bengaluru is prominently on the global map of leading metropolises and a hub of information technology it is fascinating to watch the many dimensions of its encounter with global capital and the new cybermodernity but it is also a place where living traditions rub shoulders with the forces of contemporary historythe newly established bengaluru central university deserves all praise for playing host to an intellectual exercise aiming to understand karnatakathe writer is a critic and professor of english at kuvempu university of handling national security and work for the betterment of people attracted me towards politics has politics changed youi have not changed after joining politics i am a humble person and continue to be so