Comments on: It’s not only Hyde Park in London which has speakers in the park… http://bangalore.metblogs.com/2008/04/01/its-not-only-hyde-park-in-london-which-has-speakers-in-the-park/ Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:15:07 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: adarshbhat http://bangalore.metblogs.com/2008/04/01/its-not-only-hyde-park-in-london-which-has-speakers-in-the-park/comment-page-1/#comment-7481 adarshbhat Sun, 06 Apr 2008 20:49:34 +0000 http://bangalore.metblogs.com/2008/04/01/its-not-only-hyde-park-in-london-which-has-speakers-in-the-park/#comment-7481 I can only hope that this has not been done in preparation of the upcoming election campaigns. I can only hope that this has not been done in preparation of the upcoming election campaigns.

]]> By: anushsh http://bangalore.metblogs.com/2008/04/01/its-not-only-hyde-park-in-london-which-has-speakers-in-the-park/comment-page-1/#comment-7456 anushsh Tue, 01 Apr 2008 19:48:47 +0000 http://bangalore.metblogs.com/2008/04/01/its-not-only-hyde-park-in-london-which-has-speakers-in-the-park/#comment-7456 BBMP likes spending money on such stuff. In the same BSK park, I found it so annoying when I was trying to take a walk one day. Why would someone want to listen to Radio Mirchi in a park ? And who is BBMP to tell us which music we should be listening to. Ridiculous. BBMP likes spending money on such stuff. In the same BSK park, I found it so annoying when I was trying to take a walk one day. Why would someone want to listen to Radio Mirchi in a park ? And who is BBMP to tell us which music we should be listening to. Ridiculous.

]]> By: Deponti http://bangalore.metblogs.com/2008/04/01/its-not-only-hyde-park-in-london-which-has-speakers-in-the-park/comment-page-1/#comment-7455 Deponti Tue, 01 Apr 2008 16:08:04 +0000 http://bangalore.metblogs.com/2008/04/01/its-not-only-hyde-park-in-london-which-has-speakers-in-the-park/#comment-7455 Janum...what if someone is an atheist, NOT inclined to music, and wants to walk in the park? What if someone wants to listen to some other music on hes iPod? Sound, like religion, can be a private thing today, and that's the way it should be. One should have the choice of listening to music..or not. Taking away options from anyone is anti-democratic...that's saying, "You will *have* to do this (in this case, listen to music." "Will have to" should be restricted to the legal rules, and not infringe upon other, more amorphous, areas...or at least, that's what I think. I am a trained Carnatic musician and a Hindu, but I used to detest the devotional music that a nearby temple in Chennai used to inflict on us between Dec 15th and Jan 15th. I certainly want my mornings quiet and peaceful, to think my own thoughts as I walk. (Thank goodness, I don't want in Speaker Park!) Janum…what if someone is an atheist, NOT inclined to music, and wants to walk in the park? What if someone wants to listen to some other music on hes iPod? Sound, like religion, can be a private thing today, and that’s the way it should be. One should have the choice of listening to music..or not. Taking away options from anyone is anti-democratic…that’s saying, "You will *have* to do this (in this case, listen to music." "Will have to" should be restricted to the legal rules, and not infringe upon other, more amorphous, areas…or at least, that’s what I think.

I am a trained Carnatic musician and a Hindu, but I used to detest the devotional music that a nearby temple in Chennai used to inflict on us between Dec 15th and Jan 15th. I certainly want my mornings quiet and peaceful, to think my own thoughts as I walk. (Thank goodness, I don’t want in Speaker Park!)

]]> By: janum http://bangalore.metblogs.com/2008/04/01/its-not-only-hyde-park-in-london-which-has-speakers-in-the-park/comment-page-1/#comment-7454 janum Tue, 01 Apr 2008 14:34:27 +0000 http://bangalore.metblogs.com/2008/04/01/its-not-only-hyde-park-in-london-which-has-speakers-in-the-park/#comment-7454 valid point Deponti esply on the cost part.. but what I would say is playing a soft music (devotional is 1 best thing) on a quiet morning is in fact good too. I'm a regular visitor to the BSK park very close to BDA on my morning walk and they have this custom of playing songs (Vishnu sahasra naamam and few other Kannada songs-kind of promoting Kannada language is what I could understand from the lyrics with the much lil kannada lang knowledge I have) at a reasonable low volume which stands soothing to the heart and mind. It perhaps doesn't go a waste for there are also people like me who like such things as well :) http://havetobehappy.blogspot.com valid point Deponti esply on the cost part..
but what I would say is playing a soft music (devotional is 1 best thing) on a quiet morning is in fact good too. I’m a regular visitor to the BSK park very close to BDA on my morning walk and they have this custom of playing songs (Vishnu sahasra naamam and few other Kannada songs-kind of promoting Kannada language is what I could understand from the lyrics with the much lil kannada lang knowledge I have) at a reasonable low volume which stands soothing to the heart and mind.
It perhaps doesn’t go a waste for there are also people like me who like such things as well :)
http://havetobehappy.blogspot.com

]]> By: ahumanbean http://bangalore.metblogs.com/2008/04/01/its-not-only-hyde-park-in-london-which-has-speakers-in-the-park/comment-page-1/#comment-7448 ahumanbean Tue, 01 Apr 2008 05:20:43 +0000 http://bangalore.metblogs.com/2008/04/01/its-not-only-hyde-park-in-london-which-has-speakers-in-the-park/#comment-7448 You know - in today's insensitive urban Indian environment, it occasionally helps to ...ahem - take matters into your own hands. I studiously rip off *every single* paper+plastic A4 sized advertisement stuck up on our residential area trees...you know, the ones that say "Taxi hire call (92222 00000)". Why don't you, Deponti , simply dismantle the speakers along with a few other fellow morning walkers, and then deal with a Very Firm Hand with Whatever Happenes Next? Take the non-passive approach. Sometimes works, trust me. Try it! You know – in today’s insensitive urban Indian environment, it occasionally helps to …ahem – take matters into your own hands.

I studiously rip off *every single* paper+plastic A4 sized advertisement stuck up on our residential area trees…you know, the ones that say "Taxi hire call (92222 00000)".

Why don’t you, Deponti , simply dismantle the speakers along with a few other fellow morning walkers, and then deal with a Very Firm Hand with Whatever Happenes Next? Take the non-passive approach.

Sometimes works, trust me. Try it!

]]> By: Preran http://bangalore.metblogs.com/2008/04/01/its-not-only-hyde-park-in-london-which-has-speakers-in-the-park/comment-page-1/#comment-7444 Preran Tue, 01 Apr 2008 04:48:45 +0000 http://bangalore.metblogs.com/2008/04/01/its-not-only-hyde-park-in-london-which-has-speakers-in-the-park/#comment-7444 This is such an important post. What is it about today's people that makes them so intolerant to silence? Take away the TVs, laptops, and iPods, and most people with them wouldn't know what to do with their life. The best moments of my life were spent holding hands and sitting down with the best person in my life listening to the chirping of birds. There is so much music in that...if people could only tune in. This is such an important post. What is it about today’s people that makes them so intolerant to silence? Take away the TVs, laptops, and iPods, and most people with them wouldn’t know what to do with their life. The best moments of my life were spent holding hands and sitting down with the best person in my life listening to the chirping of birds. There is so much music in that…if people could only tune in.

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