, “Gurgaon”, etc. The thought of colonialism does not occupy mindshare. It is just the name we grew up using and find it comfortable to continue using it.
- sremani 4y agoAnglicized v. Localized Bombay = Mumbai Madras = Chennai Calcutta = Kolkata Bangalore = Bengaluru Localized is Lindy.. but damn those Anglicized names for some reason sound better.
- missedthecue 4y agoAs a westerner, the names in my vocabulary are Mumbai and Chennai, but also Calcutta and Bangalore... Not sure why that is, though the lack of consistency is interesting.
- vivegi 4y agoHistory going back to 1600s. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madras_Presidency https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madras_Presidency The British East India Company purchased the village of Madraspattinam in 1639 and established Fort St. George. Post Independence, in 1947, it became Madras Province. When India formally became a republic in 1950 , it became Madras State. At the time, it covered the geographic area encompassing the entire state of present day Tamilnadu, almost all of Kerala, parts of Karnataka (where Bengaluru is) and parts of Andhra Pradesh (which is today bifurcated into two states, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana). The capital of the province was also named Madras and during the 1960s, after the restructuring of states on linguistic lines resulted in Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Madras State, the political movement to rename Madras State to Tamilnadu gained momentum and succeeded. The state became Tamilnadu and the captial city remained Madras. In 1998, the City of Madras was renamed to Chennai as part of a move to reclaim an older history. Chennai is from the name of a ruler of the region predating 1600s named Chennappa Naicker. The city's history shows up when international travelers arrive at the Chennai Internation Airport (which still has the airport code MAA). Many cities in India have moved from their anglicised names to their pre-British local names as part of a revival of nationalism. Bombay -> Mumbai, Calcutta -> Kolkata are some examples. https://www.madrasmusings.com/vol-28-no-9/from-madras-to-tamil-nadu-a-forgotten-re-naming/ https://www.madrasmusings.com/vol-28-no-9/from-madras-to-tam...
- teatree 4y agoWhy WhatsApp and not something that does not make the attendee's phone number public?
- desaiguddu 4y agoUsing this for quick & scrappy way to communicate. Did not want to create Discord or other chat group.
- tintedfireglass 4y agoWhat about discord?
- desaiguddu 4y agoNot sure, if everyone has Discord on their phone.
- desaiguddu 4y agohttps://lu.ma/hnbangalore https://lu.ma/hnbangalore
- whoibrar 4y agoWill Anyone be interested in HYD ?
- Brajeshwar 4y agoI would have if it wasn't for the only option is to join a WhatsApp group. I believe meetup.com and many others still work. Let people RSVP, get a calendar, and you also know how many are tentatively coming. Otherwise, just pick a place/time and let people drop in. :-) Edit/Update: I happen to look up your username. LOL. Please call me and let me know. I will drop in.
- desaiguddu 4y agoha ha ha! Will call you. Idea was to simply get a consensus & let the audience decide. More democratic.
- indyaah 4y agoDouble meta, what a surprise to find someone you know in meatspace here on HN! Definitely would have loved to catch up had I been in BLR.
- __rito__ 4y agoWill not definitely join the WApp group. Will not share my phone number with a bunch of strangers.
- indianmouse 4y agoWould prefer Indiranagar!
- tshankar 4y agoIs there a thread here for: * HN Delhi / NCR Meetup * HN Bombay / Powai Meetup