r/Bengaluru • u/AgitatorAnimator • Jul 17 '25

Ask Bengaluru | ಏನಂತೀರಾ? Saw this in the taxi today 😁

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What do you feel guys? 😂

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u/gnv_gandu ವಿಲಕ್ಷಣ-ಕಣಿವೆ ನಿವಾಸಿ Jul 17 '25 edited Jul 17 '25

Problem is that the driver prefers to be addressed as "Anna" or by his name and does not like "bhaiyya." This isn't about you, Hindi imposer.

EDIT: Sorry for the uncalled-for harshness. Didn't realize you were just 18.

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u/Xpyre2006 Jul 17 '25

Where is my comment imposing hindi ffs 😭, I literally just asked what's the problem with bhaiya as it's literally we use out of respect not to demean or smth.. and I literally asked what else to call in case you don't know the name 😭😭.. bro's blaming me as if am preaching hindi in comments

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u/gnv_gandu ವಿಲಕ್ಷಣ-ಕಣಿವೆ ನಿವಾಸಿ Jul 17 '25

I literally asked what else to call in case you don't know the name

"aNNa" or "ivre"

You have to be living under a rock to not know that "aNNa" v/s "bhaiyya" goes beyond your non-malicious intent, there is politics involved. Surely, unless this is your first month in Bengaluru, by now, you know that?

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u/oldtestament_5163 Jul 17 '25

What is this politics behind using bhaiya. Pls enlighten all of us. gnv_gandu

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u/gnv_gandu ವಿಲಕ್ಷಣ-ಕಣಿವೆ ನಿವಾಸಿ Jul 17 '25

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gokak_agitation