How about living in Bangalores with 20000-35000Rs per month?

Chus

I have just received an offer from an Indian company to join their translators team. They pay me 20000Rs. monthly plus incentives for a Mon to Fri job. They also serve the lunch at the company and find me a shared accommodation for 2500Rs. Is this enough to wear a decent life in Bangalore?

I'm wishing to join the company, since I believe their offer is a good opportunity professionally, as well as personally; but I do not know much about Bangalore standards of living. Could you help me?

Are health insurances expensive?, , How are people like?, Is it easy to find gyms and places to practice sports?, And language academies(Hindi and Kanara)?, Are they expensive?

Thanks for the help!!!

PS. I will try to read some other trends to find some extra information. You Know, I'm a bit lost with all this.

crvlvr

Chus,

It all depends on the "perks" you will receive. A lot of the compensation in India are paid as though to ccover expenses -- housing allowance, car allowance etc for tax reasons. For comparison, a call center rep makes between Rs8,000 to Rs10,000 per month. Check out this link for median salaries http://www.payscale.com/salary-surve...LARY/fid-11570

ramalaka

Chus,
You simply will not find the quality of life you have in Spain, parks are small, and sports are limited to cricket, some soccer and field hockey. The occassional basketball game is played but if you look at India's abysmal record in the Olympics where a population of over a billion is regularly trounced by nations 1 percent of its size, you may get the picture that sports are not a high priority. Also, the air pollution is quite bad and many people develop respitory problems. You can probably squeak by on the amount....but, having lived in Bangalore for year, I would not move here to live on that paltry amount in India's most expensive city.

crvlvr

i agree with MGR.. sorry, ramalaka.. Its not just the money, its the inconvenience of living in an indian city. the pollution is horrendous..

ramalaka

Nothing to be sorry about- I noted the air pollution was bad and am planning my exit after living here for a year. I just was addressing the cost of living question posed by him. And, I agree with your comment but add that it's just not just inconvenient to live in India, it's dangerous; massive air, water, sewage polution, undependable utililties like electricity and phone, danger on the roads and highest murder rate in the world

In Bangaore, 40,000 households in the east and central parts of the city do not have 24/7 water availability. Water gets polluted due to run off in the monsoon, industrial seepage, contamination with sewage as well as human and animal excreta. Add agricultural waste into drinking water pipelines through cracks and leaky joints, you have water that is not safe to drink.

Need more? According to India Together, "India has 23 metropolitan cities (with a population of over 1 million) and 5 mega cities (with a population of over 5 million). Less than half of urban India has access to a sewage disposal system. Most of the existing collection systems discharge directly to the receiving water without treatment. Garbage, domestic or otherwise, is directly dumped into water bodies or the roadside which often wash into streams and lakes. Little surprise, then, that a recent study by the Society for Clean Environment (SoCleen) showed that a significant percentage of water in many parts of Mumbai city was unpotable."

SoCleen also noted, "Fecal coliform (bacteria found in excreta), an important indicator of water safety, was several hundred times higher than the norm. For example, samples from Chembur, Masjid, Parel-Dadar, Mulund and Jogeshwari touched 1600 fecal coliform (fc) per 100 ml of water. Safety norms in India set the limits at 10 fc per 100 ml. The WHO says that there should be no fecal coliform in drinking water."


Indian congeniality stops at the steering wheel.
If you have to drive or cross a street, forget about the peaceful, loving Indian nation you may have heard or read about. You'll need luck and pluck to not get struck. Once behind the wheel or astride their two wheelers, Indians are about as concerned for their fellow citizens as the sack of garbage they just tossed out the window. Turn signals, headlights and common sense are optional for motor vehicle drivers.

India's traffic deaths are soaring at a astronomical rate and won't level out until 2042. Don't belive me? Read the World Health Organization's WHO: World report on road traffic injury prevention. While many Bangaloreans claim that traffic doesn't move fast enough in the city to cause any real injuries, the statistics spell out a different story. In Bangalore, pedestrian deaths are greater than those in New York City and nationwide, pedestrian deaths are 34% of all traffic deaths.

According to model predictions in the WHO report, "between 2000 and 2020, South Asia will record the largest growth in road traffic deaths, with a dramatic increase of 144%." You can guess which country leads the pack. Many drivers don't use normal driving techniques such as looking to see if there are other vehicles entering the intersection. When I first arrived in India, I assumed that Indians had a highly developed sense of telepathy. But knowing the accident rate and having had two motorcycles and a bus run into my car, I now understand that ignoring red lights, zebra stripes (pedestrian crossings) and other vehicles are accepted facts about driving here. I don't think diversity training would help me understand why running over people is part of the culture. I simply view it as a dangerous practice and don't really care if that opinion brands me as culturally insensitive. It's just simply unacceptable and people in India need to own up to the fact that they need to become safer drivers.

Chus

Thank you for the information, but I think I'm even more confused than berfore.

Shaktipalooza

Murder rate the highest in the world? Where on earth did you get that statistic?

jobu

Chus!

I think you better ignore those pessimistic threads. Maybe Bangalore is not the nicest town in India, but it is vibrant and kind of modern and interesting. There are nice botanical gardens for example, good cinemas, friendly people.
If you think this would be good move for you professionally then I suggest go for it. For sure it will be interesting and educating time, and most probably also enjoyable..
In my opinion 20-30 000 rupees will be more than enough to live there - unless you are used to lifestyle of limousines and private servants and touch the food only in upmarket restaurant? I didn't get that feeling. If you consider this shared accommodation for 2500 rs and don't mind to eat now and then usual indian food as thali (which sets you back ~20-40 rs) then I don't see reason why you shouldn't manage with this kind of money. This is hell of a lot more than many indians make.
There are many people in the world, not for all of them suits atmosphere of developing country and they are better off somewhere else. This is not reason for you not to go and checking it out yourself.

Good luck!

Karma Queen

well i like bangalore to live in. not so much as a tourist. but it's friendly and a good introduction to india - it's far more cosmopolitan than most indian cities. personally i'd grab the opportunity

Chus

After making many considerations I have accepted the job and will move to Bangalore in January. I hope everything will be fine and I'm sure it will be a great personal experience.
Thanks for your comments they have been very helpful and now I'm less scared.

Karma Queen

yay good luck chus! keep us updated!

phreako1

i'd say go for it man, you won't regret it. it is a pleasant city and definitely one of the more dynamic and openminded places in india. sure there's a lot of pollution, but you can easily escape that in the weekends, a 40 min drive will take you in the countryside. 20 000 rupees is enough for a comfortable lifestyle once you know your way around.and there's plenty of sports clubs, but the better ones are rather expensive i thought....if everything works out fine with my visa i should be there too in january. in the weekends, during the week i'll be in the unpolluted countryside. pop in for a beer if you like...good luck tms

theshutterbug

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beach

Welcome to Bangalore are you joining Infosys

Forget about learning Hindi or Kannada. If you speak English, it's more that enough to manage. 20-30K is an ok salary in bangalore. Not big, not small.

There are no bullfights here. It's all about lazy cows at the road hope you don't mind

It's overwhelming if you are new to this part of the world. Hold on....you will get the balance soon. You'll never regret Bangalore & the work

(who said if you can not confuse him, convince him!!)

Chus

Unfortunately I will have to postpone my journey due to the working visa arrangements(I'll have to wait two or three month to obtain it ). So I'll have to forget about this countriside beers until February or March. Thank you very much.

I will not be working with infosys but with a translation company which offers its services to IT companies, etc.
I hope the Indians don't know what we do with bulls and cows in Spain or.... I think it could be dangerous for me(hahaha)