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THE CITY 24/7 WEEKLY · ISSUE 02

Speak a Little Kannada, Ride the Pink Line and Order Your Plum Cake Early

Friday, 13 November 2026
Tariq Sallam, founder of The City 24/7
FROM THE EDITOR'S DESK

Namaskara again, Bengaluru!

Week two, and the big news from my side: our Learn Kannada series is live. Four chapters so far, from everyday phrases and numbers to family words, colours, the days of the week and how to ask the time. If you've been smiling and nodding at the vegetable cart for years, consider this your sign.

It was a busy week for the city too. BBMP is gone and five new corporations are in, so I wrote up what changes for your property tax, khata and ward. If your BESCOM bill still carries the seller's name, there's now a fix that takes about ten minutes. And the first stretch of the Pink Line, Kalena Agrahara to Tavarekere, is set to open, with every station in our guide.

Plus: plum cake season is here (order early, trust me), how to tell a real Montessori from a painted signboard, and a free pass to the Bengaluru Tech Summit. Grab your filter coffee and scroll on.

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Chapters 1 to 4 Are Live: Start Speaking Kannada

Four chapters in our own easy style, every word with the Kannada script and a simple spelling: everyday must-haves like beku, beDa and saaku, numbers and money, family words from aNNa to bhaava, and now colours, days of the week and telling the time. Try this one today: eega eshTu ganTe? (What time is it now?)

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Bengaluru Tech Summit, 17 to 19 November

The 29th edition takes over BIEC on Tumkur Road next week. The Business Visitor pass is free for the exhibition on 18 and 19 November, and the smartest move of all is the Green Line to Madavara, the station that serves BIEC. Skip the Tumkur Road traffic and thank me later.

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That's Issue 02. If a friend is learning Kannada, or really should be, forward this their way.

See you next Friday.

Same city, new stories, always. Tariq Sallam, Founder, The City 24/7
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