Bangalore is a city of contrasts. Ancient cultures and rituals persist in a city that is known as India's technology capital. The wealth that followed the technology boom fuels the growth of upscale development including shopping malls that rival anything you might see in the U.S., yet millions of residents live in dire poverty. I was expecting to be blasted with the famous heat and humidity of India during the summer monsoons. To the contrary, the weather here has been quite nice, temperatures were probably hovering in the low 80s and we have only seen a passing thunderstorm occur while we were in an indoor session. In fact, the fine weather of Bangalore is one of the features that have attracted the tech sector to the city. If you've ever had the experience of receiving tech support from a customer service call center, it stands to chance that you've spoken to someone from Bangalore. This city of nearly 8.5 million people, India's third largest, is home to many of the call centers upon which frustrated Americans rely to make our computers operational. The relative higher wages of these jobs have provided opportunity for the highly educated to thrive. This prosperity has not necessarily tricklewd down to all Bangaloreans, there is still a very high rate of poverty and slums are evident in some parts of the city.
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