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Romanticising Bangalore University, Central College Campus

What is it about the Central College campus (CCC), young lovers and nostalgia? Possibly it is about the calm among chaos. Finding serenity amongst bustling city traffic is like discovering new found happiness in a relation gone sour! Bad simily...whatever! Anyway I still remember my old campus with a lot of fondness. Old colonial buildings, a nice lawn and a relatively pollution free environment. Last week when I watched the movie 'Aa Dinagalu' I realised how we relate old Bengaluru to Vidhana Soudha, Cubbon Park, CCC, High Court; calmly chewing on a delicious block of corn burnt on hot coal, with a pack of popcorn or roasted groundnuts in hand.Of course, the same serenity attracts power hungry politicians (small or big), student leaders involving in rowdism and crime. The combination is rare. Love and crime is treated with the same passion. In 'Shantaram', Gregory speaks with the same sentiments about Mumbai. I guess, every city has a tale that brings out the romance in you as much as the pain. But we roll in it. Liking all that we can feel...Feeling the feel...a funny feel...of being a human again and loving all that we should.

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