We are delighted to place before you- 'Talk', Bangalore’s own weekly news magazine. When our team set out to do a weekly — and there aren’t too many in English in our city — we asked ourselves what we should cover, and how. The focus of our magazine is Bangalore, a city that defies classification, and changes every day in apparent and subtle ways. As history tells us, Bangalore is actually two cit
ies: the old pete founded by Kempe Gowda and shaped by the gentle classicism of princely Mysore, and the more Westernised, outgoing Cantonment. For captains of the IT industry, this is a business-friendly city with an energetic and talented workforce. (Thomas Friedman, the famous New York Times columnist, believes engineering colleges from Bangalore’s outposts powered India’s big IT revolution). But that’s not all. The city lives and breathes in many nooks and crannies, in many languages and many communities. We hope to capture the vibrancy of the many cities within this city, and chase stories our esteemed seniors in the business couldn’t, or wouldn’t. Talk brings you news, analysis, and entertainment. We will do our best to deliver writing that is well researched and thoughtfully presented. Do let us know what you think about our fare, and what else you would like in Talk that would enhance your reading pleasure. We will take up serious subjects, but at the same time, we won’t be apologetic about making our magazine a fun read. We hit the stands in a more formal fashion in August. Till then, happy reading. And may we say we are thrilled to be talking with you! S R Ramakrishna
Editor
