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Entrepreneur Abhilasha Purwar shared her Bengaluru experience on social media. She praised the city's exceptional talent pool and innovative ecosystem. However, Purwar criticized the poor infrastructure and exhausting commute challenges. She noted that professionals endure these issues to stay near opportunities. Purwar sought advice from residents on navigating the city's difficulties.
BENGALURU: Entrepreneur and investor Abhilasha Purwar has sparked a discussion on social media after sharing her experience of spending two weeks in Bengaluru, praising the city's talent ecosystem while criticizing its infrastructure and commute challenges.
In a post on X, Purwar wrote, "2 weeks in Bangalore have annihilated my health. Every single event, every single conversation, was miles ahead of what I have in Delhi/ Ggn."
She said the quality of conversations and expertise among founders, builders, product managers and software engineers in Bengaluru stood out compared to what she had experienced elsewhere.
"The product, tech, growth, marketing, revenue, business development understanding / lingo/ experience/ knowledge of every founder/ builder / PM/ SDE was miles ahead of even the top 10% of my founder catchment in Delhi," she said.
However, she noted that commuting within the city had taken a toll on her health and energy levels.
"But any commute whatsoever, even the 15 mins within Koramangla to Koramangla or 20 mins of Kora to HSR has killed me," Purwar wrote.
Referring to the RMZ Ecoworld area, she said that while she enjoyed the ecosystem and her favourite brands in the city, travelling to and from key business hubs proved exhausting.
"As good as RMZ Ecoworld area was, all my fav brands - Dori/ Brik Oven, good reliable coffee, food, shopping - getting in there from anywhere in BLR to out of there annihilated me," she added.
Questioning the city's infrastructure, Purwar asked, "Why do we have such poor offering of infrastructure to the highest concentration of talent in the country."
She also pointed to what she described as the strong "pull effect" of Bengaluru's talent network, saying many professionals continue to endure the city's challenges to remain close to opportunities and peers.
"Everyone in BLR is choosing to suffer through BLR simply to be close to everyone else in BLR," she wrote.
Seeking advice from long-time Bengaluru residents, Purwar asked, "What hacks people, what do you do to survive/ thrive/ meet founders/ portcos / customers - what’s the secret."
"I did only Indiranagar - Koramangala - HSR - APR circuit and I am at the worst of my health and fatigue of entire 2026," she said.
Comparing her experience with travel in other regions, Purwar remarked, "Jaipur - Delhi - Dehradun or Delhi - SF corridor doesn’t kill me as much as Bangalore corridors killed me."
Despite her criticism of the city's infrastructure, she emphasized her desire to remain connected to Bengaluru's startup ecosystem, writing, "And I really need to be and want to be around the Bangalore talent."
The post has drawn reactions from entrepreneurs and professionals, many of whom echoed concerns about Bengaluru's traffic congestion while acknowledging the city's continued status as India's leading startup and technology hub.
Source: The Times of India
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