The bus driver said, "Last stop."

"What, last stop? Here?"

"Yup!"

"Is there another bus down to the Dogpatch, the regular end of the line?"

"Get out and look at the sign," said the driver grinning, "Then you can blame yourself or blame me."

The sign said 17th & Bryant.

"Awright," I said, smiling to the bus driver's smile. We were both awright.

They say Karnataka is the California of India—Bangalore, the Silicon Valley.