Comments on: Macromedia bangalored http://brajeshwar.com/2004/macromedia-bangalored/ Brajeshwar is an ardent believer of KISS (Keep It Simple Stupid), he envision pushing the technical envelop time and again for the betterment of commercial and practical applications. Sun, 14 Mar 2010 23:39:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: John Dowdell http://brajeshwar.com/2004/macromedia-bangalored/comment-page-1/#comment-1571 John Dowdell Mon, 25 Oct 2004 12:06:07 +0000 http://www.brajeshwar.com/wp/2004/macromedia-bangalored/#comment-1571 Cool, thanks B... I've been studying Hindi, but had been surprised in China at how little Mandarin I heard in Shanghai and the south, so I started wondering just how widely Hindi and English were actually used in India. Maybe one of the differences is the amount of geographic mobility people have, to move from city to city...? Cool, thanks B… I’ve been studying Hindi, but had been surprised in China at how little Mandarin I heard in Shanghai and the south, so I started wondering just how widely Hindi and English were actually used in India. Maybe one of the differences is the amount of geographic mobility people have, to move from city to city…?

]]> By: Brajeshwar http://brajeshwar.com/2004/macromedia-bangalored/comment-page-1/#comment-1570 Brajeshwar Sat, 23 Oct 2004 01:24:59 +0000 http://www.brajeshwar.com/wp/2004/macromedia-bangalored/#comment-1570 > Something I've been wanting to ask you... > how are technical discussions handled in Mumbai? > Is it Hindi or English, or does Marathi have sway in day-to-day work? > How about if you worked in Bangalore, > would Kannada be the day-to-day communication tool, > or would people be from enough different regions that Hindi or English would be used? It is not just technical discussion but almost everything is handled in English, it is the de-facto unifying language for the diverse people here. As for technical discussions, it is indeed just english. Marathi is spoken only by a handful of the original inhabitants of Mumbai but that is reducing too among the new generations when the cultutral separation is becoming thinner and thinner. The best part is that even the cab drivers knows English to the point where they can communicate the destinations, show places and talk off their fares very well. I think it is pretty similar with the scenario in Bangalore. English is infact the un-official national language in India. If you know English, you won't have problem in India at all (know a bit of Hindi, if you want to do lotta intricate grocery shopping). And even in most middle class families in Mumbai, people converse in English for day-to-day household conversation. I think it would be the same in many metropolies like Delhi, Bangalore, Kolkatta, Chennai and many other prominent places. Personally, neither hindi nor marathi is my language, learnt to speak hindi not long ago. But English saved me in each and every situation. > Something I’ve been wanting to ask you…
> how are technical discussions handled in Mumbai?
> Is it Hindi or English, or does Marathi have sway in day-to-day work?
> How about if you worked in Bangalore,
> would Kannada be the day-to-day communication tool,
> or would people be from enough different regions that Hindi or English would be used?

It is not just technical discussion but almost everything is handled in English, it is the de-facto unifying language for the diverse people here. As for technical discussions, it is indeed just english. Marathi is spoken only by a handful of the original inhabitants of Mumbai but that is reducing too among the new generations when the cultutral separation is becoming thinner and thinner. The best part is that even the cab drivers knows English to the point where they can communicate the destinations, show places and talk off their fares very well.

I think it is pretty similar with the scenario in Bangalore.

English is infact the un-official national language in India. If you know English, you won’t have problem in India at all (know a bit of Hindi, if you want to do lotta intricate grocery shopping). And even in most middle class families in Mumbai, people converse in English for day-to-day household conversation. I think it would be the same in many metropolies like Delhi, Bangalore, Kolkatta, Chennai and many other prominent places.

Personally, neither hindi nor marathi is my language, learnt to speak hindi not long ago. But English saved me in each and every situation.

]]> By: Abdul Qabiz http://brajeshwar.com/2004/macromedia-bangalored/comment-page-1/#comment-1569 Abdul Qabiz Sat, 23 Oct 2004 00:55:38 +0000 http://www.brajeshwar.com/wp/2004/macromedia-bangalored/#comment-1569 LOL! LOL!

]]> By: John Dowdell http://brajeshwar.com/2004/macromedia-bangalored/comment-page-1/#comment-1568 John Dowdell Fri, 22 Oct 2004 18:54:39 +0000 http://www.brajeshwar.com/wp/2004/macromedia-bangalored/#comment-1568 Hi, thanks for the consideration, but it hasn't been a secret... there have been engineering teams in India for a good while, hired for specific projects, but it is only this past year that the company has actually worked on opening its own office there. I remember this being discussed in some of the previous quarterly presentations, although I don't remember which one at the moment: <a href="http://www.macromedia.com/macromedia/ir/macr/quarterly_results/" rel="nofollow"><a href="http://www.macromedia.com/macromedia/ir/macr/quarterly_results/" rel="nofollow">http://www.macromedia.com/macromedia/ir/macr/quarterly_results/</a></a> Some of the Bangalore staffers are indeed in San Francisco this month... tomorrow I think we're taking a field trip to Berkeley, should be fun. Something I've been wanting to ask you... how are technical discussions handled in Mumbai? Is it Hindi or English, or does Marathi have sway in day-to-day work? How about if you worked in Bangalore, would Kannada be the day-to-day communication tool, or would people be from enough different regions that Hindi or English would be used? tx, jd/mm Hi, thanks for the consideration, but it hasn’t been a secret… there have been engineering teams in India for a good while, hired for specific projects, but it is only this past year that the company has actually worked on opening its own office there. I remember this being discussed in some of the previous quarterly presentations, although I don’t remember which one at the moment:
http://www.macromedia.com/macromedia/ir/macr/quarterly_results/

Some of the Bangalore staffers are indeed in San Francisco this month… tomorrow I think we’re taking a field trip to Berkeley, should be fun.

Something I’ve been wanting to ask you… how are technical discussions handled in Mumbai? Is it Hindi or English, or does Marathi have sway in day-to-day work? How about if you worked in Bangalore, would Kannada be the day-to-day communication tool, or would people be from enough different regions that Hindi or English would be used?

tx, jd/mm

]]> By: Bill http://brajeshwar.com/2004/macromedia-bangalored/comment-page-1/#comment-1567 Bill Fri, 22 Oct 2004 18:28:09 +0000 http://www.brajeshwar.com/wp/2004/macromedia-bangalored/#comment-1567 The title of your post really threw me off. As a former combat engineer I thought of Bangalore Torpedo's and not Bangalore India. I was afraid someone had blown up, or sabotaged, part of Macromedia! <a href="http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/munitions/bangalore.htm" rel="nofollow"><a href="http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/munitions/bangalore.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/munitions/bangalore.htm</a></a> The title of your post really threw me off. As a former combat engineer I thought of Bangalore Torpedo’s and not Bangalore India. I was afraid someone had blown up, or sabotaged, part of Macromedia! 

http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/munitions/bangalore.htm

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