Insider’s guide to Bengaluru: a city that welcomes you in
Lush parks, buzzing markets and a thriving music scene define the Silicon Valley of India
Bengaluru, the capital of the southern Indian state of Karnataka, is an adopted home that food stylist and photographer Sanskriti Bist never tires of. Bist, whose recent projects have included learning the techniques of hand-pulled noodles in northwestern China and documenting the kitchens of Berlin, Germany, says her favourite aspect of Bengaluru is the city’s embrace.
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Bengaluru’s soul, Bist explains, is tied to the markets that dot the city. “When I looked for a home after college, I wanted a place next to a market,” she says, of Thippasandra Market and her apartment in New Thippasandra, in the east of the city. “So when I go down now, there are flowers, vegetables and meat stalls. It’s these everyday interactions that make me feel like I’m part of the city.
“The HAL [Hindustan Aeronautics Limited] Market [in Jyothi Nagar, about 2km from Bist’s home] sometimes has exotic vegetables like different kinds of mushrooms that we don’t always see.”
