The following are a few questions and answers about Bommanahalli:
Q. Where can you find autos in Bommanahalli?
A. Everywhere.
Q. How can you find out if an outside auto is running on Bommanahalli roads?
A. It would have a meter.
Q. What is the capacity of a typical Bommanahalli auto?
A. 5 + 3 + 1
Q. What is the age of the youngest auto driver in Bommanahalli?
A. 9 yearsQ. Which is the biggest bus stop in the world? Mention its dimensions.
A. The Bommanahalli Bus Stop. It is situated along the barricades separating the Hosur main road and the service road. It is 300 meters long and half as wide as hosur main road.
Q. If you want to go in the wrong way in Bommanahalli, who should you ask for help?
A. Traffic police.
Q. Ramu was walking on the footpath in Bommanahalli.
What is wrong with the above sentence?
A. Bommanahalli does not have footpaths.
Q. Trying to catch a running bus Ramu fell into the open drain in Bommanahalli.
What is wrong with the above sentence?
A. There is a punctuation mistake. There should be a comma(,) after bus.
Q. Name a few funny sign boards in Bommanahalli.
A. "No Parking", "No Right Turn", "Auto rickshaw nildaanavalla"
Q. What is the formula to calculate the number of vegetable vendors on a Bommanahalli road?
Illustrate with an example.
A. V = (Rl / Vl) * 2
where V = no. of vegetable vendor bandis.
Rl = length of the road in meters.
Vl = length of the vegetable bandi in meters.
Eg: The length of Kodichikkanahalli cross road is 100 m, and each vegetable bandi is 2m long.
So, No. of vegetable bandis, V = (100/2)*2 = 100
*2 is because there are 2 sides for a road.
Q. Where should you go in Bommanahalli, if you want to buy a SIM card? What documents do you need to get the SIM card there?
A. On the begur road, search for an umbrella. Just below the umbrella, you can find a person selling SIM cards at whole sale rates.You dont need to submit any papers, other than the green ones with Bapu's photo.
Q. Where can you buy the latest blockbuster movie DVDs in Bommanahalli?
A. Opposite to Ganesha temple, there is a display of all languages movie DVDs. You will be able to find 3 in one, 4 in one, 5 in one, 10 in one movie DVDs there, at competitive prices.
Q. Which historical monument can you find in Bommanahalli?
A. The BBMP Office. You can get almost anything done from here by paying bribe. Sometimes, there are offers where the official fee is waived off.
Q. What are the various uses of Bommanahalli roads?
A. i) The shops can encroach upon the road, and the shop owners may place their boards, shop items on the road. They can assume that the road belongs to their shop, as part of super built-up area.
ii) The road can serve as the base to hold huge banners of our beloved politicians.
iii) The roads serve as parking places for the idle tempos, vans and lorries.
iv) The roads act as virtual shops for all the roadside vendors.
v) People may setup a stage on the roads, to celebrate festivals.
vi) The roads serve as walking paths for the pedestrains.
vii) People may treat the road as a garbage bin.
viii) The roads can also be used for vehicular movement.
Q. Describe the festive mood in Bommanahalli during Ganesha festival.
A. Ganesha Festival is celebrated very grandly in Bommanahalli. The streets will be lit up with thousands of 240 W bulbs on either sides of the road, the power supply drawn directly from the electrical lines. Several lanes would be blocked because of the pendal being setup. The loud speakers would be beautifully installed on many of the electric poles, and songs such as Babuji zara dheere chalo, chitranna chitranna, haley paatre haley kapada would be played all night so that Lord Ganesha - the God of Knowledge, blesses all the school kids to get good marks in the exams. This will continue till the visarjana.
During the Ganesha visarjana, all the shed hudugaru will be in full josh, playing colors and abusing people walking on the road.
